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Rotate Image: The Educational Guide to Orientation & Straightening

We have all been there. You take a perfect photo with your smartphone, but when you upload it to your computer or a website, it is sideways. The sky is on the left, and the ground is on the right. Or maybe you scanned an important document, but you put the paper in slightly crooked, and now the text is tilted. This is where rotating an image becomes necessary. It sounds simple—just turning a picture—but digital rotation is actually a complex process. Depending on how you rotate an image, you might accidentally cut off corners, create blurry edges, or increase your file size. In this educational guide, we will explain exactly what happens when you rotate a digital image. We will break down the difference between turning a photo and flipping it, explain why some photos look right on your phone but wrong on your computer, and teach you how to rotate images without ruining their quality. 1. What Does "Rotating an Image" Actually Mean? To understand rotation, you must first visual...