Pen Tool color options greyed out, won't change

[SF4design]

With the upgrade of Photoshop 21.2.0 the pen path is grey and the gear pull-down options for changing color are greyed out. In preferences, I set the color to Cyan. Still won't work. Cannot set the width of pen stroke either. Deleted and replaced preferences in every way and it is still there. I am using  iMac 10.13.6

Any ideas?

[mannyb49081980]

HI,  having the same problem. Did you fix it?

[SF4design]

No, I didn't. I tried everything.  Had to go back a version in photoshop. That worked and most of the new tools showed up also. The problem was I didn't back up my brushes & actions and lost them all.  Its a deeper problem than just the pen tool I think. You can check by selecting the brush tool and hold down the option>control (on Mac) and see if you are getting the red brush size & hardness preview. I wasn't getting that along with the pen tool problem.

[IT285689784a6e]

My problem was soloved by     Object->Path-OffsetPath.  It will add another outline. Delete the inner/old shape and now you can change color and stroke of new shape.

[Semaphoric]

Same problem here.

[S_Gans]

Have you ensured you're working on creating a shape layer with the pen tool, instead of just a Path?  The control is on the left of the control bar, when the pen is selected. 

Also, the only way to stroke a path in PS is to turn it into a selection and use the edit menu to stroke. I think you're expecting the stroke to behave more like Illustrator, but they behave very differently. 

[Semaphoric]

In recent versions it's shown a path preview whether it's a Shape or a classic Path.

Now, the little gear menu stays grayed out full-time.

[SF4design]

If all else fails you can do like I did and go back a version in Photoshop but back up Everything first(brushes, actions etc.) It's strange but the new tools loaded with the older version I stepped back to. Everything works again. Lost all my brushes though. Didn't back them up before I stepped back.

[Rafael Aviles]

"Also, the only way to stroke a path in PS is to turn it into a selection and use the edit menu to stroke. "

No, you can stroke a path without turning it into a selection first. Just go to the Path panel, make sure the path is selected, right-click on the path name, and you will see a drop-down menu that includes the Stroke Path option. If you select that, you will see a choice for the tool you want to stroke it with (Brush, Pencil, etc.). 

[Jeff Arola · Accepted solution]

That feature relies on the Graphics Card being properly detected by photoshop.

Use Graphics Processor must be checked and enabled under Photoshop>Preferences>Performance

The new 21.2 update seems to have problems on both windows and mac detecting/using certain graphics cards that were fine before in 21.1.3

https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/bug-in-photoshop-version-21-2-not-detecting-o...

Can you post the contents of the System Info found in photoshop under Help>System Info?

[SF4design]

That's it exactly. On the old version of Photoshop, I did not check the box "Graphics Processor" because it said my system could not use it. On the new version, the graphics processor was checked by default but no warning about using it. I unchecked everything and also tried Legacy checked but it didn't work so I went back a version.

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Merge to HDR Efex Pro 2 2.2.24.10, Copyright ©2000-2015, Google - from the file “/Applications/Adobe Photoshop 2020/Plug-ins/Google/HDR Efex Pro 2/HDR Efex Pro 2 Automation.plugin/”
Nik Collection Selective Tool 2.1.28.10, Copyright ©2000-2015, Google - from the file “/Applications/Adobe Photoshop 2020/Plug-ins/Google/Selective Tool/SelectivePalette.plugin/”
ShadowsFilter 2.2.21.10, Copyright ©2000-2014, Google - from the file “/Applications/Adobe Photoshop 2020/Plug-ins/Google/Dfine 2/ShadowsFilter.plugin/”
Sharpener Pro 3: (1) RAW Presharpener 3.1.21.10, Copyright ©2000-2014, Google - from the file “/Applications/Adobe Photoshop 2020/Plug-ins/Google/Sharpener Pro 3/SHP3RPS.plugin/”
Sharpener Pro 3: (2) Output Sharpener 3.1.21.10, Copyright ©2000-2014, Google - from the file “/Applications/Adobe Photoshop 2020/Plug-ins/Google/Sharpener Pro 3/SHP3OS.plugin/”
Silver Efex Pro 2 2.2.24.10, Copyright ©2000-2015, Google - from the file “/Applications/Adobe Photoshop 2020/Plug-ins/Google/Silver Efex Pro 2/Silver Efex Pro 2.plugin/”
SkinFilter 2.2.21.10, Copyright ©2000-2014, Google - from the file “/Applications/Adobe Photoshop 2020/Plug-ins/Google/Dfine 2/SkinFilter.plugin/”
SkyFilter 2.2.21.10, Copyright ©2000-2014, Google - from the file “/Applications/Adobe Photoshop 2020/Plug-ins/Google/Dfine 2/SkyFilter.plugin/”
StrongNoiseFilter 2.2.21.10, Copyright ©2000-2014, Google - from the file “/Applications/Adobe Photoshop 2020/Plug-ins/Google/Dfine 2/StrongNoiseFilter.plugin/”
Viveza 2 2.1.21.10, Copyright ©2000-2014, Google - from the file “/Applications/Adobe Photoshop 2020/Plug-ins/Google/Viveza 2/Viveza2.plugin/”

Duplicate and Disabled plug-ins:

Luminar 4 NO VERSION - from the file “Luminar4Plugin.plugin”

Plug-ins that failed to load: NONE

Unified Extensibility Platform - Extensions:

com.adobe.ccx.start 3.4.2.5 - from the file "/Library/Application Support/Adobe/UXP/extensions/com.adobe.ccx.start-3.4.2/"
CDO: 1.64.3
CmdN: 1.3.4
CDP: 1.91.4
com.adobe.photoshop.personalization 1.0.0.0 - from the file "/Applications/Adobe Photoshop 2020/Adobe Photoshop 2020.app/Contents/Required/UXP/com.adobe.photoshop.personalization/"

Extensions:

Libraries 1.0.0 - from the file “/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEP/extensions/CC_LIBRARIES_PANEL_EXTENSION_3_8_294/index.html”
com.adobe.stock.panel.licensing 0.1.0 - from the file “/Applications/Adobe Photoshop 2020/Adobe Photoshop 2020.app/Contents/Resources/CEP/extensions/com.adobe.stock.panel.licensing/index.html”
com.adobe.inapp.typekit.purchase 1.0.0 - from the file “/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEP/extensions/CC_LIBRARIES_PANEL_EXTENSION_3_8_294/purchaseTypekit.html”
Home 2.12.0 - from the file “/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEP/extensions/com.adobe.ccx.start-2.12.0/index.html?v=2.12.0.25”
onOne 1.0.0 - from the file “/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEP/extensions/onOne/index.html”
Export As 4.8.12 - from the file “/Applications/Adobe Photoshop 2020/Adobe Photoshop 2020.app/Contents/Resources/CEP/extensions/com.adobe.photoshop.crema/index.html”
Interactive Luminosity Masks 3.3.0 - from the file “/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEP/extensions/com.svenstork.photoshop.InteractiveLuminosityMasks/index.html”
TK Infinity Mask 1.0.3 - from the file “/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEP/extensions/com.kuyper.tkinfinitymask/index.html”
Actions 1.0.0 - from the file “/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEP/extensions/com.tk.actionsvfive/index.html”
Intro 1.0.0 - from the file “/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEP/extensions/com.tk.introvfive/index.html”
Control 1.0.0 - from the file “/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEP/extensions/com.tk.controlvfive/index.html”
New Document 3.2.0 - from the file “/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEP/extensions/com.adobe.ccx.fnft-3.2.0/fnft.html?v=3.2.0.18”
RapidMask 1.0.0 - from the file “/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEP/extensions/com.tk.rmvfive/index.html”
PixelSquid 0.7.0 - from the file “/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEP/extensions/com.pixelsquid.heroplayer/index.html”
com.adobe.capture.extension 1.0.0 - from the file “/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEP/extensions/CC_LIBRARIES_PANEL_EXTENSION_3_8_294/extensions/capture/capture.html”
LayerMask 1.0.0 - from the file “/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEP/extensions/com.tk.lmvfive/index.html”
Adobe Color Themes 6.1.0 - from the file “/Applications/Adobe Photoshop 2020/Adobe Photoshop 2020.app/Contents/Resources/CEP/extensions/com.adobe.KulerPanel.html/index.html”
Export As 4.8.12 - from the file “/Applications/Adobe Photoshop 2020/Adobe Photoshop 2020.app/Contents/Resources/CEP/extensions/com.adobe.photoshop.crema/index.html”
TK 1.0.1 - from the file “/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEP/extensions/com.TonyKuyper.TK16bit/index.html”

Installed TWAIN devices: NONE

[jeremyp1470049]

turning on the graphics processor option then restarting photoshop fixed the problem for me.  thank you

[Susan279670970aaz]

New to the Pen Tool and this worked for me also ... big thanks to everyone!