Flipping or creating mirror images are important under certain situations. Many software are there which will help us to flip images horizontally or vertically. GIMP in Linux also provides a user friendly approach for flipping images. Follow the simple instructions given below to flip your images vertically or horizontally using GIMP.
1. Open your image in GIMP.
2. Select the layer to be flipped using Page Down or Page Up keys.
3. Now go to Layer => Transform => Flip Horizontally to flip your image horizontally. Similarly, go to Layer => Transform => Flip Vertically to flip your image Vertically as shown in the following images.
Original Image
Vertically Flipped Image
1. Open your image in GIMP.
2. Select the layer to be flipped using Page Down or Page Up keys.
3. Now go to Layer => Transform => Flip Horizontally to flip your image horizontally. Similarly, go to Layer => Transform => Flip Vertically to flip your image Vertically as shown in the following images.
Original Image
Horizontally Flipped Image
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