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UI SCALING STILL NOT INDEPENDENT?

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
December 29, 2024
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I have a new computer and replace my 27 inch with a 34 inch IPS monitor, the UI in Photoshop is tiny, I have windows 11 so I change the dpi settings to be driven by Windows display settings which is silly. I should not have to change my 100% recommended scale to 125 or more in order to see Photoshop UI more clearly. Is the interface from Photoshop still not doing anything about the UI scaling? I was reading this is an old problem. Any advice?

Thanks,

Andres

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dotscalc

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Hi Andres,

You're right, UI scaling in Photoshop on high-resolution monitors has been a challenge. Here are some steps you can try:

Go to Edit > Preferences > Interface and adjust the UI Scaling to Auto or 200%. Restart Photoshop afterward.
Right-click the Photoshop shortcut, go to Properties > Compatibility, and enable Override high DPI scaling behavior, setting it to Application.

These steps may improve scaling without changing system-wide DPI. You can also share feedback or check updates on the Adobe UserVoice site.

Hope this helps!

Best

davescm

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@dotscalc Properties > Compatibility changes the entire interface i.e. it affects the image display not just the UI elements. This is where Photoshop is different to vector image apps or Blender, mentioned earlier in the thread. In Photoshop, 100% zoom maps 1 image pixel to 1 screen pixel. This is critical for assessment of sharpness, noise and image artifacts. Scaling that preview image, using compatibility settings, will giver a larger UI but also means that the 100% view can no longer be relied on as an accurate 1:1 image pixel - screen pixel representation. That is why, in Photoshop, the UI is scaled separately from the image using the Windows settings.

Also note : User Voice is no longer used for Photoshop. Ideas and bugs can be raised in these forums and tagged accordingly.

Dave

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goido1962Author

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Yes, thank you, besides compatibility settings affects everything in the computer, other software and the web that behave differently, get affected with the increase zoom in. The window setting inside Photoshop has zero effect, I set mine to 200% the maximum and tex large and has no effect.

Jeff Arola

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In Photoshop have you tried Edit>Preferences>Interface and adjusting the UI Font Size?

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goido1962Author

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Yes, I tried with no effect, it does not change anything.

Jeff Arola

Community Expert

You need to restart Photoshop to see the change.

c.pfaffenbichler

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Could you please post screenshots to illustrate?

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goido1962Author

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No matter what it stays the same, unless it is done by system not by application

D Fosse

Community Expert

The Photoshop UI scales according to the Windows global scaling factor, in 25% increments.

If 100% works for every other application you have, and you can read those fine - what is different with Photoshop? All the applications I have use pretty much the same font sizes and icon sizes.

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goido1962Author

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Actually no, Blender has a UI scaler, even Eon Vue that is now lagacy has an UI scaler, Adobe illustrator the same, so far only Photoshop and I think Premiere can only be scaled with Windows system increments, that throws everything else out of whack. If you make your resolution in Windows 130 % Photoshop is fine but the Internet and other applications are all zoomed in.

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