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Inspiring
March 31, 2011
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P: Please let us change the Pen tool path size and color

  • March 31, 2011
  • 110 replies
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Sometimes the whole "shades of grey" thing just doesn't cut it, and becomes very hard to follow.

110 replies

Inspiring
March 26, 2017
> but my preference is to have the Pen tool default to a line only (no stroke color or fill.  If I'm just outlining a path around the object, I don't need a stroke color.  It's a pain to have to shut off the color to none every time I choose the pen tool.>

I'm not sure what you're saying exactly, but you don't have to shut off the color (no stroke, no fill), when using the Pen tool. You do know you can select Path from the Options bar? It's a sticky setting, so if you later select Shape, you're back to the Pen tool always trying to draw a shape. But Path only uses the bare path.
Participant
March 26, 2017
I'm not sure if I'm saying the same thing, but my preference is to have the Pen tool default to a line only (no stroke color or fill.  If I'm just outlining a path around the object, I don't need a stroke color.  It's a pain to have to shut off the color to none every time I choose the pen tool.
Inspiring
March 10, 2017
Wow amazing,  7 years and still no solution.
Participant
February 24, 2017
I 100% agree.  It's too hard to see the paths on many of my images as well.  Please let us pick our own color or have the path reverse out some way.
Edward Caruso Photography
Participating Frequently
February 8, 2017
There are so many small usability requests that would immediately help are large portion of PS professional retouchers but so little is done. I honestly cannot recall any big improvement over the last few years - other than incrementally getting the UI slightly back to a more usable state.
krisegan
Participant
February 8, 2017
Six years after this has been requested, and still no suitable upgrade for one of the core tools in Photoshop. Incredibly disappointing.
SteveBlacker
Participating Frequently
December 9, 2016
Still no solution to this?  After Effects and Illustrator both have the ability to change path colour - why is it so hard to implement in Photoshop?
Inspiring
November 28, 2016
Yes, please, please, please find a solution to this. I photograph a lot of plumbing parts which have a lot of tones that match the color of the paths made with the pen tool. Give us the ability to show it in the opposite color it is over top of, maybe, or just a color of choice, or, let us pick a color and in some areas it displays the opposite of that color, something. I'm glad to see there are so many others wanting this.
Inspiring
July 20, 2016
Its a sample graphic for what I understand; I like the idea of adding weight to the path besides color as well!
grauenwölfe
Inspiring
May 22, 2016
It's not that Adobe doesn't care but they are in a position to be lazy and complacent.

There's nothing for them to really strive for now other than getting new, non-professional customers. With no competition there's no need to advance. They seem to have made a choice to relegate their pro customers to a lower priority and go after temporary, casual users and trends.

All industries have some form of competition except this one. Companies need competition, some call-to-action requiring them to engage in critical and creative thinking otherwise innovation and initiative dry up. If it's not about making their customers more happy with their products then it's simply to win sales from the competition. But either of these reasons require listening to and truly appreciating customer feedback and implementing useful features that aren't decreed from a marketing team.

Then there's the whole subscription software thing, another reason for them to lack any initiative. There used to have to be compelling reasons for people to buy upgrades, it had to be worth the cost. Now, why bother? Why compete against yourself? The subscription software model compounded by a lack of competition means Adobe becomes apathetic and stagnant. Anyone could have seen this coming.