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May 2, 2014

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

  • May 2, 2014
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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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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    September 6, 2016
    Yes, I saw the information message and restarted PS after each setting change trying each setting 3-4 times. Good news, bad news though. I tried again today and low and behold it's working (good news) only the screenshots I posted it turns out are the Large/200% setting which is still too small for my 15" 4K laptop screen. I'm probably going to need a setting between 300-400% before I can comfortably read/view fonts and icons. So please consider this a feature request to provide more scaling options.
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    J453
    Legend
    September 6, 2016
    Did you restart Photoshop between changing the setting?
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    September 6, 2016
    The UI scaling and Font sizing option has no effect on m Dell XPS15 with 4K display. Using Photoshop CC 20155.5 on Win10Pro. See attached snapshots. Please advise.
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    J453
    Legend
    August 31, 2016
    UI scaling is under Preferences > Interface in current version of Photoshop CC
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    August 31, 2016
    Experimental Features , doesn't appeared at all UI only have the text size of S,M,L , but even "L" is selected still very small on the screen 
    Alex_R84
    Alex_R84
    Inspiring
    July 26, 2016
    200% makes the UI unwieldy and large on a 4K display, requestion 150%
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 16, 2016
    I can't us Photoshop CS6 because on my Surface Book makes the UI too small. UI Scaling is not shown in Preference>Interface... Help
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    rflexible
    Inspiring
    June 15, 2016
    I am trying the CC for both LR and PS, but I've had problems. When I call the tech support number they do not call back for 2 days. The waiting has wasted 3 days of the trial, and they say no one can extend it. Poor model for encouraging purchases.
    peterf33554845
    peterf33554845
    Participant
    June 15, 2016

    I also have this problem with 200% and 100% the font is very small.

    ssprengel
    ssprengel
    Inspiring
    June 12, 2016
    For Windows, there is a UI scaling option in PS / Prefs / Interface, where the choices are 100%, 200%, Auto, with Auto choosing 100 or 200 depending on the screen dimensions.  So if you have things set to Auto I'm sure it'll use 200% on a 4K monitor, but 200% is as much increase as PS has currently.
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