How do you 'mirror image' a JPEG or GIF

[plav]

Hi,

I had an image that I took with a Digital Camera which saved the image in the format of a JPEG. I want a symetrical image of the photo using somesort of utility in Photoshop 7. Does anyone know how I can do this???

All the best

Plav

 

[blueark]

Image > Rotate Canvas > Flip Canvas Horizontal/Vertical. Is that what you're looking for?

 

[mscallisto]

Do you also need to crop the image to be square instead of rectangle?

What do you mean by "I want a symetrical image of the photo"?

 

[plav]

Sorry if I haven't made myself clear. The scenerio is. I have a Photo of a room. One the right hand side of the photo there is a table on it. Now, if you where to say place a mirror in the centre of the image you would get a table either side of the image ( a symmetrical image). Does anyone know how to acheive this effect in Photoshop?

Cheers

Plav

 

[Eggles]

Make a copy of the photo and then follow blueark's advice, then in one of the files, double the canvas size and drag (or copy/paste) the second file into the first.

 

[blueark]

You can also do this within the one image by duplicating the background layer onto a new layer. Select the top layer, then go to Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal/Vertical. Although similar to Canvas Flip, it doesn't flip every layer, just the selected one.

At this point, you would probably need to make the canvas a little bigger (Image > Canvas Size), then create a layer mask for the top layer. Move it around to suit, then paint onto the layer mask with a soft brush or gradient to make the two images blend correctly.