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

If you are on CS6, there is a workaround for this problem. Follow the instructions here - http://surfaceproartist.com/blog/2013... - and you shouldn't have too many problems. It warns you about playing with the Registry but you are just adding a new key, not editing an existing one, so you can be confident you will not break anything. You can also get detailed instructions on how to create the key in the correct place from a link to a Microsoft help page included in the instructions. It must be 7 or 8 years since I've touched the Registry and it worked fine for me. It only took 15 minutes, too.

I used the code for Illustrator to make an After Effects manifest file and it worked, too. You can probably use it for any of your CS6 applications. Don't use the Photoshop one, it refers to the application by name, where the Illustrator one is generic.

Again, we are continuing to work with Microsoft on the issues necessary to allow more flexible UI scaling on Windows.

Hi,

I'm running a Surface Pro device and it is a bit annoying that the preference Windows is just too big enough to fit the screen at 200%.

Having the possibility to set the scale factor at 150% like the operating system would have been a better choice.

Are we going to have this option?

regards,

So is it not even in the roadmap at this point? This makes no sense. Why is it in one app and not in the other?

Well that's a crock, pure and simple. There is just no way I can justify the monthly cost of CC for the few times I actually use it at home, nor can I afford the bandwidth required to keep it all up to date. It just means I'll have to uninstall CS6 from my new Surface Book. After all, it's not like there aren't much better alternatives at far more reasonable prices. e.g. I'd rather pay $99 a year for my Xara Designer Pro upgrade, keep using the 7 year old version of Soundforge I have and the totally FREE Fusion 7 than pay $600 a year for something I probably will only get 40 hours of use from, most of it not billable.

Adobe needs to understand that their subscription model simply doesn't suit every user. They need to be more flexible, they need to do a better job of catering to casual users. I'd like to see a per hour model, where I only pay for the products when I am actually using them, rather than paying serious money for it to simply be installed.

And make no mistake, the cost of subscription is twice the price of my mobile phone/data plan, more expensive than my internet and even my electricity. It's even more than the cost of comprehensive insurance on my brand new car! It would be the single largest recurring cost I have, which is completely out of proportion to the amount of use I'd get out of it. So if I can't 'keep using CS6, then I won't use Adobe's products at all. Pretty simple, really.

Support for scaling at different percentages is something that is still being explored/considered.

I realize HiDPI support is limited to 200% only in Photoshop, but it is enabled for 150% in Illustrator. What is the plan for making these consistent as they should have been all along?

CS6 is nearly 4 years old. There are no plans to add features to old versions of Photoshop.

Hi all I love my new portable work horse but cs6 doesn't have scaling and I spent around 3,000$ for the master collection software. So far I'm being told I'm out of luck and to just buy CC?! will there be no option for legacy users on this matter? HELP!

I think Adobe just recommend moving your face closer to the screen 😉