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title: "Rotate images"
slug: "image-resizer-rotator-rotate-images"
updated: 2026-10-09T18:07:06Z
published: 2026-10-09T18:07:06Z
canonical: "help.quickbase.com/image-resizer-rotator-rotate-images"
---

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# Rotate images

Image Resizer/Rotator rotates images clockwise by 90, 180, or 270 degrees. Rotate buttons use the *RotateImage.aspx* address instead of *ImageResizer.aspx*.

There are two ways to choose how far to rotate:

- **One amount for every image**—**rotateval** is 0, 90, 180, or 270. Use this to rotate all images on the button the same way.
- **An amount per image**—in **clist**, follow each file attachment FID with a colon and the FID of a field holding that image's rotation. For example, *clist=14:40.15:41* rotates the image in field 14 by the value in field 40, and the image in field 15 by the value in field 41.

If both are supplied, **rotateval** is used for every image. Both work for one record and for [multiple records](https://help.quickbase.com/quickbase-extensions/docs/en/image-resizer-rotator-multiple-records).

## Set up rotation fields

For per-image rotation, create a **Text - Multiple Choice** field for each image, for example *Rotate Options - Image 1*. Give it these choices, and clear **Allow users to create new choices** so only valid values can be picked:

- Do not rotate
- 90 degrees
- 180 degrees
- 270 degrees

Rotation fields accept a number (*90*) or a number followed by *degrees* (*90 degrees*). Any other value, including *Do not rotate* or a blank field, leaves the image unrotated.

**rotateval** is stricter. It accepts *0*, *90*, *180*, or *270*, with or without *degrees* after the number (*90* and *90 degrees* both work). Anything else is an error:

- *Do not rotate* (or any other text) gives *Error - Rotating by a value other than 0, 90, 180, or 270 degrees*. Use *0* for no rotation.
- A blank value, when **clist** has no rotation fields, gives *Error - No rotation amount was provided for field 14. Supply 'rotateval' or a per-file rotation FID via clist (e.g. clist=6:8).* If **rotateval** reads from a field, make that field required or give it a default value.

For a **rotateval** field, use a **Text - Multiple Choice** field with the choices *0*, *90*, *180*, and *270* (or *0 degrees*, *90 degrees*, and so on), not *Do not rotate*.

## Create the button

Add a **Formula - Text** field with **Allow some HTML tags** selected. Replace *https://...* with your designated Image Resizer/Rotator server URL and *Q#* with your Client ID.

### Example: per-image rotation

```
var text url = "https://.../RotateImage.aspx?"  // your Image Resizer/Rotator server URL
& "clientid=Q#"  // your Client ID
& "&appid=" & AppID()
& "&dbid=" & Dbid()
& "&recid=" & [Record ID#]
& "&clist=14:40.15:41";  // image field : rotation field

"<a class='Vibrant Success OpenAsPopup POSTTempToken' data-height=400 data-width=800 data-refresh=true data-temptokendbid='" & Dbid() & "' href=\"" & $url & "\">Rotate Images</a>"
```

### Example: one amount for every image

```
var text url = "https://.../RotateImage.aspx?"  // your Image Resizer/Rotator server URL
& "clientid=Q#"  // your Client ID
& "&appid=" & AppID()
& "&dbid=" & Dbid()
& "&recid=" & [Record ID#]
& "&clist=14.15"
& "&rotateval=" & [Rotate Value];  // 0, 90, 180, or 270

"<a class='Vibrant Success OpenAsPopup POSTTempToken' data-height=400 data-width=800 data-refresh=true data-temptokendbid='" & Dbid() & "' href=\"" & $url & "\">Rotate Images</a>"
```

Add the button to the form. To keep the original image and save the rotated one elsewhere, or to record when images were rotated, see [Track and store results](https://help.quickbase.com/quickbase-extensions/docs/en/image-resizer-rotator-track-and-store-results). For every parameter, see [Formula URL parameters](https://help.quickbase.com/quickbase-extensions/docs/en/image-resizer-rotator-formula-url-parameters).