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Rotate Center

The Rotate Center value allows you to set the point on which your layer
will rotate or tilt. By default, this is set to 0 x 0, which is the middle of the
layer.

These two values can be adjusted in the same way as your Pan values. The
left is the X axis and the right is the Y. The same kind of grid applies to your
layers. It has a range of 100, from -50 to 50, for both axes.

Moving the Rotate Center will cause your layer to rotate or tilt around that
point, rather than the middle of the layer. The Rotate Center can be
changed at different points in your slide time, causing the point to travel as
the layer moves. If the layer is rotating while this takes place, the center
point of the layer will move and adjust the rotation in real time.

It’s a very powerful feature but it takes some experimenting to get a strong
sense of how it works. Feel free to try moving the Rotate Center around as
you rotate or tilt a layer and see what you get.

Curve

ProShow automatically makes your motions look more organic and natural
by adding some curve to their motion paths. This means that abrupt
changes in direction are softened into gradual sweeps. This does not
control the smoothness of your playback. Rather, it controls how ProShow
smoothes the motion between multiple points.