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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!

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.

339 replies

Inspiring
November 18, 2015
I have already purchased adobe master collection cs6 out right! Am I to believe that there will not be a scaling patch for cs6?!
palenpointe
Participating Frequently
November 16, 2015
When is Photoshop going to get 150% like Illustrator?

Why doesn't Adobe make their apps consistent?
Inspiring
November 15, 2015
No, this feature was added in Photoshop CC 2014 - several versions after CS6.
Inspiring
November 15, 2015
Hi, I am using Photoshop CS6 for Windows and from reading some threads it appears that this new scaling feature should be there... but even with the latest updates there is no experimental menu in my preferences.
Am I missing something, or is this feature not getting rolled back to the CS6 Windows version?
Legend
November 13, 2015
Support in Photoshop is currently limited to 200% or 100%.
palenpointe
Participating Frequently
November 13, 2015
Where is the 150% feature like that found in Illustrator? Also, when I have it on auto, it just stays at 100% on my 4k monitor. Why?
Inspiring
September 15, 2015
There is such an option in Photoshop CC 2014 and CC 2015.
Participant
September 15, 2015
There is no UI Scaling option, only UI Font Size and I only have the option to choose SMALL MEDIUM or LARGE.
Legend
September 14, 2015
Did you enable it? Go to Edit>Preferences>Interface... and set UI Scaling to 200%.
Participant
September 14, 2015
I did try the current version using the 30 day trial and it did not work either.