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June 18, 2016
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I have 4k resolution and adobe photoshop cs6 extended looks too small on it so i can hard see icons and text how can i solve this problem

  • June 18, 2016
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here is the image you can see icons look small and so text how to fix this is it on Adobe end so they can fix this. Already Microsoft Tech agents tried but they said this is problem from Adobe side.

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Correct answer gener7

There is this trick if you'd like to try it: http://www.danantonielli.com/adobe-app-scaling-on-high-dpi-displays-fix/

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Jim Greek
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August 18, 2021

https://danantonielli.com/app-scaling-on-high-dpi-displays-fix-2019/

 

Dan's Latest Fix.....

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Joel324568128d7k
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September 22, 2023

That's the ticket!  Scale text and apps to 300% or so And make the changes described in the link in the above post by right clicking the program icon etc.

However, keep one monitor scaled at 100% to use for the viewer which is undocked to that monitor.  Both monitors set to 4k.

I guess this is presuming the viewer output is being scaled along with the menus/text with the right click app icon process...so keeping the viewer at 100% and enlarging the UI window would remove this as a possibility.

 

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Test Screen Name
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November 19, 2018

I'm glad you're happy with the solution, but I wouldn't call it a good solution. The effect is to tell Windows to just double up everything. So each pixel in Photoshop fills 4 pixels on screen - just like in most other apps.

But that means you don't get the benefit of a 4K screen at all. You might as well have one of half the resolution. Given that Photoshop users are often working with a sharp eye for detail and demanding detail requirements, they may well want the benefit of the 4K they paid for. Or not... most people do indeed seem to be happy with this solution. Perhaps high resolution monitors are not really needed by anyone except the people who make money from selling them.

gener7
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gener7Community ExpertCorrect answer
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June 18, 2016

There is this trick if you'd like to try it: http://www.danantonielli.com/adobe-app-scaling-on-high-dpi-displays-fix/

    Ss12345678
    Ss12345678Author
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    June 18, 2016

    that is as simple as abc. Thanks you solved my problem

    JJMack
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    JJMackCommunity Expert
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    June 18, 2016

    1.) You can add a key to your windows registry that will let you use external manifest files.  Then you can add an external  manifest file into CS6 folder for Photoshop.exe.  CS6 Display will then be scaled by Windows to the lower resolution you set in widows.   You will loose your displays high resolution for you will be using it as a low resolution display with fewer pixels.

    2.) You could add a low resolution display to you system as a second display and move Photoshop palettes to the low resolution second display you expand your desktop to.

    3.) You can subscribe to the creative cloud a Photography subscription for $10 a month and use CC 2014 and CC 2015 and use Photoshop 2X UI preference to have Photoshop scale its UI to a lower resolution.

    Above all search before asking a question that has been answered many times in the past.

    JJMack
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      June 18, 2016

      You have the latest hardware, now it's time to get the latest software. CS6 is too old.

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        Max Beam
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        November 18, 2018

        I am a sometimes Photoshop user and I can afford to buy CC if I want but do not care to spend the money nor do I want the hassle of new features on what for me is secondary software. I do buy CC for all the people on my team who use it regularly, and we all use the latest hardware.

        So, I used the Dan Antonielli trick (below) to deal with the Photoshop scaling problem. Given the ease of this fix, Adobe's unwillingness to provide it through an update is the height of arrogance. Yes, CS6 is old, but 4K monitors were used in the design community long before Adobe stopped supporting CS6. Why did they not provide this fix while CS6 was relatively new?

        Adobe App Scaling on High DPI Displays (FIX) | Dan Antonielli

        Thank-you Dan!

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