P: Please let us change the Pen tool path size and color

My photoshop doesn't have that option either, and I have the latest cc popo installed. I have figured out a hack though: after selecting the pen tool, BEFORE you start drawing your splines, select "Shape" from the first tool pulldown menu, then set the fill to none, pick desire color for the stroke, set the line thickness to something that works for whatever you're doing, and set the stroke alignment to center. Voila! Colored paths in whatever colors you want. A global pref as shown in Oliver's screenshot would be awesome (I think he faked it and is trolling us, unless it's a secret pref) but this workaround is pretty good.

Interesting Oliver...

Thanks, Oliver. So weird but I don't have that option in my Preferences panel. I'm using CC 2015, what version do you see that option in?

Joel

Just change the preference...

Has anything changed in the four years since this was first pointed out? It is close to impossible to see the thin path on a 50% neutral gray object. Can you see the curved partial clipping path around the top edge of this diamond? Neither can I.

Create a Photoshop pen-tool path visibilty modification (visible path for outlining) that can be adjusted in thickness and color. This is needed because the new HiDPI monitors display the path in a manner way too thin and faint to be easily seen.

Perhaps a work-around would be to copy the layer on which you need to create a path and using the levels or curves tool, crank the contrast or color so the subject has tonal separation from the back ground. Make the path, then delete the layer. A problem I can think of would be the subject may smear into the background making a precise selection difficult.

Let us know if this works.

JimK

I have tried to switch off the graphic card acceleration, and the paths are just same as in older Photoshops: Here is the printscreen of paths in 3 different preferences modes (sorry, I have the Czech version of Photoshop, I don't know the correct english expressions in preferences)

This isn't a solution as such but might help. Add a black layer below the target image and set the image opacity to around 30% to make it darker or however else you want to do it. Then it's easier to see the light-coloured path. To speed things up set it as an action

4 years and no solution for paying professional users besides clumsy workarounds!
maybe professionals should start donating "licencing fees" to opensource projects..
more competition will probably be a healty thing here.