Whether you’re a designer, photographer, or hobbyist, learning how to flip an image horizontally in Photoshop is an essential skill to have. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to flip an image quickly and easily in Photoshop.
Once you open your image in Photoshop, you can easily flip it in any direction. To flip your photo horizontally, click on Image > Image Rotation > Flip Canvas Horizontal in the upper menu bar. That’s how to horizontally flip an image in Photoshop.
Similarly, to flip your image vertically, click on the Flip Canvas Vertical option.
Now, if you want to flip just one layer and not the whole canvas, you can select the layer you want to flip and press Control/Command-T to bring up the Transform controls, which are the blue lines outlining the layer. Now you can right-click > Flip Horizontal or Flip Vertical. This will flip only the selected layer.
Creating a mirror effect is very simple. First, Duplicate your original image using Control/Command-J.
Move the duplicate layer to the side of the original on the canvas.
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Use either a selection tool, Layer Masks, or the Eraser brush to trim any excess background from the duplicate image. I used the Rectangular Marquee Tool to delete the extra black background.
Use the Crop tool to crop the canvas so that both images can be seen and create a mirrored effect.
That’s how to flip an image horizontally in Photoshop. Mirror flipping images in Photoshop is an easy and fun way to create interesting effects, But sometimes you need to flip an image horizontally, which is luckily just a right-click and Flip away. If you flip your images often, you can set up a keyboard shortcut.
Esparza, A. (2023). How to Flip an Image in Photoshop: Envato Tuts+. Retrieved from https://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-flip-an-image-in-photoshop–cms-107263