Patch tool rotatable?

[Porty...@adobeforums.com]

I'm having trouble trying to get the Patch tool selection to rotate (ie 30,40 50 degrees or whatever) to better match the destination.

I've made it work a couple of times by using Free Transform but most of the time it chops a hole in the image, when all I want to do is copy and drag the source area without leaving gaps in the matrix.

Anyone?

Thanks......

[Zeno_...@adobeforums.com]

To transform the selection and not the selected pixels use Select->Transform Selection

[Porty...@adobeforums.com]

Zeno Bokor, you're brilliant. It worked perfectly, thanks very much ;-0

[Porty...@adobeforums.com]

Ooops, I spoke too soon, sorry. No, that method only rotates the selection 'boundary', ie the marching ants line surrounding the chosen area, it doesn't rotate the clump of pixels within the boundary, which is what I was trying to do.

As I said, after making a selection, Edit > Free Transform will do what I want, and rotate the selected area OK, but it leaves a hole in the image.

Perhaps I can explain it like this; Let's say I have an image that includes a tree. I want to grab that vertical tree and rotate it 90 degrees and use it to patch a horizontal area, perhaps a hedge.

Any other suggestions?

[Zeno_...@adobeforums.com]

Try this then, make a selection and then drag it while holding Ctrl and Alt. That will create a floating selection which you can transform using Free Transform and then drop it with the Patch tool set on Destination