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Rotate An Image

Problem: you turned your camera vertically to get the best photo of your subject; now your image is "on its side" and you need TheGIMP to rotate it.

Using the 2003 October 8 APOD image, this time an image from the Hubble Telescope of the Sombrero Galaxy. Visually pleasing in this presentation; the galaxy has a different orientation when viewed from earth. TheGIMP can make it right by simply following the menus <Image> Image ->Transform ->Rotate 90 degrees CW.

Fixing this particular image needs a clockwise (the top goes 90 degrees to the right) rotation. 180 degree rotation is the same as a vertical flip. An easily cropped and rotated image ....

Other Quickies

• Change the Size of an Image (Scale)
• Make jpegs Smaller
• Crop An Image
• Find Info About Your Image
• Change the Mode
• Flip An Image
• The Whole Set