In PS why do I see actual document dimensions only when I manually set view settings to 38% zoom? Anyone has clues?

Question

I have already changed the monitor dpi settings in Preferences under 'Units & Rulers' to 227 (applicable for mbPro 13 inch), in place of the default 72.

When I click on View Print Size, I get a 76% zoom view, which is far bigger than the actual dimensions of the document. By hit and trial I noticed when the zoom is changed to 38% then it displays on the monitor closest to the actual print size.

D Fosse · Answer

Most applications, when detecting a high density display, pixel-double (scale up) to display at roughly the same screen size as on a traditional display. Photoshop, as a critical pixel editor, can't do that.

In other words, the problem isn't Photoshop, it's the other applications. They are displaying incorrectly - basically turning your high resolution display into a low resolution one.

For text and vector this is even less of a problem because you can scale up without any loss of quality. So it's routinely done. Even Illustrator and InDesign will scale up without any issues.

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