diff --git a/crates/engine/src/atn_cmds.rs b/crates/engine/src/atn_cmds.rs
index ffa29aec14..621b5bb4a8 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/atn_cmds.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/atn_cmds.rs
@@ -2135,7 +2135,11 @@ fn rotate_from(d: &Descriptor) -> Mapped {
     } else if targets_layer(d) {
         return Mapped::Unsupported { harmless: false };
     } else {
-        return step("image.rotation.arbitrary", json!({"angle": angle.abs(), "direction": if angle < 0.0 { "ccw" } else { "cw" }}));
+        let mut p = json!({"angle": angle.abs(), "direction": if angle < 0.0 { "ccw" } else { "cw" }});
+        if let Some(i) = get_enum(d, "Intr").and_then(|i| lookup(INTERPOLATION, &i)).filter(|i| matches!(*i, "bicubic" | "bilinear" | "nearest")) {
+            p["interpolation"] = i.into();
+        }
+        return step("image.rotation.arbitrary", p);
     };
     none(if targets_layer(d) { layer } else { doc })
 }
@@ -2155,7 +2159,20 @@ fn rotate_to(id: &str, p: &Value) -> Option<Descriptor> {
     if layer {
         d = d.with("null", target_ref("Lyr "));
     }
-    Some(d.with("Angl", ang(angle)))
+    d = d.with("Angl", ang(angle));
+    if id == "image.rotation.arbitrary"
+        && let Some(i) = p.get("interpolation")
+    {
+        // The command resamples with nearest, bilinear or bicubic; any other value can't be
+        // carried faithfully, so refuse rather than replay with a different interpolation.
+        let i = match i.as_str()? {
+            "nearestNeighbor" => "nearest",
+            i @ ("bicubic" | "bilinear" | "nearest") => i,
+            _ => return None,
+        };
+        d = d.with("Intr", enm("Intp", lookup_back(INTERPOLATION, i)?));
+    }
+    Some(d)
 }
 
 fn flip_from(d: &Descriptor) -> Mapped {
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/atn_cmds/tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/atn_cmds/tests.rs
index 1b91235428..b19dc25d8b 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/atn_cmds/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/atn_cmds/tests.rs
@@ -1199,6 +1199,25 @@ fn fractional_translation_only_transform_keeps_offset_and_interpolation() {
     assert_eq!(steps[0].1.get("interpolation"), Some(&json!("bilinear")));
 }
 
+/// Arbitrary canvas rotation must keep its interpolation through a strict export: dropping it
+/// silently replays the rotation with the default bicubic resampling.
+#[test]
+fn arbitrary_rotation_keeps_interpolation_through_atn() {
+    for params in [
+        json!({"angle": 17, "direction": "ccw", "interpolation": "nearest"}),
+        json!({"angle": 17, "direction": "ccw", "interpolation": "bilinear"}),
+        json!({"angle": 17, "direction": "ccw", "interpolation": "bicubic"}),
+        json!({"angle": 17, "direction": "ccw"}),
+    ] {
+        let a = Action { name: "Rot".into(), steps: vec![("image.rotation.arbitrary".into(), params.clone())], ..Default::default() };
+        let (bytes, skipped) = export("Rot", &[&a], &[], false).unwrap();
+        assert!(skipped.is_empty());
+        let imported = import(&bytes).unwrap();
+        assert!(imported.unsupported.is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(imported.actions[0].steps, vec![("image.rotation.arbitrary".to_string(), params)]);
+    }
+}
+
 /// A filter recorded against a layer mask must not export as a plain filter that edits the
 /// layer's pixels on replay: Photoshop's descriptor has no field for PhotoCraft's `target`.
 #[test]