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May 2, 2014

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

The Photoshop team welcomes your feedback on this experimental feature. Let us know what you think!
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Photoshop user interface controls may appear small and hard-to-read on high-density displays. Also, on touch-enabled screens, you may have trouble clicking the smaller controls. 200% scaling solves this issue by doubling the size of the user interface.

Since the user interface elements increase in size by 200%, depending on the size and resolution of your display, you may need to adjust the layout of existing workspaces. For example, on a 1080 px screen at 200%, the Tools panel extends off the bottom of the screen. You can change to double-column orientation in order to fit the panel on the screen.

Note: This feature is only for Windows users. HiDPI on Mac has been available for high-density Retina displays since Photoshop CS6.

Caveats

You may encounter some cosmetic issues while using this feature. While many Photoshop dialogs have been reworked so that they fit on the screen at 1080 px, viewing some dialogs (such as Smart Sharpen) completely may require you to collapse sections.

Disable 200% UI scaling

If you need to return to the default 100% scaling, do the following:

1. Select Preferences > Experimental Features.
2. Deselect Scale UI 200% For High-Density Displays (Windows Only).
3. Restart Photoshop.

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    denniR
    Participating Frequently
    April 9, 2015
    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.
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    denniR
    Participating Frequently
    April 9, 2015
    Unfortunately, that's not the answer... Bridge CC is so small on that laptop it's unusable.
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuteur
    Inspiring
    April 9, 2015
    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.
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuteur
    Inspiring
    April 9, 2015
    The UI scaling is a large new features in Photoshop CC 2014. Older software versions do not get new features.
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuteur
    Inspiring
    April 9, 2015
    Thank you Larry, what about Illustrator, are you running that on your Dell OK?
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuteur
    Inspiring
    April 9, 2015
    That surely shouldn't be the only answer when I, along with very many others have paid lots of money, not that long ago on CS6, on CS5.5 and CS5.
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    LarryBrad
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    April 9, 2015
    On my 4K Dell XPS 15, my Chrome & MS Explorer browser scale perfectly, my Microsoft Office Office 365 suite scales perfectly, even my older Adobe X Pro PDF app scales perfectly, my Netflix app scales perfectly, etc. The only Window 8.1 apps running on my new 3840x2160 screen that I am having a problem with is Adobe Photoshop CC, and Adobe Bridge CC, and to a lesser degree Lightroom 5.7.1. Sure, the hard coded PS CC "Experimental Feature" UI scaling helped some, but is not perfect like the other apps mentioned above. Therefore, I am not sure why Microsoft needs to help Adobe solve this problem but I am certain that buying Photoshop CC over C6 is not a perfect solution either.
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    Mervyn_Edwards
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    April 9, 2015
    The experimental feature referred to is only available in Photoshop CC (2014) version. I had to talk to Adobe to find this gem. In my innocence I assumed with CC that I always had the latest version. (This is a later version than Photoshop CC). I also have a 3840 x 2160 monitor and the only way the Photoshop tools are a sensible size is to use the experimental 200% option. It seems that Windows sets the size of the pull down top menus and Adobe set the size of the tools. I found a custom setting of 180% in display - set custom text size(dpi) works to enlarge the drop down menus even in CS6 and CC to a comfortable size. At least you are half way there.

    For a piece of software aimed at professional picture editors, this needs addressing in view of the new high resolution monitors that are now freely available.
    ssprengel
    ssprengel
    Inspiring
    April 9, 2015
    Pay for CC 2014 is the answer.
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuteur
    Inspiring
    April 9, 2015
    Outrageous that there seems no solution in sight or any announcements from Adobe, no warnings from Dell or comments from Microsoft. Just what are we supposed to do to go about our businesses?
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