WOW!
I thought mine was bad, (@1.2GB), but that's just ridiculous!
3.2GB without a file open!!!
I'm not convinced this is a 'fixable' issue though.....on my main machine PS 2015 runs @~1.2GB with no open documents.
A virtual machine with the same OS runs PS @~700MB...and that's WITH an open document!
PS is just a complete mess when it comes to memory management.....or lack of it.
Ah...right....gotcha!
When creating paths manually I usually place a completely black layer above my work and set the opacity so that I can just see the underlying image.
This gives the tool a more 'even' layer on which to calculate what colour the lines should be.....on a black BG they are almost certainly going to be white, giving a really good contrast to work with.
Once I'm done I just delete the 'black' layer.
Just out of curiosity, from what I can gather the reason why coloured paths isn't an option is:
"...we cannot go back to the way it was in CS3 because the blend modes we used are not available in OpenGL, or in the Cocoa API for MacOS..."
Here is a comparison between CS3 and 2015...
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The broader 'test' line is 50% grey in 'Hard Mix' blend mode....you can see its close to an 'inverse' CS3 line....yellow for blue, red for cyan..etc.
The blend mode now used in 2015 evidently isn't as good as can be seen in the image with the 2015 line.
CS3 didn't use OpenGL but whatever it did use certainly gave a better contrast for the pen tool lines.
Maybe one day...
Regards.
MrToM.
