Layer Transform rotation in PS CC 2014 frame animation seems to be broken.

Simple background with a circular pattern layer of floating lines/shapes. Unify and Propagate are turned OFF for the layer. And, all of the patterns in the layer are centered to the canvas in both vertical and horizontal planes.
Duplicate first frame in the Timeline view.
Click on the duplicate (second frame) and make a rotational Transform change to the circular pattern layer. Rotate say -20deg.
Now go back and look at first frame. Instead of pattern remaining at original layer position the entire pattern has moved in X, Y and distorted by some level of rotation to each individual path/line in the pattern.
Basically, I just want to rotate a pattern around the center of an image as an animation. I believe I am taking the correct steps, but it does not seem to be working properly in PS CC 2014. If anyone can offer some assistance, it would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
A>AM

Okay, finally got snapshots of what's happening. All I want to do is rotate the image on the left [Frame1] by 20 degrees. I created two new layers, which were copies of the shapes from Frame1. I create a second frame [Frame2]. I hide the original layers and Transform the 2 new layers with a 20 degree rotation. And this is what I get for the second frame.
Keep in mind that the rotation during the Transformation step looks fine...perfect. It is when I step between the two frames that this distortion occurs. You can see why I think the X and Y values are being manipulated instead of just a rotation about the center of the canvas. This should not be this difficult.

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