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

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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

Did you reinstall the Nik/Google plugins for Photoshop CC 2014?

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correspondanc

Participating Frequently

Works good on my HP 13 inch qhd screen. But Nick software latest update does not. It is not Nick as it works fine if launched from Lightroom. Could this be fixed ?

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FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor

Inspiring

I totally agree. The big targets are intoxicating! But I also have two 2560 x 1440 monitors, at 27 inches. 150% would be right on the money.

Adobe did the right thing, giving us a choice. The text and targets at 100% scaling were microscopic light gray on a darker gray background. Brutal. Lord only knows what it looked like on a 4k monitor.

So, ideally, I think it would be:
100% scaling for most people (1080p or less)
150% for 2560 x 1440 or 2560 x 1600 monitors
200% scaling for 4k monitors.

Kudos, though, for the 200% feature. I'm so happy.

Trevor.Dennis

Community Expert

If you are unable to change Preferences as stated at the end of the first post above, resetting preferences might work. Hold down Shift Alt Ctrl immediately after starting Photoshop. Good luck

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FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor

Inspiring

My resolution is 1208 x 1024 and accidentally clicked this new size and I can not reverse because the dialog does not fit on the monitor, please help me

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tomasnilsen.se

Known Participant

Hi i love the 200% and it ́s in the right way. but i have an hp 13" 2560x1440 resolution and it seems that ~150% would be the sweetspot. Hope it will be som option for that later on. keep up the good work.