Flip Image online

What Flip Image does

Flipping makes a mirror image. A horizontal flip swaps left and right, a vertical flip swaps top and bottom, and flipping both ways gives the same result as a 180-degree rotation.

People flip selfies that the front camera saved mirrored, reverse a design for printing on transfer paper, or change the direction a person or product faces in a layout. The tool draws every pixel in its mirrored position, so the image keeps its exact size and no detail is lost before the file is saved.

How to use Flip Image

1. Drop one or more images into the box.
2. Set the options for flip image and check the preview.
3. Click Apply. Every image is processed in your browser.
4. Download the edited images.

When to use Flip Image

• Fix a selfie taken with the front camera so that text on a shirt or sign reads correctly.
• Mirror a design before printing it on iron-on transfer paper, which is pressed onto fabric face down.
• Make a person in a photo face toward the text on a web page or slide instead of away from it.
• Create a reflection or symmetrical pattern by combining an image with its flipped copy in an editor.

Settings explained

Direction

Horizontal mirrors left to right, which is what most people mean by flipping. Vertical mirrors top to bottom, like a reflection in water. Both does both at once.

Output format

Same as input keeps the format, with HEIC saved as JPG and GIF or SVG saved as PNG. You can also choose another format from the list, such as PNG or WEBP.

Quality

Shown for JPG, WEBP and AVIF output and for Same as input. It ranges from 10 to 100 with a default of 85. Use 90 or more to keep JPG photos close to the original.

Format comparison

What is PNG?

PNG (Portable Network Graphics) is an image format introduced by W3C in 1996. It uses lossless compression and supports transparency. Files use the .png extension.

PNG was created in the mid-1990s as a free replacement for GIF, whose compression method was covered by patents at the time. It applies a filtering step and then compresses pixels with the DEFLATE algorithm, so every pixel is kept exactly. It supports full color, grayscale, palette images and a full alpha channel for smooth transparency.

PNG is the right choice for screenshots, logos, icons, diagrams, user interface graphics and any image with sharp edges, text or flat colors. It is also a safe format for images that need transparent backgrounds or will be edited again.

Because PNG is lossless, photos saved as PNG are often several times larger than the same photo saved as JPG or WebP. PNG has no lossy mode, and a standard PNG file cannot store animation.

PNG opens in every modern web browser, on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS, and in practically all image viewers, image editors, office suites and design tools. It is one of the most widely supported image formats.

What is JPG?

JPG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) is an image format introduced by JPEG in 1992. It uses lossy compression and has no transparency. Files use the .jpg or .jpeg extension.

JPG, also written JPEG, is named after the Joint Photographic Experts Group, which wrote the standard. It splits an image into small blocks, transforms each block with a discrete cosine transform and discards the fine detail that the eye notices least. A quality setting controls how much detail is removed and therefore the file size.

JPG is the standard choice for photographs and other images with smooth color gradients, such as camera pictures, product photos and images for email or social media. It gives small files with good visual quality at moderate settings.

JPG does not support transparency or animation. Each time a JPG is edited and saved again, it loses a little more quality. Text, line art and sharp edges can show visible blocks or halos at low quality settings.

JPG is supported everywhere: in all web browsers, on all desktop and mobile operating systems, and on cameras, phones and printers. All image editors and office programs open it. It is the most compatible format for sharing photos.

What is WEBP?

WEBP (WebP) is an image format introduced by Google in 2010. It supports both lossy and lossless compression, supports transparency and can store animation. Files use the .webp extension.

WebP was developed by Google to make images on the web smaller. Its lossy mode is based on the VP8 video codec, and it also has a separate lossless mode. Both modes can include an alpha channel for transparency. The format also supports animation, so it can replace JPG, PNG and GIF in many cases.

WebP is a good choice for images on websites and in apps, where smaller files load faster. It works for photos, graphics with transparency and short animations, often at a smaller size than JPG, PNG or GIF.

Some older software, image editors, print services and upload forms still do not accept WebP. Lossy WebP always reduces color resolution, which can blur fine colored detail. At very high quality settings, the size benefit over JPG can be small.

All current major browsers display WebP, including Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari on recent versions of macOS and iOS. Windows, macOS, Android and most modern image editors open it, but some older desktop programs do not.

What is AVIF?

AVIF (AV1 Image File Format) is an image format introduced by Alliance for Open Media in 2019. It supports both lossy and lossless compression, supports transparency and can store animation. Files use the .avif extension.

AVIF stores images compressed with the AV1 video codec inside a HEIF-based container. It was developed by the Alliance for Open Media, a group that includes major browser and technology companies, as a royalty-free format. It supports high bit depth, wide color, HDR, transparency and image sequences.

AVIF is best for web images where file size matters most. It often produces smaller files than JPG or WebP at similar visual quality, especially for photos, and it is useful for HDR and wide color images.

Encoding AVIF is slow compared with JPG or WebP, especially at high quality settings. Many image editors, older devices and upload forms do not accept it yet. Fine detail and texture can look smoothed at low quality settings.

Current versions of Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari display AVIF. Recent Windows, macOS, iOS and Android versions can open it, sometimes with an extra codec extension, but support in editors, office software and older systems is incomplete.

Why use FansBond Flip Image

Most online converters upload your files to their servers. FansBond Flip Image does the work inside your browser instead, using WebAssembly and modern browser APIs. Your files stay on your device, which is safer for private photos, contracts and unreleased work, and it is often faster because nothing has to upload or download.

There are no queues, no watermarks and no account. Once the page has loaded, the tool keeps working even on a slow connection.

Tips for the best result

• Check for text, logos and watches before flipping a photo. They appear reversed, which makes the edit easy to spot.
• Faces are not perfectly symmetrical, so a flipped portrait can look slightly unfamiliar even though nothing else has changed.
• Flip a whole batch at once. Each image is mirrored in the same direction and saved as a separate file.
• Save as PNG if you plan to keep editing. PNG is lossless, so repeated saves do not add compression marks.

How Flip Image works in your browser

When you add an image, the browser decodes it into raw pixels on your device. HEIC photos are decoded with a browser build of libheif, and AVIF with the libavif decoder. The pixels are then processed on an HTML canvas and encoded again in the format you picked.

JPG, PNG and WebP are encoded with your browser's built-in encoders, and AVIF with libavif compiled to WebAssembly. The compressors add MozJPEG for smaller JPG files and OxiPNG for lossless PNG optimization. Because everything runs locally, the speed depends on your device rather than on a server queue.

Privacy and security

Most online converters upload your files to a server, process them there and keep a copy for some time. Flip Image works differently: the code is downloaded to your browser once, and your files are read and written only on your device.

You can check this yourself: after the page has loaded, turn off your internet connection and the tool still works. This makes it safe for contracts, IDs, medical records, private photos and unreleased work.