Is it possible to assign path corners a different color than the anchor points in a path?

Question

Hello all,I am editing an extremely hi-res set of product shots (harmonicas) that need to be cut out with great precision.While defining a path around the object, there are small but important rounded corners.  These are small enough that the path's anchor points are very close, even when zoomed in to the pixel level.  (I realize these small features won't be visible when far enough back, but client is also requesting hi-res detail shots).Anyhow, it's sometimes hard to distinguish path corners from path anchor points.  Is it possible to assign the corners (or the anchor points) a different color to help sort these out when doing fine adjustments?Many thanks!

Trevor.Dennis · Answer

I used to photograph an awful lot of beer and wine bottles, towards the end using a Canond 5DS with 50Mp sensor. They all wanted high res cut outs, so every one needed a clipping path. I liked to turn off the Pixel Grid and zoom way in, and have Rubber Band enabled. You can't have the points a different colour to yhe path lines, but I never found that a problem so long as the colour contrasted well with the subject. I rather suspect that professional clipping path services — there are dozens of them in India — ran the path indside the actual outline for the sake of speed and creating a solid cutout. I like to run the path inside the antialiased pixels at least. But like I said, I never found seeing the points a problem. What is your screen pixel size, and how do you have your Photoshop UI set?

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