How can I repair this background with 45 degree lines?

[fionalibby]

I'm trying to extend the background pattern down and left over the remaining edges of the head. My thought was to take some of the pattern and stretch it, but cannot manage to do it since it's on a 45 degree angle, but the selection doesn't let me pull in the direction I want. Here's the part I want to stretch over the head below and to the left:

As you can see, the handles are on the surrounding rectangle, but I want them to be on the corners of the marquis or selection so it will blend smoothly.

I hope this makes sense.

Thanks

[Old Bruce]

Which application are you using? Is the "background" an image layer or a pixel layer?

In Photo I would suggest using a shape to draw the size and shape where you want the selection to be then use the Select > Selection from Layer to get the selection you want.

[fionalibby]

Thanks. I tried that but the result seemed to be the same. It's easy to do this if the object is oriented at a 90 degree interval but if it's not, I can't grab it effectively.

[JimmyJack]

14 hours ago, fionalibby said:

Thanks. I tried that but the result seemed to be the same. It's easy to do this if the object is oriented at a 90 degree interval but if it's not, I can't grab it effectively.

The way to do what you're asking is to start with a rectangular selection then go into quick mask (with move tool selected) and resize and rotate as you wish. Exit quick mask and you'll have the rotated bounding box you need.

But...... that's not the way to go here. You're gonna end up with some hard edges to fix, and the whole thing won't blend well.... as you can see here:

 

Instead, use some of the other "repairing" tools: Clone or Inpainting or Blemish etc.
I used Inpainting.

[NotMyFault]

A different approach (1)

• copy the original layer (or merge visible)
• rotate by the angle (45 degree)
• rasterize to get rid of rotation
• select the rectangle, and duplicate it. Now you can stretch.
• rotate back the rectangle
• you may need to rasterize again the patches, to get rid of the rotation.

(2) using the patch tool allows to rotate, and resize the source patch before applying. This is a very powerful tool. Use „selection is source“, you can create larger patches my applying a smaller patch multiple times at different locations. The patch tool automatically blends the edges.

[Komatös]

Or you can use the Smudge Brush tool and the Blur Brush tool.