How to horizontally flip an image

Question

How can i draw only two images with reversing I don\'t know how to reverse. Pls help.

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Answer 1

Mirror an image

Here is a simple utility function that will mirror an image horizontally, vertically or both.

// arguments
// ctx : the context on which to draw the mirrored image
// image : the image to mirror
// x,y : the top left of the rendered image
// horizontal : boolean if true mirror along X
// vertical : boolean if true mirror along y
function mirrorImage(ctx, image, x = 0, y = 0, horizontal = false, vertical = false){
    ctx.save();  // save the current canvas state
    ctx.setTransform(
        horizontal ? -1 : 1, 0, // set the direction of x axis
        0, vertical ? -1 : 1,   // set the direction of y axis
        x + horizontal ? image.width : 0, // set the x origin
        y + vertical ? image.height : 0   // set the y origin
    );
    ctx.drawImage(image,0,0);
    ctx.restore(); // restore the state as it was when this function was called
}

Usage

mirrorImage(ctx, image, 0, 0, true, false); // horizontal mirror
mirrorImage(ctx, image, 0, 0, false, true); // vertical mirror
mirrorImage(ctx, image, 0, 0, true, true);  // horizontal and vertical mirror

More mirrors

If you wish to be able to mirror along an arbitrary line see the answer Mirror along line