Resolve 14/Windows 10 - UI Scaling

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Resolve 14/Windows 10 - UI Scaling

PostThu Dec 21, 2017 5:36 am

Any ideas on how to get Resolve 14 to scale to 150% on Windows 10?

I am running Resolve 14 on Windows 10 with a 27" LG UHD monitor. I have scaling in Windows set to 150%. At this setting, Resolve appears to be scaled to 200%, or possibly larger. If I set Windows to 125% and restart the machine, Resolve also scales to what looks like 125%, but at this setting is too small on the screen size. Any ideas? Thanks!
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Re: Resolve 14/Windows 10 - UI Scaling

PostThu Dec 21, 2017 8:39 am

Have you tried setting the scaling behavior? Find the Resolve .exe file, right click > Properties > Compatibility tab. Check the "Override high DPI scaling behavior" checkbox and choose "System" from the dropdown. I haven't tried with Resolve but it did the trick for Nuke perfectly. It seems that the high dpi scaling of Qt, which Nuke also uses, does some funky things so it is better to let windows handle the scaling.
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Re: Resolve 14/Windows 10 - UI Scaling

PostThu Dec 21, 2017 1:30 pm

Thanks so much Henrik!

That actually worked and made the scaling size of Resolve correct, and much more usable. However, it does make the program a bit blurry - as described in this article:

"One scenario for this is when you’re running desktop applications that don’t render well on a high-DPI display (this can happen if the developer hasn’t tested and fixed up their applications for the DPI scale factors seen on the latest hardware). In situations like this you might want to force the application to run as a DPI-unaware process. Although this would result in the application being blurry it would at least be sized correctly. There are situations where this can make an unusable application usable, albeit blurry."

https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/ ... rs-update/

Any other ideas to get it to scale properly and sharply?
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Re: Resolve 14/Windows 10 - UI Scaling

PostThu Dec 21, 2017 2:34 pm

I don't think it is possible to get rid of the blurriness as it is now. For scaling to work it must be properly done by the software itself, but in Qt which Resolve uses for GUI is as it is, scaling kind of works for some, but fails with other things.
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Re: Resolve 14/Windows 10 - UI Scaling

PostFri Dec 22, 2017 10:47 am

Still no solution for this yet, Blackmagic? I bug reported this over 18 months ago and since then several other forum posts have popped up with a lot of unhappy users all mentioning the same problem.

Where is the solution?
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Re: Resolve 14/Windows 10 - UI Scaling

PostFri Dec 22, 2017 6:37 pm

Yeah, unfortunately, this is one major hurdle holding me back from using the software, especially for editing.
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Re: Resolve 14/Windows 10 - UI Scaling

PostSat Dec 23, 2017 1:14 pm

I'm onlining/grading a film at the moment and it's a nightmare. 5 video tracks and 10 audio tracks, I seem to be spending the majority of time resizing tracks just so I can see things. There is absolutely no way in hell I could ever consider using Resolve as an offliner in it's current state.

What I find slightly worrying is that when this issue first cropped up there was recognition from staff on here that it needed looking at but of late there as has been nothing from them. What I'm hoping is that there has been a big f**k up somewhere and it's not easy to get this sorted as one would hope but they are still planning on fixing this. The alternative is that Blackmagic have now decided it's a non-issue and we are going to have to live with it. This being the case I will be looking at other alternatives for grading and onlining.

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Re: Resolve 14/Windows 10 - UI Scaling

PostMon Dec 25, 2017 3:17 am

This is a long standing issue 2> years. I wouldn't hold out for a fix any time soon.

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Re: Resolve 14/Windows 10 - UI Scaling

PostThu Feb 08, 2018 2:08 am

This would normally be a deal breaker, as I can barely see what I am color grading. The color wheels take up a huge amount of screen real estate and I am color grading on a tiny portion of the real image.

[Ideally you would be able to simply adjust the area with your mouse and as you drag, the color wheels would scale automatically based on the size of the area. Or the color wheels could be on a separate window as in Photoshop. Hitfilm gives a huge viewing area while color grading.]

But, since it seems we are all stuck with this, what monitor should I buy to make Davinci Resolve 14 a joy to use?

In August 2017 they published a Hardware Selection and Configuration Guide. In the UI and grading monitors section it reads:
DaVinci Resolve offers support for a wide variety of UI resolutions in single and also dual
monitor configurations. The application is optimized for the Retina 5K screen (5120x2880) with
a resultant resolution of 2560x1440 and scales in a number of ways to even operate on laptops
screens with 1440x900 resolution. If you do not have a Retina 5K screen the UI layout works at
all resolutions from 3840x2160 to 1920x1200. Lower resolutions are supported with abridged
name and icons at the controls.
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Re: Resolve 14/Windows 10 - UI Scaling

PostThu Feb 15, 2018 10:20 am

Currently it seems that the optimum monitor resolution is 2560x1440. At that res Windows only needs to be scaled to 125% which means that Resolve won't scale at all.

"DaVinci Resolve offers support for a wide variety of UI resolutions in single and also dual
monitor configurations."

They seemed to have gotten it right on the mac, it actually works really well on a 5k iMac but someone dropped the ball (massively) when it came to Windows. Adobe had this nailed years ago with After Effects, Premiere and Illustrator that I am aware of. Photoshop however suffered the same fate as Resolve. Initially it only offered 100% or 200% scaling but in their last update they finally implemented 150%.
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Re: Resolve 14/Windows 10 - UI Scaling

PostThu Feb 15, 2018 1:25 pm

I can only second what has been written here. I use a two monitor setup (three if you count the reference display via intensity shuttle). I have the main GUI monitor @ 3840x2160 with 150% scaling and the second screen I use for the detached scopes window @1920x1080 with 100%.
The scopes window gets really cluttered and chunky due to the wrong scaling and the GUI on the main screen is still very chunky. I'd love to see some improvements in the next versions!
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Re: Resolve 14/Windows 10 - UI Scaling

PostWed Mar 21, 2018 11:09 am

Peter, we've yet to here from you yet with regards to this MASSIVE issue. Can we can see some changes for v15? I've been told the devs are aware of this but no-one will let on how much of a priority it is.

*Edit*

Just found this quote from yourself on an other thread from July 2016.

"We are having a look into this but for now 200% will be your best option."

18 months later and still no 150% option. Why not?
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Re: Resolve 14/Windows 10 - UI Scaling

PostTue Apr 10, 2018 7:56 pm

THANKS FOR NOTHING, BLACKMAGIC.
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Re: Resolve 14/Windows 10 - UI Scaling

PostWed May 30, 2018 9:56 pm

Just checked, and with Resolve 15 Beta 4 (Studio), the Windows system-wide display scaling also applies to the Resolve UI. After changing the scaling, a full Windows restart is needed.
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Re: Resolve 14/Windows 10 - UI Scaling

PostSun Jun 17, 2018 2:31 pm

That seems to only work if you drop windows scaling down to 125% or 100%, but on a laptop screen the details are far too small. I normally have windows scaling at 150 to 175%, but Resolve seems to interpret this as 200%+. Hoping there will be a good in-between solution in one of the upcoming beta releases. I'm using version 15.0b5.
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Re: Resolve 14/Windows 10 - UI Scaling

PostFri Jun 22, 2018 8:45 pm

silvertrain78 wrote:Just checked, and with Resolve 15 Beta 4 (Studio), the Windows system-wide display scaling also applies to the Resolve UI. After changing the scaling, a full Windows restart is needed.


OMG, can anyone confirm that 150% scaling has been added? I've seen nothing mentioned in any of the new feature lists.
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Re: Resolve 14/Windows 10 - UI Scaling

PostFri Sep 28, 2018 1:21 am

It's insane that 150% scaling has yet to be corrected... Resolve looks amazing at 100% on my Windows machine, except everything is unfathomably huge (especially for a UI that already wastes all kinds of space). When I use 150%, everything is blurry but sized more appropriately. It's such a drag this hasn't been resolved yet.
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Re: Resolve 14/Windows 10 - UI Scaling

PostTue Dec 04, 2018 7:17 am

same here. I would appreciate that at least 150% scaling works.
My native monitor resolution is 3000x2000. Resolve 15.2 on win10
Tried different scaling from 145% to 150% all blurry.
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Re: Resolve 14/Windows 10 - UI Scaling

PostFri Feb 15, 2019 10:55 pm

Sorry to piggyback on an old thread...

But is there any update to this?

I am currently using Resolve on 1920x1080 on PC and editing is basically impossible - terrible UI.

So I will buy a new monitor - the question is, should I buy 2560x1440 or 3,840x2,160?

I'm concerned that, if I'm running at 3,840x2,160, I will need to have scaling set to 150% - if I understand this thread correctly - and that everything will look blurry. Yes?


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Re: Resolve 14/Windows 10 - UI Scaling

PostMon Feb 18, 2019 11:18 am

Correct. If you want it to run at 150% you have to use System Scaling which will make things look blurry. It's pretty much the same as scaling footage up to 150% with a terrible scaling algorithm.

Currently the best screen size IMO is a 2560x1440 with 100% scaling. The only reason why I stick with my 32" UHD is that it works amazingly well with all the CC suite and Win 10 in general.

In answer to your question 'But is there any update to this?' the answer is 'No. Blackmagic have made no comment on the subject in nearly 3 years. They have been deliberately very quite on the matter which makes me think they f****d up the original UI scaling implantation during v12.xx when they only introduced 200%.

If they can't be bothered implementing true 150% UI scaling then the least they could do is allow a choice of 100% and introduce a custom font size as to at least make the font slightly bigger as at 100% on 32" UHD it's just a bit too small for mine and many other's liking. This is a fairly decent workaround which does the job to a certain extent in C4D and NUKE.
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Re: Resolve 14/Windows 10 - UI Scaling

PostTue Apr 23, 2019 7:48 pm

:x Just converted from Mac to PC and I've ran into this problem! I've just emailed them, they need to fix this as it feels like i'm in kindergarden playing with the big bricks because im not old enough for lego...

Maybe if we all email them everyday until they fix it
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Resolve 15/Windows 10 - UI Scaling

PostMon Jun 10, 2019 4:15 am

Just got a new 4k monitor and when I launched Resolve it said that it detected a higher resolution monitor and would I like to set the UI accordingly. So, what do I know, I said yes. Now the program is scaled larger on my monitor. The problem is that I specifically bought a 43" monitor for the purpose of using it at 100% scaling (ie no scaling). I'm running Resolve 15 and I don't see any way to put the UI scaling back to 100%. Any suggestions?

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