Adobe App Scaling on High DPI Displays (FIX)I recently purchased a new Yoga 2 Pro with a gorgeous 3. My main purposes for this device was to do some heavy lifting on the the road with many of my professional applications. I was quickly discouraged when I first fired up Fireworks, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and Illustrator to find that I needed a magnifying glass to see simple menu options. There is the simple solution of downing the resolution to 1. Rather than change a bunch of setting every time I needed to use a few apps by Adobe, I started to seek out a better solution without much luck. Root of the problem: Short answer: Adobe. Long answer: When the apps load, Windows asks if the app is High DPI aware and these apps answer “yes”. Graphics (from GreekWhich is why you end up with an interface for ants. The solution: Have the app tell Windows that it is not DPI aware and let it scale everything properly. We are just going to add one line. This is VERY simple. Do not be intimidated. Press Windows Button + R, type “regedit”, and then click OK. Navigate to the following registry subkey. HKEY. Exit Registry Editor. For reference, here is a link to a Microsoft support file on the topic: https: //support. Step 2: Create and place the external manifest files. Now comes the fun part. For example, Photoshop. C: \Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6 (6. Bit) and I created a manifest file in text editor named photoshop. Here is a link to a txt file with the manifest code: manifest. 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. ![]() MS Paint, the first app you used for editing images, will probably be killed off in future updates of Windows 10, replaced by the new app Paint 3D. Microsoft lists. You have not yet voted on this site! If you have already visited the site, please help us classify the good from the bad by voting on this site. We've rounded up some of our favorite famous logos and uncovered the hidden meanings, secret truths and exciting origin stories behind their design. ![]() Here are the files I created for my machine (Right- click and save to use on your machine): Now place this file in the same directory as your executable. All of the ones listed above are are in pretty straight forward locations like C: \Program Files (x. Adobe or C: \Program Files\Adobe. That is it! It should look great now. No need to reboot or change anything else. Video Example. Download . Right Click Save Link As.): External. Manifest. File- REGISTRY- Dan. Antonielli. com. reg. Download example Manifest file (Right Click Save Link As.): fireworks. UPDATE July 2. 01. This solution also works with Windows 1. UPDATE December 2. Uploaded a quick video! Graphic Design. Covering everything from kerning to color theory, these resources on design fundamentals will help you become a better graphic designer. Discover tips and resources on design techniques, software, and history.
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