GIMP User Manual
Prev | Chapter 8. Tools | Next

# Flip

## Overview

The Flip tool provides the ability to flip layers or selections either horizontally or vertically.

| When flipping selections, a new layer will be created and the old layer that the selection was created on will have that area "cut" from it.

## Flip Tool Options

Flip Tool Settings

Tool Toggle

  The Tool Toggle settings control flipping in either a Horizontal direction or a Vertical one. This toggle can also be switched using a key modification.

### Additional Information

Default Keyboard Shortcut: Shift-F

Key modifiers:

- Ctrl toggles the flip direction.

Prev | Home | Next
Eraser | Up | Free-Hand Selection