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Participating Frequently
February 18, 2024
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Everything on my Organizer screen is too small!

  • February 18, 2024
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Photoshop Elements work-space screen text is so small, I can hardly read it.  I need the text displays, tags and information  (ex. for menu bar, left panel with list of my albums and folders) to be enlarged.  In my computer settings, I tried changing screen resolution from 250% to 300% (recommended), which made everything except Photoshop Elements larger.  This just started happening.  I have version 18.0.0.0

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Participating Frequently
February 27, 2025

I'd like to chime in that since yesterday (Feb 26th 2024) I have the same problem, only in Photoshop (web).

My monitor is plenty big (27") and everything is the normal size in other websites, apps etc.

You can see how small in the image below.

I have tried every button I can possibly open !  I can not read them properly at all, but I still opened them to look for icons etc and clicked on everything to see if I could change it. Obviously nothing did.

What is happing that is causing this to people. Seems it's not a new problem as I saw posts as far back as 2017 here on the same subject.

I'd love help too please.

PC. Using PS (web). Monitor 27" (so not small).

Thank you,

Amanda

 

Glenn 8675309
Legend
February 28, 2025

That appears to be photoshop, don't really matter though.   You probably need to change your screen resolution.  I've got photoshop as well, the latest version, with my big monitor I dont have any issues.   I could increase the resolution of my monitor , but I don't because things were to dang small. 


1920 x 1080 is a standard default setting.

 

Changing your screen resolution in Windows is a straightforward process. Here’s how you can do it:

  1. Right-click on your desktop and select Display settings.

  2. In the Display settings window, scroll down to the Display resolution section.

  3. Click on the drop-down menu and select your desired resolution. The recommended resolution is usually marked.

  4. Once you select the resolution, you’ll see a preview. If it looks good, click Keep changes. If not, you can revert to the previous resolution.

 

If you have any other questions or need further assistance, feel free to ask!

Participating Frequently
February 28, 2025

It is not my screen resolution that's the problem.The screen resolution is already 1920 x 1080.

Absolutely everything else is normal size as usual. It's only Photoshop (web) that has suddenly changed.

If I use Illustrator or Lightroom, they are fine and normal.

Thank you for trying to help though,

Amanda

 

Glenn 8675309
Legend
February 19, 2024

This may sound silly:  Buy a bigger monitor.   Santa bought me a 32" monitor and it's really nice- makes everything bigger. 

You mentioned your computer settings, but not the setting found within your PSE preference file.


Participating Frequently
February 19, 2024

Thank you for your reply, but Santa isn't going to bring me a bigger monitor.  Besides, I have been using PSE for many years, and I've never had this problem before.

 

I don't have the same options in Preferences that you have.  My version is 18.0.0.0.

Participating Frequently
February 19, 2024

Update:  I did find those options in the Editor.  So Ichanged the Display and Cursor setting there from Automatic to Large - 200%.  That made no difference in either the Editor or the Organizer.