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1. Re: Pen Tool curves are barely visible. Are there any options to make them more conspicuous?
Barbara Ash Oct 15, 2017 10:31 PM (in response to DiazArtist)2 people found this helpfulThis 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.
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2. Re: Pen Tool curves are barely visible. Are there any options to make them more conspicuous?
DiazArtist Oct 16, 2017 1:43 PM (in response to Barbara Ash)Thanks Barbara. That look like a way for me to be able to move a little easier, but it doesn't solve the problem with the "too precise" anchor points. Oh well. Hopefully there will be some option in future updates.
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3. Re: Pen Tool curves are barely visible. Are there any options to make them more conspicuous?
Barbara Ash Oct 16, 2017 2:06 PM (in response to DiazArtist)1 person found this helpfulYes, 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
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5. Re: Pen Tool curves are barely visible. Are there any options to make them more conspicuous?
DiazArtist Oct 16, 2017 2:23 PM (in response to Trevor.Dennis)Trevor, Are you using am 4K display? I wish the lines looked a lot like that. Not for me. It doesn't matter what I do really to the background whether I make it bright pink or darken it. The paths are hard to see. The anchors are a lot more visible, but sometimes I can't tell if the path is continuous or I lost it along the way. Also this doesn't solve the issue of selecting paths where you have to be really precise to select the anchor points. A miss more than half the times. I think it's a display problem. When I upgraded all of a sudden everything is a lot more tiny. The options bar and everything else. It's funny how things seemed easier with lower resolution monitors and now when I need glasses to see things are even more smaller and harder to select. Not a good sign for the aging PS users.
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6. Re: Pen Tool curves are barely visible. Are there any options to make them more conspicuous?
DiazArtist Oct 16, 2017 2:30 PM (in response to DiazArtist)Barbara,
I found a topic inside the link you sent me to request implementations that seems helpful. It doesn't help the anchor section issue, but it might help see the paths a little better.
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7. Re: Pen Tool curves are barely visible. Are there any options to make them more conspicuous?
Barbara Ash Oct 16, 2017 3:13 PM (in response to DiazArtist)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).
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8. Re: Pen Tool curves are barely visible. Are there any options to make them more conspicuous?
davescm Oct 18, 2017 7:36 AM (in response to DiazArtist)3 people found this helpful -
9. Re: Pen Tool curves are barely visible. Are there any options to make them more conspicuous?
Barbara Ash Oct 18, 2017 7:55 AM (in response to davescm)Dave,
Thanks for bringing that improvement to our attention.
DiazArtist,
List of enhnacements at Photoshop CC new features | More library asset support
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10. Re: Pen Tool curves are barely visible. Are there any options to make them more conspicuous?
DiazArtist Oct 18, 2017 9:46 AM (in response to davescm)What!!! Awesome! Can't wait to use these!
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11. Re: Pen Tool curves are barely visible. Are there any options to make them more conspicuous?
alexyork Oct 26, 2017 7:32 AM (in response to Barbara Ash)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.
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12. Re: Pen Tool curves are barely visible. Are there any options to make them more conspicuous?
davescm Oct 26, 2017 7:52 AM (in response to alexyork)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