How to Flip With Gimp

You can flip an image horizontally or vertically with Gimp.

When you work with the free graphics application Gimp, which stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program, you might need to flip an image. For example, if you have a person who is looking to the left in the image, you may want to reverse the composition so the person appears to look to the right. Or you could have an image of an arrow that you need to flip vertically so that it is pointing up rather than down. You can easily flip images in Gimp.

Instructions

1. Launch Gimp on your computer.

2. Click "File" from the Gimp menu.

3. Click "Open." A dialog box appears. Click a folder on your computer containing the image you want to flip. Click the file to select it, and then click "Open."

4. Click "Tools" from the Gimp menu.

5. Click "Transform Tools," then click "Flip."

6. Click anywhere on the picture to flip it horizontally.

7. Press the "Control" key on the computer's keyboard and click anywhere on the picture to flip it vertically.

8. Click "Tools" from the menu, and then click "Toolbox" to display the Gimp toolbox. Click the "Horizontal" or "Vertical" button under "Flip Type" to switch between flip types. Click anywhere on the picture to flip it vertically or horizontally according to the "Flip Type " you selected.

References

• Gimp: Flip An Image
• Gimp: Gimplite Quickies