Zoom and Rotate Image in ReactJS

Written By Christian Nwamba, Guest Author Jul-24-2023 7 Min Read

Zooming means enlarging an image so that the details are more visible. Zooming in on a picture has many wide applications ranging from zooming through a camera lens to zooming in on a photo on the internet.

On the other hand, Rotate is an image processing feature that allows us to turn an image in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction.

In this post, we’ll learn how to zoom and rotate images with React-image-zoom package, Cloudinary, and React.js.

Additionally, for those looking to handle rotations using native CSS properties in React, we will also delve into methods like transform: rotate(), transform-origin, and transition to achieve the same effect.

React-image-zo o om is an npm package that will allow users to zoom in on images. This component has minimal styling footprint. In addition, we can pass in custom class names and id props that’ll enable us to customize the package to fit our design needs.

Cloudinary makes it easy to upload, store, manage, transform, and deliver images and videos for web and mobile applications.

Sandbox

The complete project is on CodeSandbox. Fork and run it to quickly get started.

Prerequisites

This post requires the following:

Experience with JavaScript and React.js.
Installing Node.js.
A Cloudinary account. Signing up is free!

Setups and Installations

We’ll run the following command in the terminal to create a new React.js application:

npx create-react-app zoom-rotate-app

The above command bootstraps a React application in ****the zoom-rotate folder.

Next, we’ll navigate to the project directory and install some dependencies:

cd zoom-rotate # to navigate into the project directory
Code language: PHP (php)

Navigate to the src directory and delete all the files except App.js and index.js.

Next, we’ll install the following npm packages:

react-image-zo o om, so we can access the zoom component in a React environment.
@cloudinary/url-gen to add Cloudinary transformations and generate a URL.
react-icons to give us access to icons for rotating our image.

npm install react-image-zooom @cloudinary/url-gen react-icons
Code language: CSS (css)

yarn add react-image-zooom @cloudinary/url-gen react-icons
Code language: CSS (css)

Next, we’ll install the bootstrap library with the following command to handle our styles.

npm install react-bootstrap bootstrap

Next, we’ll log in to Cloudinary, navigate to the Samples folder, navigate to People, and tag a few images.

Create a tag name and click the Update button.

Next, we’ll provide our details in this URL format and query it to get our Cloudinary tagged assets:

https://res.cloudinary.com/<cloud-name>/<type>/list/<tag-name>.json
Code language: HTML, XML (xml)

Next, we’ll remove restrictions on Image list in Cloudinary. Navigate to Settings (the gear icon), click the Security tab and uncheck Resource List under Restricted media types.

Scroll down to save your settings.

Next, import the following line of code inside the pages/index.js file:

import "bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css";
Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

Your index.js should look like this:

//index.js
import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client';
import App from './App';
import "bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css";

const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('root'));
  root.render(
    <React.StrictMode>
      <App />
    </React.StrictMode>
  );
Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

Building the Zoom Effect

Now, clean up the App.js file and update it with the following lines of code :

import "./App.css";
import ImageZoom from "react-image-zooom";
import { useState, useEffect } from "react";

const App = () => {
  const [imageData, setImageData] = useState(null);
    
  const baseURL = "https://res.cloudinary.com/<cloud-name>/image";
    
  const getImages = async () => {
    const res = await fetch(
      "https://res.cloudinary.com/<cloud-name>/image/list/<tag-name>.json"
    );
  const data = await res.json();
    setImageData(data);
  };
    
    
return (
  <div className="App">
    <h1>ZOOM and Roatate Images in React.js</h1>
    <div className="gallery">
      {imageData &&
        imageData.resources.map((item) => {
          const { format, public_id, version, type } = item;
          return (
            <div key={version} className="gallery-img">
              <ImageZoom
                src={`${baseURL}/${type}/v${version}/${public_id}.${format}`}
                alt="Zoom-images"
                zoom="300"
              />
            </div>
          );
        })}
    </div>
  </div>
);
};
export default App;
Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

In the snippets above, we:

Imported ImageZoom from “react-image-zooom” and useState and useEffect from “react”.
Created imageData state constant with useState hook and created a baseURL constant.
Created the getImages() function to fetch the tagged assets from Cloudinary and update the imageData state.
Looped through the imageData, generated a URL for the images, and used the ImageZoom component and displayed them.

We would see our images rendered with zoom-in and zoom-out functionalities in the browser.

Building the Rotate Effect

First, let’s head to the Cloudinary Media Library, double-click any image asset, and copy the image directory.

Next, update the App.js with the following snippets:

//App.js
...
import { Cloudinary } from "@cloudinary/url-gen";
import { byAngle } from "@cloudinary/url-gen/actions/rotate";
import { BsArrowClockwise, BsArrowCounterclockwise } from "react-icons/bs";

const App = () => {
    ...
  const [imageURL, setImageURL] = useState();
  const [rotateValue, setRotateValue] = useState(0);
      
  const rotateImages = () => {
    const cld = new Cloudinary({
      cloud: {
        cloudName: "cloud-name",
      },
    });
    const rotateImg = cld
      .image("image directory here")
      .rotate(byAngle(rotateValue));
      setImageURL(rotateImg.toURL());
    };
    
  ...
    
useEffect(() => {
    ...
  rotateImages();
});

return (
  <div className="App">
    <h1>Zoom and Roatate Images in React.js</h1>
      <div className="gallery">
         ...
      </div>
    
      <div className="rotate">
        <img src={imageURL} alt="snow-boy" width={500} height={500} />
        <div className="controls m-3">
          <button
            onClick={() => setRotateValue(rotateValue - 90)}
            className="m-1 btn-primary"
          >
            <BsArrowCounterclockwise />
          </button>
          <button
            onClick={() => setRotateValue(rotateValue + 90)}
            className="m-1 btn-primary"
          >
            <BsArrowClockwise />
          </button>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  );
};
export default App;
Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

In the snippets above, we:

Imported Cloudinary and byAngle rotate actions from “@cloudinary/url-gen.”
Imported Clockwise and CounterClockwise arrows from react-icons and created imageURL and rotateValue state constants.
Created the rotateImages() function and inside it, started a new instance of Cloudinary, and passed our cloud name.
Created the rotateImg constant, targeted our image asset, called the rotate() and byAngle() functions on it. Then, we passed the rotateValue state and updated the imageURL state.
Rendered the imageURL in an img tag and rendered the Counterclockwise and Clockwise arrows with an onClick() function that will decrease or increase the rotateValue state.

Your App.js should look like this:

//App.js
import "./styles.css";
import ImageZoom from "react-image-zooom";
import { useState, useEffect } from "react";
import { Cloudinary } from "@cloudinary/url-gen";
import { byAngle } from "@cloudinary/url-gen/actions/rotate";
import { BsArrowClockwise, BsArrowCounterclockwise } from "react-icons/bs";

const App = () => {
  const [imageData, setImageData] = useState(null);
  const [imageURL, setImageURL] = useState();
  const [rotateValue, setRotateValue] = useState(0);
  const rotateImages = () => {
  const cld = new Cloudinary({
    cloud: {
      cloudName: "cloud-name"
    }
  });
  
  const rotateImg = cld
    .image("image directory here")
    .rotate(byAngle(rotateValue));
    setImageURL(rotateImg.toURL());
  };
  
  const baseURL = "https://res.cloudinary.com/<cloud-name>/image";
  const getImages = async () => {
    const res = await fetch(
      "https://res.cloudinary.com/<cloud-name>/image/list/<tag-name>.json"
    );
    const data = await res.json();
    setImageData(data);
  };

useEffect(() => {
  getImages();
  rotateImages();
});
  
return (
  <div className="App">
    <h1>Zoom and Rotate Images in React.js</h1>
      <div className="gallery">
        {imageData &&
          imageData.resources.map((item) => {
            const { format, public_id, version, type } = item;
            return (
              <div key={version} className="gallery-img">
                <ImageZoom
                  src={`${baseURL}/${type}/v${version}/${public_id}.${format}`}
                  alt="Zoom-images"
                  zoom="300"
                />
              </div>
            );
          })}
      </div>
      <div className="rotate">
        <img src={imageURL} alt="snow-boy" width={500} height={500} />
        <div className="controls m-3">
          <button
            onClick={() => setRotateValue(rotateValue - 90)}
            className="m-1 btn-primary"
          >
            <BsArrowCounterclockwise />
          </button>
          <button
            onClick={() => setRotateValue(rotateValue + 90)}
            className="m-1 btn-primary"
            >
            <BsArrowClockwise />
          </button>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  );
};
export default App;
Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

We’ll have the zoom and rotate functionalities working on the images in the browser as expected.

Using Native CSS for Image Rotation in React:

To rotate an image directly in your React components without relying on Cloudinary, you can use the CSS transform: rotate() property. This is a simple yet effective way of rotating your images. Here’s an example:

img { transform: rotate(90deg); }

Additionally, you can specify the point around which the image should rotate using the transform-origin property:

img { transform: rotate(90deg); transform-origin: top left; }

By default, the image rotates around its center. But with transform-origin, you can set it to other values like top left or bottom right.

If you’d like to add an animation effect to the rotation, utilize the transition property:

img { transform: rotate(90deg); transition: 1s; }

With this CSS snippet, your image will take one second to complete its rotation. It’s a nifty trick to smoothen the visual effect of the rotation.

Conclusion

In this post, we implemented zoom and rotating image functionalities using Cloudinary, React-image-zoom, and React.

Have questions or want to discuss the topic of this blog further? Join us in the Cloudinary Community or the Cloudinary Community Discord and ask away!

Zoom and Rotate Image in ReactJS

Sandbox

Prerequisites

Setups and Installations

Building the Zoom Effect

Building the Rotate Effect

Using Native CSS for Image Rotation in React:

Conclusion

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