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# UIImage.Orientation.down

The image has been rotated 180° from the orientation of its original pixel data.

```
case down
```

## Discussion

If an image is encoded with this orientation, then displayed by software unaware of orientation metadata, the image appears rotated 180°.

![To correct an image with down orientation for display, rotate it 180°.](images/com.apple.uikit/media-2948301.png)

## See Also

  <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/ImageIO/CGImagePropertyOrientation/down>


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