<p>There is a important consideration when upgrading monitor to 4K. It is easy if you are a Linux or Mac user, all programs can be easily have their window decorations and menus changed to larger size and font. Much of the Windows programs will not scale. Windows 10 itself scales well for larger resolutions, Windows 7 no. Photo editing programs are hit and miss. It is better to test the scaling with your old monitor if you depend on programs like Nikon Capture NX and View NX may not adjust at all. I am not saying it cannot be done, but just out of the box, no.<br>
I have a 2011 Adobe Master Suite, and so far have not found a way to make its window bars and menus readable at 3840x2160. Luckily I don't depend on it - and prefer Linux UFRAW and Gimp combination the best for my purposes. <br>
As mentioned, the 2011 CS6 is very problematic, but I don't know about the newer Adobe CC versions. <br>
Has anybody tried Adobe Lightroom on a 4K(5K) computer? Windows or Mac? How does that work?</p>
<p>First, let’s look at an example of why display scaling is needed in most cases when using a high resolution display with a Windows 10 PC. In our example, we’re using a 27-inch 4K monitor with a native resolution of 3840×2160. With 100 percent scaling — that is, a 1:1 pixel ratio — the Windows desktop and user interface appears tiny, and is likely too small for most users.<br>
Here is the instructions for Windows 10 4K display:</p>
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To fix this problem without giving up on our 4K monitor, we can adjust Windows 10 display scaling options in Settings. With your high resolution display connected to your PC, head to <strong>Settings > System > Display</strong>.<br>
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Here, you’ll see a slider labeled <em>Change the size of text, apps, and other items</em>. With compatible hardware, Windows 10 will attempt to automatically set this value to an appropriate percentage when connected to a high resolution display. However, you can manually adjust it by clicking and dragging the slider. Moving the slider to the left reduces the display scaling percentage, which will make things appear relatively smaller, while moving it to the right increases the display scaling percentage, making things look relatively larger.<br>
In our example, we’ll move the slider to a value of 150 percent, which will give us a user interface with the same relative appearance as 2560×1440, which is a common and certainly workable resolution on a 27-inch display. To see how the math works out here, notice how 150 percent of 2560×1440 is exactly 3840×2160, our 4K monitor’s native resolution (2560*1.5 = 3840; 1440*1.5 = 2160).<br>
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If this scaled image is still too small, we can raise the Windows 10 display scaling percentage even higher. For example, a display scaling value of 200 percent would produce an image that is proportionate to 1080p resolution, or 1920×1080 (again, just check the math to see that 1920*2 = 3840 and 1080*2 = 2160).<br>
The benefit of this configuration is that you end up with a user interface that is the same perceived size as the one you’re accustomed to, except that it’s noticeably sharper because each UI element is being drawn with four times as many pixels as a standard resolution display.</p>