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dolldivine
dolldivine
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August 19, 2019
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It's 2019: any fix for high resolution displays?

  • August 19, 2019
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I have a monitor with a high resolution and the menu is very hard to read.  When I scale the interface to 200%, it's like I'm on windows 1.0 (way too large).  Is there some kind of fix for this yet?  I tried to go into the properties of Photoshop.exe but the section about scaling is greyed out and the "solutions" beyond that seem like a shot in the dark that might break computer settings so I thought I'd check back in here

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Correct answer JJMack

If you screen is going black and it not because its going to sleep it may be your display adapter or its device driver has a problem.  Photoshop CC UI should scale the way you have you display's windows scaling setting set.

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JJMack
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JJMackCommunity Expert
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August 19, 2019

CC UI scaling works well in Windows 10 CC 2019 and is automatically done and uses your windows 10 Display scaling setting. Set the High PPI Display scaling to something like 125% if 200% is to large.

JJMack
dolldivine
dolldivineAuthor
Inspiring
August 19, 2019

I need a new computer anyway.. Photoshop is glitching and the screen sometimes goes black.

So do I understand where this sounds like it's going.. If I buy a new computer, with a newer windows version, odds are this will sort itself out?  (the monitor is newer than the computer)

JJMack
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JJMackCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
August 19, 2019

If you screen is going black and it not because its going to sleep it may be your display adapter or its device driver has a problem.  Photoshop CC UI should scale the way you have you display's windows scaling setting set.

JJMack
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Anonymous
August 19, 2019

Hi

Are you saying that these settings are grayed out

dolldivine
dolldivineAuthor
Inspiring
August 19, 2019

Yeah.  Mine looks a bit different.

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Anonymous
August 19, 2019

What version of Windows do you have

NB, colourmanagement
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NB, colourmanagementCommunity Expert
Community Expert
August 19, 2019

Hi

Mac or Windows please?

I am thinking Windows, can you post a screenshot?

thanks

neil barstow, colourmanagement

dolldivine
dolldivineAuthor
Inspiring
August 19, 2019

Windows, sorry.  Here's the default.  I have windows text set to 150%, not sure if that matters

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