Photoshop: Menu too small on Windows high res display

This has NOT been answered! I have the latest MSI laptop, 4k screen with GeForce graphics card, all other software works without a problem in Windows 8.1. It is ONLY Photoshop that does not work. This affects my work every day. Adobe have known about this issue for over 18 months. WORK IT OUT ADOBE!

Any update for PSE12 on a Yoga3 Pro?

The whole thing is soooo tiny! There isn't a Experimental option for the 200% in PSE12

This issue has been around since Adobe first started writing Windows versions.

Adobe uses bit mapped fonts for their UI... makes it look pretty and ensures icons and related text stay the same size (the easy/lazy approach), but also makes the UI incompatible with a user's personal needs.

I won't be upgrading to any new Adobe product.

I beg to differ. Here's an example from my desktop... Desktop small font is 9 pixels for a lower case. The CS menu font is only 5 pixels. I'm not even sure I have any 5 pixel fonts installed (and this install doesn't have any Adobe fonts).



Here's two UI menus together: top is MS Excel, bottom CS. CS is NOT using the standard system font.



One other usability point, with the UI this small, finding the corner of the eye-dropper is more than painful. It's tedious and even my mouse squirms.

And while I'm beating this dead horse... Windows Apps allow changing the UI font:



Which yields this Excel vs CS menu comparison. One more strike proving CS isn't using standard system fonts.

I just got a BenQ 2711U monitor which I set up for 3840x2160 resolution on my Windows 7 desktop. I got this $900 monitor specifically to use with Photoshop CC to process my Nikon .NEF files and I really love it. I had the same tiny tiny UI fonts at first, however, but I tried the suggested method of using Experimental Features 200% UI. It worked just fine for me. My UI is restored to its normal size but I can see where if someone were using a lower resolution than mine, they might get an unusable, oversized UI. I guess Adobe will have to offer a scaled new UI resolution option instead of one that just doubles the size of the UI in upcoming releases of this otherwise superb software.

Hey guys. First, I not defending adobe but Chris is taking the time to keep us informed that adobe is working on it. Eventually they will get it figured out. You also have to realize that when new tech comes out, software companies have to patch or rewrite their code in order to stay in business.

Obviously Adobe didn't Follow everyone else when they made their UI and now their paying for it.

Just remember. Chris is taking the time to inform us that Adobe is trying to resolve this. It's a inconvenience but again, it is not Chris's fault. Give him a break!!

I found a real fix to the scaling problem.. It worked for me with CS5 Photoshop running on Windows Pro 64 bit.

neoshamon.blogspot.com/2015/06/adobe-app-scaling-on-high-dpi-displays.html?view=sidebar

Directions are below. You will need to download the correct.exe. file to your desktop. Don't open it. Install it to the correct location corresponding to the program you want to fix.

You will need to go to the site to download the file but here is what it says:

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Step 1: Tell windows to prefer an external manifest file

1.Press Windows Button + R, type “regedit”, and then click OK.
2.Navigate to the following registry subkey: •HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > SideBySide

3.Right-click, select NEW > DWORD (32 bit) Value
4.Type PreferExternalManifest, and then press ENTER.
5.Right-click PreferExternalManifest, and then click Modify.
6.Enter Value Data 1 and select Decimal.
7.Click OK. Exit Registry Editor.

Step 2: Create and place the external manifest files

This is the exciting part. All you have to do is copy your manifest file to all of the application folders that you would like to change the scaling on. For example, Photoshop.exe is located at: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64 Bit) therefore, I have created a manifest file in text editor named photoshop.exe.manifest to place in that folder.

Here is a link to a txt file with the manifest code: manifest.txt
For Windows to use the external manifest file, you will have to change the name of the the file to the executable of the application. (e.g. photoshop.exe.manifest)
Here are the files I created for my device (Right-click and save to use on your machine):

•photoshop.exe.manifest
•fireworks.exe.manifest
•illustrator.exe.manifest
•dreamweaver.exe.manifest

Now place this file in the same directory as your executable. All of the ones listed above are in pretty straight forward locations like C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe or C:\Program Files\Adobe.

And that's it! It should look great now on your screen. You don't have to reboot or change anything else.

This is the file also..

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We really do need a 150% scaling option for modern high definition PC displays.

Update: As of 10/25/17, we are closing this program to new applicants. We have a large number of participants already. Thank you to everyone who registered!

The Photoshop team has been listening to your many requests for better scaling options on Windows, and we’re happy to announce that we are ready for beta testing on this feature. Because of the large scale changes involved in this feature, we want to make sure people have the opportunity to test it out before it’s released.
 
All Windows customers are welcome to join and test, but please note that you will need to have Windows 10 Creators Edition installed in order to use the new continuously scalable user interface and per-monitor scaling. Windows 7, 8 and prior versions of Windows 10 will only support 100% and 200% - as the continuously scalable user interface requires APIs only available in Creators Edition.