How to Flip Photos or Images on iPhone and IPad

The photo editor on the iPhone and iPad comes with a built-in tool for flipping photos horizontally (sideways). But if you want to flip photos vertically (upside down), you will need to use a free third-party app like Photoshop Express.

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Sometimes you end up taking photos that are mirrored horizontally. This is quite common when you take selfies. Want to change the direction of a photo (or a face)?

The photo editor on the iPhone and iPad comes with a built-in tool for flipping photos horizontally (sideways). But if you want to flip photos vertically (upside down), you will need to use a free third-party app like Photoshop Express. Let’s explore how to flip photos using Photoshop Express since it has more features.

This is for the iPhone and iPad using Photoshop Express

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This app is a feature-rich photo editing tool on your iPhone or iPad. In some ways, you can think of it as the mobile version of the Photoshop app. While many of its pro features are hidden behind a subscription, you can use the free version to make simple edits.

One of the features available on the free version is the ability to flip images both vertically and horizontally.

First, download the free app from the Apple Store iCloud service. Now, open the app and give it permission to access your photos. Next, from the Home tab, tap the Edit section button. Refer to below image:

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Accessing Edit section

Here, choose the photo that you want to edit. See below image:

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Selecting a Photo

From the photo editing view, go to the Crop button and tap it. See following image:

Flip 3
Accessing the Crop button

From here, choose the Rotate option. Refer to below image:

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Accessing the Rotate option

Now, swipe left on the bottom toolbar to see the different flip options. See below image:

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Accessing the flip options

Next, you can flip the photo as you please. See following image for the flipped photo:

Flip 6
The photo flipped

Once you are done, tap the Share button from the top toolbar. Refer to below image:

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Accessing the Share button

Here, tap the Camera Roll button. The final flipped photo will be exported and saved to your Photos app. See below image where I saved the original:

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Selecting to export and save the photo to the Camera Roll

Your original photo is left intact.

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I am Raymond Oglesby, an Information Technology (IT) specialist with 30 years in the field. I have taught Microsoft Applications and troubleshot computers in 15 countries and many States. My career was focused on mainframes and desktops from application development to implementation. I have written hundreds of programs for various architectures. I decided to start a blog to share my knowledge and experiences with you. I plan on updating this blog at least twice a week about smart phone apps to Windows. Please feel free to leave a Comment or Tweet. I would love to hear from you. Do you have a computer tech question? I will do my best to answer your inquiry. Please mention the app and version that you are using. To help me out, you can send screenshots of your data related to your question.

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