Pen Tool curves are barely visible. Are there any options to make them more conspicuous?

This is a long-time problem. The workaround I've used is to choose Shape instead of Path in the Options bar.

Then you can set No Fill and a Stroke width and color.

The path will appear on a separate layer as well as in the Paths panel.

When you're done, you can delete the shape layer and save the path in the Paths panel.

Yes, and hoping we don't go blind using the pen tool before Adobe comes out with an update. You can submit enhancement requests at Feature Request/Bug Report Form

An oft used trick is to create a new layer, fill it with black, and set its opacity to 50%.  This forces the path to white with decent contrast

The worst case then becomes when the background is full white, which will appear as 50% grey because of the black layer.

Thanks for sharing that post. The Photoshop preference setting is somewhat helpful. It would be nice if Photoshop gave users the option of changing the color of the path to a contrasting color (not just for shape layers).

Check out today's Photoshop CC update (version 19.0) for new path colour and size options

Dave

Dave,

Thanks for bringing that improvement to our attention.

DiazArtist,

List of enhnacements at Photoshop CC new features | More library asset support

A similar issue here is that the Line Tool is always pure black when drawing, no matter which mode you are in or what kind of path settings you choose. So if you're drawing on a dark image (i.e. all the time!) the line tool is completely invisible during drawing. This makes using it a real pain now. It needs to pick up the colour that you are drawing it i.e if your foreground colour = red then the line should be red while being drawn.

Good point

I would suggest putting in a feature request here, where it is more likely to be seen by Adobe staff

Photoshop Family Customer Community

Dave