Timeline for Adjusting photoshop interface size
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| Jan 11, 2013 at 20:17 | comment | added | DetlevCM | Yes and a bitmap has a finite resolution - e.g. 10x10 pixels. So if I now want my DPI changed to 150% (100% / 125% / 150% are the options in Windows) it should just stretch the bitmap into 15x15 pixels. -> I really cannot see a problem there. The DPI setting is relative to some "normal" - I'm not sure if the OS knows what DPI my monitor has - it might, it might not. I think it works just on pixel values an icon is say 32x32 pixels large - that's it. | |
| Jan 11, 2013 at 19:59 | comment | added | Itai | They should be stretched but the OS does not know by how much. Most bitmap loaded in memory have no DPI data, so knowing the set DPI only gives half the info. If loading from a file like a JPEG or TIFF, there is a DPI field but alas it is often just a default value and not actual intended units. Yes, the menus and text are rendered since they are specified in points which has a meaning relative to DPI. Icons do not because they are just bitmaps. The OS only scales what is specified in a known unit and rendered. | |
| Jan 11, 2013 at 19:43 | comment | added | DetlevCM | @Itai In this case the Bitmap should be stretched... A Bitmap is just a pixel for pixel image. The downside of this is, it would look bad. Edit: OK, I just checked... Win7 & Photoshop CS4 - the menu text is bigger, the icons aren't... | |
| Jan 11, 2013 at 18:04 | comment | added | Itai | The idea yes but not how it works unfortunately. I worked on computer graphics software for over 12 years and this has never worked. That is because a lot of user-interface such as all the Photoshop tool icons are bitmaps and simply get display one-pixel-for-one-pixel regardless of DPI settings. There is no easy way for the OS to change this because it has often no data on the intended DPI of the bitmap. | |
| Jan 11, 2013 at 17:55 | comment | added | DetlevCM | @Itai the DPI setting should affect all that is displayed on the monitor, irrespective of whether it is content or text -> that's the idea behind it, that those who need a scaled up image can have it. | |
| Jan 11, 2013 at 14:44 | comment | added | Itai | It does not affect icons, only rendered graphics such as fonts. | |
| Jan 11, 2013 at 14:38 | history | answered | DetlevCM | CC BY-SA 3.0 |