Phixit

Rotate an image

Phone photos sometimes come out sideways, and scans are rarely perfectly straight. Turn the photo a quarter turn with one click, or rotate it by tiny amounts until it sits level.

Free, no sign-up. Your photo stays on your device. Try it on a sample photo

The Phixit editor with a sunset photo open, the adjustment sliders on the right and the looks film strip below

How to rotate an image

  1. Choose or drop a photo. It opens in Crop and straighten with the rotate buttons ready.
  2. Click Rotate right or Rotate left to turn it 90 degrees. For a slight tilt, drag the Straighten slider instead.
  3. Save from Export. A 90-degree turn needs no Apply; a Straighten change needs Apply crop first.

Good to know

  • Rotating by 90 degrees is lossless: no pixel is resampled.
  • For small angles the photo zooms in slightly so no empty corners show.
  • Upside down? Click Rotate right twice.

Questions

Why does my photo show sideways on some sites?

Phones often save the picture sideways with a note saying how to turn it, and not every site reads that note. Phixit applies the note when it opens the photo, so the saved file is the right way up everywhere.

Can I rotate by an exact angle?

Yes. The Straighten slider goes from -45 to +45 degrees in steps of a tenth of a degree, and the value is shown next to it.

Does rotating reduce quality?

Quarter turns do not. Other angles are resampled once with a sharp bicubic filter.

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