Does the new version of Photoshop Elements or Photoshop support 4K displays and images.

Report · Oct 03, 2024

I've been using Photoshop since version 2.5, but now that I've been retired for 25 years, and they rent Photoshop I've tried switching to Photoshop Element I think the latest version I have it something like 2022.

I've been using a 4K monitor, for quite a while now, at least through the last two versions of Elements.

The problem is that the UI won't accommodate 4K monitors. So I'm still looking for something that does support my set-up. I've used some free editors, and they work for the UI, but I've used Photoshop for over 20 years, I don't what to have to learn how to do everything over again. I'm 86, I'm set in my ways.

I'm willing to go back to the real version of Photoshop if I have to, but I'd like to use Element if I can do it without having to change the resolution on my PC every time just to make it usable.

So that's what I'm asking.

Can I run Photoshop Elements on my computer and have a readable UI that either doesn't have text and symbols so small you have to have a magnifying glass to see it, or have it cut elements off so you can't see them on the screen?

Report · Oct 03, 2024

Give the totally free 7 day trial a go and see for yourself.

https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-elements/free-trial.html

Santa (my wife) got me a 32" computer monitor- it makes a workd of difference.

Report · Oct 03, 2024

I downloaded it and installed, unfortunately they haven't fixed anything.

It only has 2 UI sizes, 100% and 200%, the first I can't read and the second cuts off some of the stuff. It even shows a disclaimer that some things may be cut off.

Anyone know if Photoshop has any more options.

I can find multiple free photo editors that accommodate my computer, but Adobe does not. Virtually all my friends have 34" monitors and use 1440 resolution. One of these days, Adobe is going to have to catch up.

After all, graphics is their business.

Other programs I have let you set the size of the UI to the percentage you want.

Anyway, thanks for the help.

I may switch to the new one anyway. It looks nice except for the UI and I haven't liked any of the free ones I've tried.

I'm going to go through and uninstall everything now except for Elements.

Report · Oct 03, 2024

PS. My monitor is 3440 by 1440.

Report · Oct 03, 2024

OK, I'm downloading it.

Thanks

Report · Oct 03, 2024

The only other options are to use the Windows Display Settings to adjust the program's scale and layout.

Just so that others reading this discussion will not be confused (or maybe they will), a 3440x1440 monitor is not a 4k display. It is an ultra wide screen. And it has a lower resolution than a 4k display (5MP vs 8MP).

I agree that Elements should accomodate both resolutions, but there is probably a good reason why it doesn't. As I understand it, the ultra wide screens have higher refresh rates. So, they cater more to gamers. Also because of the extra width, they are more suited for multi-tasking and the display of multiple windows. In other words, it is expected that a program like Elements is going to be reduced in size to a more typical 16:9 aspect ratio, rather than be used full screen at the wide screen's native 21:9 resolution.

Report · Oct 04, 2024

Thanks for the information, I already use Windows UI set to 175% to make things readable normally.

And I've used Windows scaling to change the resolution down to make the interface bigger when using Photoshop Elements, But that screws up all the other stuff running on my computer.

I guess I'm stuck with using 200% and living with the stuff that get cut off, I don't think it's quite as bad as it used to be.

I went through and uninstalled all the other programs that I've tried. So I quit doing that.

I know that 3440 by 1440 isn't really full 4K (3840 x 2160), but it seems to get called that.

As you probably guessed, I'm a gamer as well as a graphic designer, and it's the width of the display that I'm interested in. But once I switched a number of years ago, I found that the wide monitor has many advantages in everyday computer use.