Taking your own product images can be a great way to add context and get unique content to your website. But sometimes, when you take a photo, the camera has been angled wrong or the image is upside down. So, when you try to upload the image, it appears wrong on the screen on Shopify. This can be a mistake that makes you think about taking the image again. While you can crop image, adjust contrast, brightness, and white balance of the image using Shopify’s built-in image editor, however, there are also ways to just re-orientate the image on Shopify.

There are lots of programs that can do this for you: Photoshop, Illustration, Paint.net and there are some Shopify apps like PixPix that can also help you. However, there is also a simple method that allows you to change images, like add text, change color and more to your images on Shopify. This inbuilt image editor is easy to use and free.

So, here are the instructions on how to change an image’s orientation on Shopify.

Key Takeaways
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Access your Shopify store’s ‘Files’ page via ‘Settings’ to select images for editing.
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Use the Photo Editor’s orientation options to rotate, flip, or tilt your selected image.
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After editing, apply and save changes to make them permanent on your Shopify store.

Step 1 - Login

First thing, login to your Shopify store.

Step 2 - Image Files

Then head to your ‘Files’ page on the Shopify dashboard. This is located within the ‘Settings’ option. The ‘Files’ section is within the second column.

Step 3 - Select Image

Now select the image that you would like to change the orientation for. When you’ve clicked on the image, a full size version of the image will appear on the screen. There is an edit button that appears below the image. You need to click on this.

Step 4 - Orientation

After clicking on the ‘Edit’ button, you will see options available for editing. You need to click on the ‘Orientation’ option to enable changes to how the image is displayed. You can also add a GIF or video to your product page from this editor.

Step 5 - Make Changes

Now, on the top bar of the Photo Editor, there are two types of orientation options. The first is rotate, where you can rotate the image clockwise (arrow to the right) or anti-clockwise (arrow to the left). Alternatively, you can tell the editor suite to flip the image. This can be done vertically or horizontally. This can be a quick way to make changes to your image.

Or, you can hold and drag the arrow that is located above the photo and tilt the image left or right within the frame. If there are any parts of the photo that appear within the black zone, they will be cropped from the image. Therefore, be sure that you would like to make this change, it can make a significant different to the look of the photo and customers do tend to judge your professionalism based on the images (as well as other elements) that are on your screen. Font choices and font size also matter when adding text overlays to your product images.

Step 6 - Apply

Click on apply to make the changes to your image.

Step 7 - Save

Now you can click on the ‘Save’ option. This makes all the changes that you’ve made to the image permanent. Otherwise, the changes will be lost. Ensure your store setup is optimized for displaying images properly across different devices and screen sizes. Make other changes to images using additional Shopify customization and design options.