P: Introducing scale the UI 200% for high-density displays for Windows

@796284 Sprengel, so does this mean we won't have a 150% option until Windows 10 comes out?

Indesign is perfect for me, but Photoshop is either too small or too big.

200% is still way too big for a 4K display. With the world transitioning to 4K, this really needs to be addressed through better company partnerships. This problem will not go away otherwise and the voices of discontent will only grow louder.

200% is the only UI-scaling factor Adobe has been able to manage giving the poor OS support for scaling in Windows. Arbitrary scaling of the precise UI elements is the goal but isn't achievable given bugs and gaps in the MS implementation.

If you scroll up further in this thread you'll see this exchange between a user and Adobe employee Chris Cox:
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Chris Cox (Sr. Computer Scientist) 1 month ago

Again, we are continuing to work with Microsoft to address the Windows OS issues needed to allow more flexible UI scaling on Windows. Getting the 200% UI scaling working still required a significant effort from Adobe and Microsoft to fix or workaround the Windows OS issues involved.

Denni Russel 1 month ago

Hi Chris,
I think we all do really appreciate your prompt replies, but our confusion stems from the relative ease with which other apps have handled the windows high dpi issues versus what's happening with Adobe. Do you have any information as to what different mechanisms might be at play that make the Adobe apps harder to adapt than Phase One, for example? Thanks in advance for your reply.

Chris Cox (Sr. Computer Scientist) 1 month ago

Other apps have not - they are seeing a lot of bugs. That's why we (and some other large software development groups outside Adobe) have been working with Microsoft to address the problems in Windows UI scaling code.
Also, Photoshop needs a lot more accuracy than many other apps in order to work correctly on high resolution displays.

It's good that Adobe are finally looking at HiDPI in Windows considering OSX has had it since CS6, what isn't so good is the arbitrary approach and the lack of care with which this change has been implemented.

Why 200% when HiDPI could refer to 2K, 3K or 4K? Surely a scale would be most useful or just respect Windows scaling.

I have a Lenovo laptop with a 4k screen running win 8.1 and Photoshop CC

How do I get support for the 4k screen in PS - as of now dialogs/text is to small to see/read

I total agree with more percentages being needed, 100% is way too small on Surface Pro 3, and 200% is unusable, some buttons aren't even accessible as the dialogues are too large, such as the Save For Web dialogue. I have to actually move the task bar just to get to the save button.

User should have choice of scaling. One commenter said 200% too much. For me,it's not enough. I still have to squint to see the tools.

Hi! I'm using a Dell UP2715k. I noticed that UI of Adobe LR CC upscales depending on the Control Panel setting of Windows OS. I find it cleaner than the 200% scaling of Adobe Photoshop CC.

Some features of Photoshop CC aren't accessible with the 200% upscaling of the UI.

I can't access certain options for the crop tool like not to delete cropped pixels.

Cheers!

Jo Avila

I hate that CS6 does not have that feature, it makes it almost impossible to use Cs for a longer time without getting a headache!!!

I use Dell XPS 15 with Photoshop CS6 but this new feature is available in Photoshop CC. So, I'm disappointed in this decision and I won't purchase Adobe CC until I want new feature that not available in CS6, which I purchased it last 2 years.