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# CGImagePropertyOrientation.leftMirrored

The encoded image data is horizontally flipped and rotated 90° counter-clockwise from the image’s intended display orientation.

```
case leftMirrored
```

## Discussion

The (x,y) pixel coordinates of the origin point (0,0) represent the top row and leftmost column, respectively. Pixel (x,y) positions increase top-to-bottom, left-to-right.

If an image is encoded with this orientation, then displayed by software unaware of orientation metadata, the image appears to be horizontally mirrored, then rotated 90° counter-clockwise. (That is, to present the image in its intended orientation, you can rotate it 90° clockwise, then flip horizontally.)

![To correct an image with leftMirrored orientation for display, rotate it 90° clockwise then flip it horizontally.](images/com.apple.imageio/media-2948297.png)

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