---
title: "How to: Rotate an Image"
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
dev_langs: 
  - "csharp"
  - "vb"
helpviewer_keywords: 
  - "images [WPF], rotating"
  - "rotating images [WPF]"
ms.assetid: 863fe998-9a6b-490d-bd86-6ef5c9ec6d75
---
# How to: Rotate an Image
This example shows how to rotate an image 90 degrees by using a <xref:System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapImage.Rotation%2A> property of a <xref:System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapImage>.  
  
## Example  
 [!code-xaml[ImageElementExample_snip#TransformedXAML2](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/ImageElementExample_snip/CSharp/TransformedImageExample.xaml#transformedxaml2)]  
  
 [!code-csharp[ImageElementExample_snip#TransformedCSharp1](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/ImageElementExample_snip/CSharp/TransformedImageExample.xaml.cs#transformedcsharp1)]
 [!code-vb[ImageElementExample_snip#TransformedCSharp1](~/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Wpf/ImageElementExample_snip/VB/TransformedImageExample.xaml.vb#transformedcsharp1)]