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Alexander Wong
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January 21, 2015
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150% UI Scaling Option for Photoshop

  • January 21, 2015
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I'd been trying to get some feedback from the guys at Adobe regarding this, but seems like no one has seen or heard this pleas. I'm currently using a Surface Pro 3 to work on Photoshop, and while I really appreciate the fact that Adobe introduced the 200% scaling option, it's really too big to do anything productively. It's definitely usable, but is it the best scaling? I would really hope 150% scaling option to be added as well. So we could toggle between it base on our preference.

What do you guys think?

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    Correct answer D Fosse

    The way this is supposed to work now, is that Photoshop UI scaling automatically follows the Windows setting, in 25% increments.

    The crucial point is that the image window itself maintains independent scaling, so that 100% still means one image pixel represented by exactly one screen pixel. This is what's new, and this is what has been difficult to implement before. This is what took so long.

    Note that this requires Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, and it does not work on Windows 7 or 8.

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    tilob91253837
    tilob91253837
    Participant
    August 10, 2016

    Same problem, 100% to small, 200 to big!

    endtone
    endtone
    Participant
    August 7, 2016

    +1 Please add 150% UI option.

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    Gecko_Tucson
    Participant
    August 3, 2016

    Same problem here...100% is way to small, 200% is way to big. Can't work like this! Please Adobe - provide more options such as 150%, 175% or even customize percentage so we can actually use Photoshop with new technology.

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    Max Johnson - PlayStudios
    Known Participant
    July 27, 2016

    I don't pretend to know why it is difficult, but let's just assume that it is a non-trivial change. The more "Like" votes up at the top, the more likely it is to be a priority. So just keep getting people to vote up at the top and we should see some attention given to the problem.

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    deezid86
    Participant
    July 30, 2016

    Exactly the same issue here.
    100% too small

    200% too big...

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    royliao1129
    Participant
    July 22, 2016

    3440x1440 here. 100% is way to small, 200% is way to big. Don't know why it is difficult to provide more options such as 150%, 175% or even customize percentage.

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    bocajo
    Participant
    July 7, 2016

    I am also struggling with the UI scaling, particularly on a 4k monitor. So many Adobe products incorporate a slider or incremental ability, would this too difficult to install for users employing different screen size/resolution?  I love the additional relative space at 100%, but as we know the tools and palettes become so tiny they are difficult to use at 200%. My guess for me might be 150-175%. In PS this would be an embraced addition, but many Adobe products would benefit users directly and quickly with this option. So...please?  I did say please   I know I would welcome that addition and be grateful for it!  Thx...

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    arqpv
    Participant
    June 26, 2016

    4K screen user here.
    I need the fix. 200% is too big, 100% is too small. Different options would be nice too. 125, 150, 175 etc.

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    trappedatuf
    Participant
    May 27, 2016

    SOLUTION, Adobe App Scaling on High DPI Displays (FIX) « Dan Antonielli

    This solution really works and is AWESOME! It gives 150% scaling and is not hard to implement. This guy is a genius.

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      joeb1654373
      Participant
      May 27, 2016

      I switch between using my laptop and plugging it into a monitor. I don't want to mess around with the registry each time I switch between displays - also, this fix should not be necessary!

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      trappedatuf
      Participant
      May 27, 2016

      I think you're confused. You only edit the registry once (and it's a simple edit) and then it works perfectly at 150% after that. No need to do this again. I agree that we should not have to perform a fix like this. It's the only option and it works, not to mention that this thread was started on 01/20/2015 (1.25 years ago) and gained big support yet Adobe hasn't even acknowledged this is an issue?!? That is crazy.

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      joeb1654373
      Participant
      May 26, 2016

      Agreed, the UI scaling is ridiculous on 1920x1080 asus Zenbook. 100% scaling is illegible and 200% is gigantic. 150% please!

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      trappedatuf
      Participant
      May 27, 2016

      SERIOUSLY Adobe?!? This many complaints over a YEAR on a core software product of yours... and something super easy to fix as a variable where we can enter any value we want and you guys won't give us a 150% option??? Like everyone else here has said, 100% too small, 200% too big... if 125%, 150% and 175% were added it would be perfect.

      PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN ALREADY -- we've been asking for a year now!

      chrisr97146219
      chrisr97146219
      Participant
      April 16, 2016

      Having the same issue. I bought a 32" 4k Monitor and would be quite happy with it, if there wasn't this bad scaling issue. Like all the others say 100% = too small - 200% = too big. The 150% scaling method of antionelli would be perfect in size, but the blurred ui after using this scaling method is even worse :/
      Get on it Adobe! It can't be that difficult. On my mac it works like a charm, why leave out the windows users? :/

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