diff --git a/src/ImageProcessorCore/Samplers/Processors/RotateProcessor.cs b/src/ImageProcessorCore/Samplers/Processors/RotateProcessor.cs
index 33c31bf9c..0b6dd1a11 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessorCore/Samplers/Processors/RotateProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/ImageProcessorCore/Samplers/Processors/RotateProcessor.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ namespace ImageProcessorCore
         /// <summary>
         /// The image used for storing the first pass pixels.
         /// </summary>
-        private Image firstPass;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The angle of rotation in degrees.
@@ -38,24 +37,10 @@ namespace ImageProcessorCore
 
             set
             {
-                if (value > 360)
-                {
-                    value -= 360;
-                }
-
-                if (value < 0)
-                {
-                    value += 360;
-                }
-
                 this.angle = value;
             }
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the center point.
-        /// </summary>
-        public Point Center { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether to expand the canvas to fit the rotated image.
@@ -65,57 +50,39 @@ namespace ImageProcessorCore
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         protected override void OnApply(ImageBase target, ImageBase source, Rectangle targetRectangle, Rectangle sourceRectangle)
         {
-            // If we are expanding we need to pad the bounds of the source rectangle.
-            // We can use the resizer in nearest neighbor mode to do this fairly quickly.
             if (this.Expand)
             {
                 // First find out how big the target rectangle should be.
-                Point centre = this.Center == Point.Empty ? Rectangle.Center(sourceRectangle) : this.Center;
+                Point centre = Rectangle.Center(sourceRectangle);
                 Matrix3x2 rotation = Point.CreateRotation(centre, -this.angle);
                 Rectangle rectangle = ImageMaths.GetBoundingRectangle(sourceRectangle, rotation);
-                ResizeOptions options = new ResizeOptions
-                {
-                    Size = new Size(rectangle.Width, rectangle.Height),
-                    Mode = ResizeMode.BoxPad
-                };
-
-                // Get the padded bounds and resize the image.
-                Rectangle bounds = ResizeHelper.CalculateTargetLocationAndBounds(source, options);
-                this.firstPass = new Image(rectangle.Width, rectangle.Height);
                 target.SetPixels(rectangle.Width, rectangle.Height, new float[rectangle.Width * rectangle.Height * 4]);
-                new ResizeProcessor(new NearestNeighborResampler()).Apply(this.firstPass, source, rectangle.Width, rectangle.Height, bounds, sourceRectangle);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                // Just clone the pixels across.
-                this.firstPass = new Image(source.Width, source.Height);
-                this.firstPass.ClonePixels(source.Width, source.Height, source.Pixels);
             }
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         protected override void Apply(ImageBase target, ImageBase source, Rectangle targetRectangle, Rectangle sourceRectangle, int startY, int endY)
         {
-            int height = this.firstPass.Height;
-            int startX = 0;
-            int endX = this.firstPass.Width;
-            Point centre = this.Center == Point.Empty ? Rectangle.Center(this.firstPass.Bounds) : this.Center;
-            Matrix3x2 rotation = Point.CreateRotation(centre, -this.angle);
-
-            // Since we are not working in parallel we use full height and width 
-            // of the first pass image.
+
+            Matrix3x2 rotation = Point.CreateRotation(new Point(0, 0), -this.angle);
+            Matrix3x2 tran = Matrix3x2.CreateTranslation(-target.Width / 2f, -target.Height / 2f);
+            rotation = tran * rotation;
+            Matrix3x2 tran2 = Matrix3x2.CreateTranslation(source.Width / 2f, source.Height / 2f);
+            rotation = rotation * tran2;
+
+
             Parallel.For(
                 0,
-                height,
+                target.Height,
                 y =>
                 {
-                    for (int x = startX; x < endX; x++)
+                    for (int x = 0; x < target.Width; x++)
                     {
                         // Rotate at the centre point
                         Point rotated = Point.Rotate(new Point(x, y), rotation);
-                        if (this.firstPass.Bounds.Contains(rotated.X, rotated.Y))
+                        if (source.Bounds.Contains(rotated.X, rotated.Y))
                         {
-                            target[x, y] = this.firstPass[rotated.X, rotated.Y];
+                            target[x, y] = source[rotated.X, rotated.Y];
                         }
                     }
 
@@ -126,8 +93,7 @@ namespace ImageProcessorCore
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         protected override void AfterApply(ImageBase source, ImageBase target, Rectangle targetRectangle, Rectangle sourceRectangle)
         {
-            // Cleanup.
-            this.firstPass.Dispose();
+
         }
     }
 }
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