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Peer Norway
Peer Norway
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February 1, 2021
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Actual size in Photoshop 2021 is half size in Mac's Preview program

  • February 1, 2021
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Hello, I just gotten a new 16 inch Regina MacBook Pro and have installed the 2021 Photoshop on it. I am used to work on a non-Regina Mid-2012 15.4" screen. To my surprise a picture file which normally fits my whole screen have now reduced the view in Photoshop to half it's size, so I have to zoom it in to 200% to have the "normal view/size" that I am used to. Further more the same picture file appears the normal size I am used to in acutal 100% size in my MacBook's preview program - so it is only in Photoshop the size appear smaller.... 

I would have understood that it was the resolution of the new Regina screen that made the picture file smaller, but then it should also appear the same size in the preview program ?

 

Any way of making the working view to what I am used to ? I tried to find the UI function, but it seems it is no longer in ther prefernces => Interface in the 2021 Photoshop program...

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Correct answer D Fosse

Consumer-oriented image viewers and web browsers scale the image up to 200% when they detect a high density screen. This is the standard workaround to ensure images display at the same physical screen size regardless of screen technology.

 

Photoshop can't do that, it has to display accurately. 100% in Photoshop has nothing to do with size. It means one image pixel is represented by exactly one screen pixel, and that's what Photoshop does.

 

To mimic the behavior of those other viewers, set Photoshop to View > 200%.

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forma
Participating Frequently
March 13, 2022

Hi, I had this same problem, but didn't like the 200% view solution they give here.
Don't know if it works on all macbooks, but on my M1 macbook using Big Sur if you go to Applications > Adobe Photoshop > Get Info (Cmd+i) there's a checkbox where it says "Open in Low Resolution". That did it for me.

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gavin27329359uhhb
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November 28, 2022

Now I just started using PS 2022 and have the same issue but unfortunately your fix is not showing up, sucks because i work between 2 different laptops using different OS and have to use one at 100% and the other at 200% which just feels totally wrong. 

D Fosse
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D FosseCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
February 1, 2021

Consumer-oriented image viewers and web browsers scale the image up to 200% when they detect a high density screen. This is the standard workaround to ensure images display at the same physical screen size regardless of screen technology.

 

Photoshop can't do that, it has to display accurately. 100% in Photoshop has nothing to do with size. It means one image pixel is represented by exactly one screen pixel, and that's what Photoshop does.

 

To mimic the behavior of those other viewers, set Photoshop to View > 200%.

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    defaultkzpb72lo6gwe
    Participant
    August 27, 2021

    I have the same issue. Viewing at 200% still gives me blurry text even when anti-aliased. I just got a new 24" and my 2015 27" doesn't have this issue.  I wish there were a better setting than to view at 200%. It's just not giving me what the browser is giving me. 

    Michael Bullo
    Community Expert
    Michael BulloCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 28, 2021

    Is your problem only related to text? Do your graphics look OK?

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