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Pen tool path color


Rupert

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Although I think the pen tool could be an excellent way of making selections, I find that in many situations the path color hardly shows against a midtone or gray area I want to select.
Furthermore I find the tangent line makes things worse since it's the same color as the path (gray) and can easily obscure the selection I attempt to make.
Is it really not possible to change the path color when using the pen tool?
 

Rupert

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Thank you. I'd already tried un ticking the anti-alias guides and paths. I can use the pen tool in a few circumstances but in others where there the outline I'm trying to select has little contrast with the other parts of the image then I find it difficult to see the selection path. The other problem I mentioned is with the tangent line. Often the this falls directly over (and obscures) the curve I'm trying to select. I guess there's no solution to this.
Thanks for your help
 

Smokey2011

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there is a solution for this.


lower the opacity of the layer that you're making a selection on. Now the lines of the path tool will be more visible.
 

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