Rotating an image within a clipping path in Photoshop CS5

When you have taken a photo of an image, then open it up in Photoshop and realise its on a bit of an angle but you make a clipping path around it first and save it, then afterwards want to rotate it - Is there a way of linking the path with the image layer so they rotate together in one step?,
Or can you only rotate the image layer first then the path separately as thats what I ended up doing?
Hoping someone can help me and answer my question

If your clipping path is stored in the Paths panel, then no. But you can select the path then go to Layer > Vector Mask > Current Path. Not transform the layer and the path is transformed, too. You can then open the Paths panel and drag the vector path onto the New Path button to duplicate it and make it a clipping path for the entire image.

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edtGrfx wrote:
Hello everyone, I am having trouble with clipping paths in Photoshop CS5. When I start a new path both path and anchor points are not visible. working on a Layer not background 0 and a Path Layer was created.
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