Follow these steps:

1Select the area you want to flip, or make sure no area is selected if you want to flip the entire image.

2Choose Flip from the Edit menu, and then select Horizontally or Vertically. Your image or selection is flipped.

3If you flipped a selected area, click the Crop tool and then click the image outside of the selection to revove the mask

Converting Image Types

Converting images gives you the maximum flexibility for editing, displaying, and printing your pictures. Keep in mind that changing an image’s data type is permanent and sometimes loses information; you should always keep the original image file and use the Save As command to create the converted file.

Five image data types are available on the Convert

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menu:

 

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1-bit black-and-white

 

 

This type of image is like a drawing with no shades

 

 

of gray. You must convert black-and-white images

Original image

Image flipped horizontally

to grayscale if you want to use PhotoPlus

 

 

enhancements or special effects.

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