Flipping images


You can flip the canvas and all of its associated layers together, or you can flip a layer, selection, or the canvas individually. You can flip all or parts of an image horizontally (from left to right) or vertically (from top to bottom).

Original image

Image flipped horizontally

Image flipped vertically

To flip the canvas and layers together

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Perform a task from the following table.

 

To
Do the following
To flip horizontally
Choose Canvas Rotate Canvas Flip Canvas Horizontal.
To flip vertically
Choose Canvas Rotate Canvas Flip Canvas Vertical.
If your document has layers of different types, you are prompted to commit all of them to a default, pixel-based layer.

To flip the canvas, a layer, or a selection individually

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1 Perform a task from the following table.

 

To flip
Do the following
The canvas
Click the Canvas in the Layers panel.
A layer
Click one or multiple layers in the Layers panel.
A selection
Click a selection tool from the toolbox, and drag in the document window to select an area.
2 Choose Edit, and choose one of the following:
Flip Horizontal
Flip Vertical

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