How to rotate the canvas & layers in PhotoShop Print

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This tutorial will show you how to rotate the canvas and layers in Photoshop

This tutorial assumes you already have your picture open in Photoshop

1) Go to the Image menu


2) Go to Rotate Canvas


3) You can rotate it by 180°, 90° clockwise, or 90° counter-clockwise

The entire image has been rotated


4) You can also flip an image by going to the Image menu…


5) …then rotate canvas…


6) …and selecting either Flip Canvas Horizontal or Flip Canvas Vertical

The canvas has been flipped according to the option we chose


It is also possible to rotate only a single layer instead of the entire image

7) Select the layer you wish to rotate


8) Go to the Edit menu


9) Go to Transform


10) For this tutorial, we will move down so we can see the whole menu


11) Select the amount you want to rotate the layer

Only the Comet layer has been rotated


This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to rotate the canvas and layers in Photoshop


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