Will flipping a JPG reduce image quality?

A JPG flip does involve a re-encode — unlike PNG, JPEG is a lossy format, so the kept pixels go through the JPEG encoder once during the flip. At the default Very High quality preset the loss is invisible to the eye and the file size stays close to the original. If you plan to flip the same image many times, convert once to PNG via JPG to PNG, do all the flips there, and convert back to JPG at the end to avoid generation loss.

Why does my selfie look mirrored, and will flipping fix it?

iPhone and most Android phones display the front camera preview mirrored so framing feels natural ("if I move my hand left, my reflection moves left"), but they save the JPG un-mirrored — which is why text on your shirt reads correctly in the photo but feels off compared to the viewfinder. A horizontal flip recreates that mirrored preview, which is what most people actually want when posting to social media.

Will my EXIF metadata (date, location, camera model) survive the flip?

Yes. The capture timestamp, GPS coordinates, ISO / aperture / shutter, camera make and model, and lens info are copied across unchanged during the flip. The EXIF Orientation tag is reset to 1 (normal) since the pixels themselves are now in the intended layout. If you'd rather strip EXIF entirely (privacy reasons), run the result through Compress JPG which has metadata-removal options.

What's the difference between "flip" and "mirror"?

They're the same operation. "Mirror" usually refers to a horizontal flip (reflecting left ↔ right, like looking in a bathroom mirror), which is also what most apps mean by "Flip Horizontal". "Flip Vertical" is the top ↔ bottom version. If a tool labels its single button "Mirror", it almost always means horizontal — pick Vertical Flip here for the upside-down version.

Can I batch flip many JPG photos in the same direction?

Yes. Drop in multiple JPG, JPEG, or JFIF files and pick a flip direction once — every file processes with the same horizontal or vertical setting. Useful for mirroring a folder of selfies before publishing, flipping a batch of product shots so they all face the same way for a catalog grid, or reversing iron-on transfer designs ahead of a print run. Files download individually or as a single ZIP archive.

Will flipping change the JPG file size?

Almost identically the same size at the default Very High quality. The pixel content is the same — just rearranged — so the JPEG encoder produces a file within a few percent of the original. JPEG's compression is sensitive to local pixel patterns, so a flipped image can occasionally encode a few KB smaller or larger depending on horizontal-line redundancy. If you need the file smaller after flipping, drop the Image Quality Preset, set a Specific File Size target in KB / MB, or downscale via Resolution Percentage in step 3.

Will flipping work on text or logos inside a JPG?

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

Does this tool accept JFIF files too?

Yes. JFIF (.jfif) is a container variant of standard JPEG and is fully supported alongside.jpg and.jpeg with no conversion needed. Drop them all into the same batch and they'll flip with identical settings. The output is saved as.jpg by default — switch to.jpeg in the File Extension option if your downstream pipeline needs that exact suffix (the file bytes are identical either way).

Why don't custom-angle rotations show up here?

Flipping is a separate operation from rotation. This tool mirrors across the horizontal or vertical axis only — those are the two flip directions defined mathematically. For 90° / 180° / 270° turns or arbitrary angles (1.5° to straighten a tilted horizon, 45° for a decorative diagonal), use Rotate JPG, which has lossless 90° transposition for block-aligned phone photos and custom-angle rotation with a tiny re-encode cost.

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