Flip AVIF

How to Flip an AVIF Image Online

1. Choose Your AVIF Files: Drag and drop AVIF images onto the page or click "Choose AVIF files" — up to 50 at once. The first photo opens in the editor and the rest line up as thumbnails below it; with two or more photos open, "Add more" adds files to the same batch.
2. Flip It: In Flip, click "Horizontal" for a mirror image or "Vertical" to turn it upside down; click again to undo it. Flips stack with rotate, and the flip applies to every photo in the batch.
3. Pick the Output Format (Optional): "Save as" keeps "Same as original" or saves as JPG, PNG, WebP or another format. For JPG, WebP and AVIF output, the "Quality" slider (40–100) trades file size against detail. Resize, Crop, Rotate and Flip all work in the same session, and "Undo" steps back.
4. Download: Click the Download button, which names the output format (for example "Download PNG"), for one photo, or "Download all (.zip)" for a batch — "Download one by one" saves the files separately. The editor opens AVIF files right in your browser whenever your browser can decode them, so those files are not uploaded. A file it can't decode is either processed on our servers and deleted automatically afterward — the editor says so before you download — or skipped with a note. No sign-up, no watermark.

Why Flip an AVIF Image?

AVIF (AV1 Image File Format) was published as v1.0.0 by the Alliance for Open Media on 19 February 2019, and is now the smallest widely-supported still-image format on the open web — Chrome shipped support in 85, Firefox in 93, and Safari in 16.4, putting global browser coverage above 94% as of 2026. Most "rotate image" tools online were built for JPG / PNG / GIF and either reject .avif outright or transparently convert to JPG first, which double-encodes your file and throws away AVIF's compression advantage. Flipping AVIF directly keeps the image in its native container. Common reasons to flip an AVIF:

• Mirror selfies and screenshots saved as AVIF — Modern Chrome on Android and ChromeOS will save photos from AVIF-served sites with a .avif extension. A horizontal flip restores the mirrored framing your front camera showed in the viewfinder, which is what most people actually want before posting.
• Reverse hero graphics and product shots for catalog consistency — When the rest of your <picture> chain uses AVIF as the smallest variant, flipping a single source AVIF and re-exporting is faster than starting from the lossless master and re-encoding three formats.
• Fix orientation on AVIFs without an EXIF orientation tag — AVIF's container can carry an irot/imir transform, but many encoders skip it, so a file that "looks rotated" in one viewer reads correctly in another. Flipping the actual pixel data ensures consistent orientation everywhere.
• Reading direction for RTL layouts — Mockups for Arabic, Hebrew, or Persian sites often need icon and hero AVIFs flipped horizontally so chevrons, arrows, and progress bars point the natural reading direction.
• Reflection and symmetry compositions — Duplicate an AVIF, flip the copy, and stack the two for a mirror reflection, kaleidoscope thumbnail, or before/after comparison — without first converting to JPG and losing AVIF's compression headroom.
• Mirror a still taken from an animated AVIF — This editor does not flip an animated AVIF as an animation: it works on a single still image, so use it for the poster frame of a sprite or icon, not the whole frame stack.

Flip vs Rotate vs Convert — What's the Difference?

If you need rotation instead of flipping, use Rotate AVIF. To change pixel dimensions without flipping, see Resize AVIF. For trimming image area, see Crop AVIF. To shrink the file size, see Compress AVIF. If the recipient can't open AVIF, AVIF to JPG, AVIF to PNG, or AVIF to WebP is the right tool. For other formats, see Flip JPG, Flip PNG, Flip WebP, Flip HEIC, or Flip GIF.

AVIF vs WebP vs JPEG — Format Comparison

AVIF Flip Settings — What the Editor Offers

The editor has no DPI, bit-depth, compression-type or file-size-target setting. To hit a byte budget, run the result through Compress AVIF.

Frequently Asked Questions

Will flipping degrade my AVIF image's quality?

A flip itself is a lossless pixel rearrangement, but AVIF output is always re-encoded (the editor has no lossless AVIF setting), so the kept pixels go through the AV1 encoder once. At the default "Quality" of 85 the loss is hard to see, and raising "Quality" narrows it further. If you plan to flip the same image many times, convert once to PNG via AVIF to PNG, do all the flips lossless, and re-encode back to AVIF at the end to avoid generation loss.

What happens to animated AVIF when I flip it?

It is not flipped as an animation: the editor treats an animated AVIF as a single still image, so the flipped file is a still, not a mirrored loop. Animated AVIF is a relatively new replacement for animated WebP and GIF, and not every viewer supports it yet — Chrome added animated AVIF support in version 105, Firefox followed in 113, Safari in 16.4. If your audience is mixed, consider converting the animated AVIF to GIF or WebP for broader compatibility.

Does AVIF's HDR or 10-bit / 12-bit precision survive the flip?

No. The flip operates on pixel positions only, but the editor works in 8 bits per channel and saves in sRGB, so a 10- or 12-bit HDR or wide-gamut source is saved as an 8-bit sRGB file and the HDR transfer metadata (Rec. 2020, PQ, HLG) is not kept — keep the source for HDR work.

My flipped AVIF looks slightly different on Safari vs Chrome — why?

AVIF browsers can disagree on color management when a file ships with an embedded ICC profile or non-sRGB color space. Safari (since 16.4) is generally the most color-accurate; older Chrome builds occasionally treated wide-gamut AVIFs as sRGB. The flip itself doesn't introduce the difference — it's the renderer. If consistency across browsers matters more than HDR, export at 8-bit sRGB.

Why is my flipped AVIF larger than I expected?

Two common causes. First, AVIF compression quality is sensitive to local pixel patterns — a horizontal flip can shift edges and gradients enough that the encoder produces a slightly different (sometimes larger) bitstream. Second, the editor has no encode-speed setting, so the encode is tuned for a reasonable wait rather than the smallest output. To shrink it, lower the "Quality" slider.

Will flipping work on text or logos baked into the AVIF?

Technically yes — but rendered text in the output will be mirror-readable (backwards) after a horizontal flip, or upside down after a vertical flip. AVIF flipping operates on pixels, not glyphs, so any rendered text inside the image will be reversed. If you want the image flipped while text stays readable, that's a manual edit in Photopea or GIMP where you flip the background layer and re-render the text on top, then re-export to AVIF.

Can I batch flip many AVIF images in the same direction?

Yes — drop up to 50 AVIF files at once (a mixed batch works too). The flip direction you set applies to every file in the batch; "Download all (.zip)" saves every flipped result in one ZIP, or use "Download one by one" to save them separately.

Which platforms still reject AVIF uploads in 2026?

Browser support is broad (~94% global), but upload pipelines lag. As of early 2026, several legacy CMS installs, some older WordPress themes without AVIF MIME registration, certain forum software (older phpBB / vBulletin), some print-on-demand services, and a handful of email signature builders still reject .avif. After flipping, run the file through AVIF to JPG or AVIF to PNG for those destinations, or AVIF to WebP for near-AVIF size with broader upload support.

Does flipping work on AVIFs with transparency?

Yes. The alpha channel is preserved and mirrored alongside the RGB pixels — a flipped logo with a transparent background stays transparent on the same edges (just on the opposite side). If you need a transparent-aware format with even broader compatibility, AVIF to PNG keeps the alpha channel; AVIF to JPG does not (JPG has no transparency, so the alpha is composited against white by default).