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April 8, 2015
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P: More flexible UI scaling on Windows

  • April 8, 2015
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In Photoshop CC, Under Edit/Preferences/Interface/Experimental Features:Scale UI 200% for High Density Displays (Windows Only).
Could you add an option for 150%. I have a 27" HD Display running 2560x1440. I am already running my display at 125% which is effective for all other Windows Applications that I use. But it has no effect for Adobe Elements, Lightroom or Photoshop CC. The option for 200% in PS CC makes everything too big again, but I think 150% should do the trick. Could you add this option in LR and Elements also? Thanks.

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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    March 3, 2019
    2019 and it is still not sorted 😞
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    January 10, 2018
    after 3 years, you managed to start a beta..... seriously, hire some more skilled developers or change job
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    Adobe Employee
    Jeanne Rubbo
    Adobe Employee
    July 11, 2017
    Update: As of 10/25/17, we are closing this program to new applicants. We have a large number of participants already. Thank you to everyone who registered!

    The Photoshop team has been listening to your many requests for better scaling options on Windows, and we’re happy to announce that we are ready for beta testing on this feature. Because of the large scale changes involved in this feature, we want to make sure people have the opportunity to test it out before it’s released.
     
    All Windows customers are welcome to join and test, but please note that you will need to have Windows 10 Creators Edition installed in order to use the new continuously scalable user interface and per-monitor scaling. Windows 7, 8 and prior versions of Windows 10 will only support 100% and 200% - as the continuously scalable user interface requires APIs only available in Creators Edition.
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    April 6, 2017
    Scaling is horrible. I have a Windows 10 with screen resolution at 1920x1080 and windows text scaled at 125%. Increasing text size with 100% UI  within Photoshop does nothing. Increasing to 200% is way too big and have a tiny space to work with. This is a very big problem. I finally had Adobe CC subscription approved and installed on my work laptop to use Photoshop, Illustrator and other apps (I was using my personal one with Windows 7 to get some work done) and now I can't even use it without going blind.
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    January 18, 2017
    Come on Adobe. This has to be fixable. There's lots of customers moaning bout it. Can this issue go higher up in your priorities please. there is a serious access issue. Perhaps adapt your menus so they work within the MS environment, but don't blame them. Any updates n this long running problem?
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    January 18, 2017
    Hi Chris. Yes, any news. This is a pain. I am partially sighted but able to use Photoshop well, I love the fact I can scale my interface to 200%, but when I optimise images the "ok" button appears off the bottom of the screen, so I keep having to go back to preferences and changing between 100% and 200% (auto makes no difference). something in-between would make my life so much easier.
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    May 10, 2016

    I just upgraded to PSE 14 to resolve the scaling issues and see that the 'solution' is useless; too small at 100% and too big at 200%.  Not only is the scaling off, but the window borders can't be moved, exacerbating the problem (the 'panel bin' on the right side occupies too much space, and the border cannot be dragged to make it use less space).  I literally have to use a magnifying glass to use the menus!

    I think we have some pretty arrogant product managers / gui designers at Adobe. I'm constantly amazed at how counter-intuitive the menu/command bar structure is in Adobe Acrobat, for example (like how do you get menus back if you accidentally lose them - I've spent hours hitting keys, right clicking, etc ... and I STILL can't remember what weird key combo did it!).

    If the issue is maintaining a cross-platform code base, then break the code base into two. Code-purity is another sign of arrogance in the developer realm (been there, done that).

    I will always choose a non-Adobe product when I can, because of these reasons. Unfortunately, I've invested years of my life learning PS techniques and thus still spend money on this one product.

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    pkastmiler
    Participating Frequently
    April 16, 2016
    This scaling problem in windows and the lack of resolution of this problem over a long extended period of time is a real blight on Adobe's record. I'm losing my confidence in your product. How long do you expect us to be patient and how long must we wait?
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    FeedbackCommunityMemberAuthor
    Inspiring
    April 16, 2016
    Not only are the scaling options provided by Adobe too limited, but when you have two same physical size monitors with different resolutions (I have two 80cm monitors, one 2560x1600 and the other 3840x2160), and use the per-monitor display scaling provided by MS to get same size window elements on both monitors, Adobe's cross-platform code can't cope - see attached screen shot, where the PSE14 dialog containing the RGB Color drop-down combo box is on the LH side of the screen of one monitor, but the actual combo box selections appear way over on the right, completely outside the PSE window. If I have the same dialog on the RH side of the PSE window, then the selections are actually completely off the edge of the screen and can't be seen at all.

    It seems from the answers provided here by Adobe staff, they feel that because their code is cross-platform, we should put up with its shortcomings. I paid for a Windows license and the program doesn't work correctly in that environment.
    EmilyWatts
    EmilyWatts
    Participant
    April 12, 2016
    Come on - it's 2016 - get it sorted
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