# Image rotation after upload

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-rotation-after-upload/329078
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [October 2, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-rotation-after-upload/329078 "2024-10-02T20:14:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![EmilyJane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/emilyjane/32/453012_2.png) [@EmilyJane](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EmilyJane)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-rotation-after-upload/329078/1 "2024-10-02T20:14:27Z")

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Is it possible for the post creator to rotate an uploaded image within the Discourse application?

Perhaps in the same way that they can change the size with the

![Screenshot 2024-10-02 at 3.01.59 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/5/4/7/547443665a1d7f53381cd9b192322dac9c70d8fe.png)

buttons.

In the Arduino Forum, users frequently post photographs of hand-drawn schematics that are in the portrait orientation, e.g., when they would be easier to read in the landscape orientation. How to edit the post to correct the orientation might be easier to explain to the user than explaining how to change it in another application or explaining how to create the photo in the correct orientation in the first place.

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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-rotation-after-upload/329078/2 "2024-10-02T20:52:12Z")

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Hey @EmilyJane  
Welcome to Meta!

There is a #Customization > Theme component that admins can install that makes this possible

> [@Image Annotator - Allows you to annotate images in the previewer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-annotator-allows-you-to-annotate-images-in-the-previewer/161936/):
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> Hi everyone, Along with my teammate @vliboolean1010, we’re excited to introduce you to the newly created Discourse Theme-Component, Image Annotator. Whenever you click on the image at the editor, it activates the features of Add boxes, shapes, arrows, and text Highlight or censor parts of the image Select and change the color of the annotations Annotated images will be automatically updated after clicking on the save. Supports browsers including Safari, Firefox, Chrome & iOS Safari (Image cr…

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### Author: ![EmilyJane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/emilyjane/32/453012_2.png) [@EmilyJane](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EmilyJane)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-rotation-after-upload/329078/3 "2024-10-02T21:00:47Z")

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> [@Moin](#):
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> #Customization > Theme component that admins can install that makes this possible

That sounds like just the thing needed. I’ll pass that along to the people at the Arduino forum and see what happens.

Thank you for the quick response.