# How to rotate jpg pictures?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-rotate-jpg-pictures/543534>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 17, 2010, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-rotate-jpg-pictures/543534 "2010-06-17T12:20:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-rotate-jpg-pictures/543534/21 "2010-06-18T20:56:36Z")

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> [@Duckster](#):
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> Aren’t you converting your master .jpg images to the native .psd format before manipulating?

Nah, I mostly work with RAW files and save them out as TIFs (and sometimes also JPGs) but in the case that I do work with JPGs from the beginning it’s usually just for minor edits and I’m not going to bother converting to PSD.

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**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-rotate-jpg-pictures/543534/22 "2010-06-18T20:58:48Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> I’ve told him to use all sorts of things. But he’s convinced that the largest company with the most money logically must make the best of everything.

He’s in for some upgrading then, since Apple is the “largest company” now. 😛

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**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-rotate-jpg-pictures/543534/23 "2010-06-19T01:49:52Z")

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> [@Hari\_Seldon](#):
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> Is there an easy way to rotate jpg pictures? My son sent me several hundred and about half of them are “sideways”.

Send 'em back to him and tell _him_ to fix them!

Play the old-man-doesn’t-understand-technology-like-you-younger-guys-do card. Especially effective around Fathers Day!

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**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-rotate-jpg-pictures/543534/24 "2010-06-19T03:22:37Z")

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