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# Rotate

Arbitrary angle rotation

Rotates the image by a specified angle, counterclockwise. You can use **bg\_color=X** to set the background fill color if the rotation angle is not divisible by 90.

<mark style="color:orange;">**r=X**</mark>

## Examples

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| ![](https://2536208400-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fqsq2dR7Fjagf5eTifWZx%2Fuploads%2FwQWF6MpMEXtiWL7CJYa9%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=59b229b6-e342-45f0-b8ce-3463bdbe16c2) | [/docs/earth.jpg?<mark style="color:orange;">**w=400**</mark>&<mark style="color:orange;">**r=90**</mark>](https://fdocs.filerobot.com/docs/earth.jpg?w=400\&r=90)                                                                          |
| ![](https://2536208400-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fqsq2dR7Fjagf5eTifWZx%2Fuploads%2FmGzHf9gKKqGVzZzo9XQU%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=b86c7911-e210-49c7-8410-ea19114a3a72) | [/docs/earth.jpg?<mark style="color:orange;">**w=400**</mark>&<mark style="color:orange;">**r=15**</mark>&<mark style="color:orange;">**bg\_color=10100E**</mark>](https://fdocs.filerobot.com/docs/earth.jpg?w=400\&r=15\&bg_color=10100E) |
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