ImageGear for C and C++ on Windows v19.1 - Updated
enumIGRecImgRotate
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Available image transformations (rotation and/or mirroring).

Values:

IG_REC_IMG_ROTATE_AUTO Automatic image rotation (Default).
IG_REC_IMG_ROTATE_NO Do not transform the image.
IG_REC_IMG_ROTATE_RIGHT Rotate image to the right (clockwise).
IG_REC_IMG_ROTATE_DOWN Rotate image down (rotate twice).
IG_REC_IMG_ROTATE_LEFT Rotate image to the left (anti-clockwise).
IG_REC_IMG_ROTATE_FLIPPED Mirror image without rotation (mirrored around the Y-axis).
IG_REC_IMG_ROTATE_RIGHT_FLIPPED Mirror image, then rotate to the right.
IG_REC_IMG_ROTATE_DOWN_FLIPPED Mirror image, then rotate twice.
IG_REC_IMG_ROTATE_LEFT_FLIPPED Mirror image, then rotate to the left.

Remarks:

Rotation is always carried out in 90-degree steps. The following table shows the results of the image transformation using different values.

Original image:

Transformed image:

NO: LEFT: RIGHT: DOWN:
123 369 741 987
456 258 852 654
789 147 963 321
FLIPPED: LEFT_FLIPPED: RIGHT_FLIPPED: DOWN_FLIPPED:
321 147 963 789
654 258 852 456
987 369 741 123

Automatic image rotation settings (IG_REC_IMG_ROTATE_AUTO) can only be used with good quality machine-printed texts, but not with images containing 9-pin dot-matrix text or other non-machine printed text. Mirroring values (those with the suffix FLIPPED) are ignored during image pre-processing IG_REC_image_preprocess. They are available only through IG_REC_image_orient.