Rotation Menu


The Rotation Menu contains commands for rotating in steps of 90 degrees, mirror reversing the image, and for rotating by a specified angle. This menu is opened from the on the Image Toolbar as shown below.

Reverse

Mirrors the image in the left-right sense.

Flip

Mirrors the image in the up-down sense.

Transpose

Mirrors the image about its main diagonal, which extends from pixel (1,1) to the opposite corner. FITS image have their main diagonal running from the lower left toward the upper right. Graphics formats like JPG, BMP, and TIFF have their main diagonal running from upper left to lower right.

Rotate 90

Rotates the image 90 degrees.

Rotate 180

Rotates the image 180 degrees.

Rotate 270

Rotates the image 270 degrees.

Angle...

Opens the Rotate Angle command dialog for rotating an exact angle measured in degrees.

Related Topics

Rotating Images, Rotate Image, Rotate Angle