# Flip a mirrored webcam so the text behind you reads right

> In Tella, ask the Tella Agent to flip your camera in one clip or every clip. It turns on Mirror camera, the setting under Layout → Adjust, so a backwards whiteboard or poster reads correctly. Mirroring applies to every layout in a clip. Turn Mirror camera off to return to the original orientation.

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## How do I flip a mirrored webcam recording so the text behind me reads correctly?

In Tella, ask the [Tella Agent](https://www.tella.com/agent) to flip your camera in one clip or every clip. It turns on Mirror camera, the setting under Layout → Adjust, so a backwards whiteboard or poster reads correctly. Mirroring applies to every layout in a clip. Turn Mirror camera off to return to the original orientation.

## Prompt to start from

```text
The text on the wall behind me reads backwards in my camera. Flip my camera horizontally in every clip of this video so it reads the right way, then tell me which clips you changed and whether any clip has no camera.
```

## More prompts

### Teacher with a whiteboard

```text
The equations on the whiteboard in my 12-minute algebra lesson appear backwards. Mirror the camera in every clip so the board reads left to right. Change only the mirror setting and keep my crop and layouts.
```

### HR trainer with a poster

```text
In this compliance training video for new hires, the safety poster behind me reads backwards in clips 2 and 3 only. Flip the camera in those two clips and leave clip 1 unchanged.
```

## How to do it in Tella

1. Open the video in the Tella editor and open the Tella Agent chat.
2. Ask it to flip your camera in specific clips or in every clip.
3. Check on the canvas that the board or poster now reads correctly.
4. To flip one clip yourself, right-click your camera and choose Flip horizontally.

## Good to know

- Needs a paid plan or the 7-day trial. Messages use your workspace's credits.
- You can't mirror the camera for just one layout within a clip.
- Flipping mirrors all text in your shot, so text that read correctly before will read backwards.
- Apply camera to all clips in Layout → Adjust also copies your camera crop and focus point to every clip.

## Questions people ask

### Why does text behind me look backwards in my webcam video?

Some cameras output a mirrored image, so text in the shot comes out reversed. In Tella, turn on Mirror camera for the clip, or ask the Tella Agent, to fix it after recording.

### Will cropping still work after I mirror my camera?

Yes. In Tella's camera crop window, opened with Crop → Adjust camera, your crop follows the mirrored preview, so you crop the side you see. You can toggle Mirror camera there too.

### Can Claude or ChatGPT flip my Tella camera?

Yes. An AI app connected to Tella's [MCP server](https://www.tella.com/mcp) can set mirrorCamera on a clip with the update_clip tool. It works one clip at a time and errors on a clip with no camera.

## Related

- [Fix a dark, yellow webcam recording](https://www.tella.com/agent/color-correct-webcam-video.md): Brighten a dim camera and remove a yellow cast.
- [Split your webcam and screen for just the demo](https://www.tella.com/agent/split-screen-webcam-and-screen.md): Camera on one side, screen on the other.
- [Cut retakes and false starts from your video](https://www.tella.com/agent/remove-mistakes.md): Cut retakes and false starts, one approval at a time.
- [Mirror (or flip) your camera](https://www.tella.com/help/editing/mirror-or-flip-your-camera)
- [Adjust your camera frame](https://www.tella.com/help/editing/adjust-your-camera-frame)
- [Edit with the Tella Agent](https://www.tella.com/help/editing/edit-with-the-tella-agent)
- [All of Tella's AI features](https://www.tella.com/ai.md)