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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

Participant
December 2, 2020

I turned this function ON and now photoshop cc 2021 is not starting on my 1080p display. I have 24" Screen

Participant
December 2, 2020

I turned this function ON and now photoshop CC 2021 is not starting 🙄

Participating Frequently
June 21, 2018
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donbarrum
Inspiring
October 19, 2017
That's the same way it has always been, there's no UI features there as far as I can see. 
Inspiring
October 19, 2017
Try preferences>Interface>Text and then UI Font Size and UI Scaling?
donbarrum
Inspiring
October 18, 2017
Seriously?!?!?!?! Just installed Photoshop 2018 today and the HiDPI UI feature is STILL NOT IN ??? I even tested the beta a few months ago and it seemed pretty stable. But, opening Photoshop 2018 now, the official release that came out today, and its as broken as always has been. Please tell me at least the feature is hidden somewhere as experimental or something?!?
Inspiring
September 5, 2017
I am so aggravated with this that I'm about to cancel my Creative Cloud subscription. I have Googled and tried every single suggestion I've found but NOTHING will increase the toolbar text above about 2 pts and it's unusable for me. I don't know how anyone can use it with this nonsense.
I've changed it to large, to 200%, closed and restarted, restarted my computer, changed settings on my computer. This is ridiculous.
Legend
August 2, 2017
Update. Grr. Autocorrect.
denisee85840316
Participating Frequently
August 2, 2017
A future upset? 🙂  Thanks, I'd like to try that out.
Legend
August 2, 2017
See Jeanne's official reply. You can download a prerelease version if you want to try out a 150% that will be available in a future update