Skip to main content
T
toby_zhang
Participant
March 18, 2017
Answered

Photoshop scaling issues

  • March 18, 2017
  • 2 replies
  • 17118 views

I'm on a lenovo 710 (14") running windows 10, and my photoshop is having scaling issues that almost makes it unusable. After searching all over google I still cannot find a solution, so here I am making a god damn forum post about it. Basically, when all display settings (windows and photoshop) are at its default, photoshop is way too big, like, the loading window takes up 3/4 the screen. However, if I adjust any of the windows display settings, everything else looks weird, and I'm really not comfortable running non-native settings that will probably give extra load to this laptop. But in photoshop my options are either 100%, 200%, or auto, all other settings making no discernible effects on the scaling. At 100% its waaaay too small, and at 200% or auto, its waaaay too big as I've mentioned above. I feel like this a bug on Adobe's part, but is there even possibly a work around to fix this issue? I'm paying yearly for this stuff and I need it to work.

This topic has been closed for replies.
Correct answer JJMack

Adobe only offers 100% and 200%.  To use 125%, 150%, 175% you would need to use Windows scaling. To do the you need to update your windows registry and add an external manifest file in Photoshop's folder. This has been posted namy times.

2 replies

S
steel77
Participant
May 4, 2017

I have the same issue but with CS6. Windows 10 and my screen (using a 43" 4K TV, not a computer monitor if that makes a difference) native resolution is 3840 x 2160. The solutions I've found online don't work for one reason or another so I'm lost.

one of the reasons they dont work is my version just doesn't have the options that is being talked about. For instance, under properties of Photoshop CS6 I have the check box for "Disable hi DPS" but I dont have any dropdown box to choose "system". One of the other solutions called to change the UI text size under preferences inside the CS6 itself, but again, I only had the option to make the text size large. It was already on that setting so obviously that didn't work and the smaller sizes did nothing at all.

Any suggestions?

JJMack
Community Expert
JJMackCommunity Expert
Community Expert
May 4, 2017

Why would you want to scale your 43" 4k TV to a lower resolution.  Its resolution is only 102DPI  Photoshop UI was design for a 96DPI display why would you want to scale it 200% to 51DPI with 1920x1080 pixels.   Scaling 2x is ment for high resolution display that have a high resolution like 200+DPI.  Displays with those resolution display thing 1/4 the size a 100DPI display displays thing 1/2 the width 1/2 the height that is 1/4 normal size.

JJMack
S
steel77
Participant
May 4, 2017

I'm just trying to find a way to be able to use Photoshop again where the text and Icons are not super small and hard to see.

JJMack
Community Expert
JJMackCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
March 18, 2017

Adobe only offers 100% and 200%.  To use 125%, 150%, 175% you would need to use Windows scaling. To do the you need to update your windows registry and add an external manifest file in Photoshop's folder. This has been posted namy times.

JJMack
T
toby_zhangAuthor
Participant
March 18, 2017

Thanks for the info, I did some research on using windows scaling and I found a method here Adobe App Scaling on High DPI Displays (FIX) | Dan Antonielli​ but possibly due to the manifest file given in the post being outdated, it didn't work. I couldn't find any other guides or sources for this method, is there an updated version or did I do something wrong?

JJMack
Community Expert
JJMackCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 19, 2017

I have bot ust that manifest file lately. It worked for all versions of Photoshop I did try.  On my Workstation and Surface Pro 3 I install Windows 10 Insider Preview.  The latest frew version Have new option in Windows Shortcuts the allow you to override Programs manifest.  No  Windows Registry modification  and no external manifest file is need to use Windows scaling with Application that have manifest coded not to use windows scaling.

JJMack
    Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
    Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices