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title: "25 - Particle > Rotation Subgroup"
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description: "The Rotation group allows you to rotate particles on any axis, in any orientation, and in different directions."
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# 25 - Particle > Rotation Subgroup

Particular

## Particle > Rotation Subgroup

The Rotation group allows you to rotate particles on any axis, in any orientation, and in different directions.

![Image: TP5_ParticleRotation_trapcode-particular.png](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/TP5_ParticleRotation_trapcode-particular.png)

#### Orient to Motion

Orient to Motion lets particles orient to the direction they are moving. For example, an arrow can point in the direction it moves. By default, at 0%, Orient to Motion is turned off. Dial it up for the desired amount of particle orientation.

#### Orient to Motion Fade-In

This control allows you to adjust how quickly particles orient to changes in motion.

#### Orient to Spline

This control allows you to adjust, as a percentage, how much particles orient their direction along the path of a text or mask emitter.

![Image: TC_Particular_RotationGroup_01.png](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/TC_Particular_RotationGroup_01.png)

#### Rotate X, Y, Z

Rotates the particles around the x, y, and/or z axes. X and Y are only visible on Sprites when Face Camera is turned off.

- Rotation X. Sets the rotation around the x axis.
- Rotation Y. Sets the rotation around the y axis.
- Rotation Z. Sets the rotation around the z axis. This is enabled for Sprites with Face Camera on and the Star particle selected.

**Random Rotation**

This control adds randomness to the Rotation setting. More specifically, this parameter rotates the particle around a random axis, which can be useful for getting a more natural-looking effect wherein all particles have a unique orientation in space.

#### Degrees/sec X, Y, Z

In Degrees/second, you can set the particle's rotation speed separately for each axis. X and Y are only visible on Sprites when Face Camera is turned off.

- Rotation Speed X. Rotation speed on the x axis.
- Rotation Speed Y. Rotation speed on the y axis.
- Rotation Speed Z. Rotation speed on the z axis. This is enabled for Sprites with Face Camera on and the Star particle selected.

**Random Speed Rotate**

Rotates particles using random speeds. This is very useful in giving a natural appearance, as when making explosions.

**Random Speed Distribution**

Enables fine-tuning of Rotation Speed randomness. The default value of 0.5 is the normal, Gaussian distribution. Setting the value to 1 will give a flat, even distribution.