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Many large format cameras present the image of the scene being photographed as a flipped image through their viewfinders. Some photographers regard this as a beneficial feature, as the unfamiliarity of the format allows them to compose the elements of the picture properly without being distracted by the actual contents of the scene.
This template causes all images contained within it to be flipped horizontally by default, or vertically if configured to do so. It should *not* be used to flip real photographs in articles unless the use of the flip is relevant and clearly noted, as this is otherwise misleading. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Content 1 This content will have all its ...
A mirror image (in a plane mirror) is a reflected duplication of an object that appears almost identical, but is reversed in the direction perpendicular to the mirror surface. As an optical effect , it results from specular reflection off from surfaces of lustrous materials, especially a mirror or water .
For a claimed 30% of people [according to whom?], the paging keys move the text in the opposite direction to what they find natural, [1] and software may contain settings to reverse the operation of these keys to accommodate that. In August 2008, Microsoft received the US patent #7,415,666 for the functions of the two keys – Page Up & Page ...
In photography and graphic arts a flopped image is a static or moving image that is generated by a reversal of an original image across a vertical axis, as in a conventional mirror image. This is opposed to a flipped image , which means an image reversed across a horizontal axis.
Mirror writing is formed by writing in the direction that is the reverse of the natural way for a given language, such that the result is the mirror image of normal writing: it appears normal when reflected in a mirror. It is sometimes used as an extremely primitive form of cipher.
The Fixedsys Excelsior typeface includes a complete set of reversed characters like this in its Private Use Area. However, online utilities to create mirrored text are not readily available, and most sites that claim to "mirror text" or "reverse text" in fact only change the order of the letters and do not actually flip the letters themselves.