Rotate or flip an entire image
The Rotate Canvas commands let you rotate or flip an entire image. The commands do not work on individual layers or parts of layers, paths, or selection borders. If you want to rotate a selection or layer, use the Transform or Free Transform commands.
Rotating images
- A.
- Flip Horizontal
- B.
- Original image
- C.
- Flip Vertical
- D.
- Rotate 90° CCW
- E.
- Rotate 180°
- F.
- Rotate 90° CW
Choose
Image > Rotate Canvas, and choose one of the following
commands from the submenu: - 180°
- Rotates the image by a half-turn.
- 90° CW
- Rotates the image clockwise by a quarter-turn.
- 90° CCW
- Rotates the image counterclockwise by a quarter-turn.
- Arbitrary
- Rotates the image by the angle you specify. If you choose this option, enter an angle between ‑359.99 and 359.99 in the angle text box. (In Photoshop, you can select CW or CCW to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise.) Then click OK.