Layout issues on high-density displays

[danecreekphotography]

I just upgraded to a new laptop for photo work (Lenovo Carbon X1 Touch). It's got one of those newfangled high-density displays: 2560x1440 packed into 14". Unfortunately there's a whole lot of the Photo Mechanic UI that doesn't handle this resolution well. Here are some examples, although they probably won't seem as bad on a regular-density display:



The above is a screen grab of four cells in the contact sheet. Notice how teeny tiny the stars and the text are. The stars are so small it's basically impossible to accurately click on them.



This is the star and colour class filter bar in the bottom of the contact sheet. It's tough to tell in this screen grab but they are teeny tiny too. They also don't fit the space of the status bar properly.



This is the file rename dialog. Notice how the buttons to actually do the rename are missing.



This is the IPTC Stationary dialog. Notice how small the checkboxes are.

I was able to fight through these issues last night, but they will be an on-going drag as the season starts. Any plans to address these problems in an upcoming release?

Thanks!

Neil

[Kirk Baker]

Neil,

I just upgraded to a new laptop for photo work (Lenovo Carbon X1 Touch). It's got one of those newfangled high-density displays: 2560x1440 packed into 14". Unfortunately there's a whole lot of the Photo Mechanic UI that doesn't handle this resolution well. Here are some examples, although they probably won't seem as bad on a regular-density display:

I was able to fight through these issues last night, but they will be an on-going drag as the season starts. Any plans to address these problems in an upcoming release?

We currently have no plans to support high-density displays on the Windows platform.  We may address the problem in the future.

-Kirk

[neuPhotos]

Just like Dane Creek Photography, I have just recently purchased a high density screen laptop and unbeknownst to me Photo Mechanic's UI does not work well at all.  The text is extremely small and squished.  This needs to be addressed as more and more Apple and Windows machines are headed towards these type of screens.  I will need to return this machine and purchase another one to accomodate Photo Mechanic, which I love and use almost daily, but it is a true shame that because of one program I can't use this high density screen laptop.

[Kirk Baker]

Just like Dane Creek Photography, I have just recently purchased a high density screen laptop and unbeknownst to me Photo Mechanic's UI does not work well at all.  The text is extremely small and squished.  This needs to be addressed as more and more Apple and Windows machines are headed towards these type of screens.  I will need to return this machine and purchase another one to accomodate Photo Mechanic, which I love and use almost daily, but it is a true shame that because of one program I can't use this high density screen laptop.

We're making good progress on an update that supports High DPI screens on Windows.  We've supported "retina" displays on Mac OS X for more than a year already.  I can get you a pre-release if you're interested.

-Kirk

[miguelr]

Hi Kirk,

I am working with a Surface Pro 3 and I have the same problems as mentioned by neuPhotos.

I would love to try PM pre-realese version.

Please advice,

Thanks

Miguel

[Kirk Baker]

Miguel,

The build will be released later this week.

-Kirk

[lvthunder]

Did this build ever come out?

[Kirk Baker]

Did this build ever come out?

No.  It has been delayed.  It should come out soon.  A post in the Announcements section will be made once it is released.

-Kirk

[lvthunder]

It's been almost two months.  Any idea when the new build is going to come out??

[Kirk Baker]

It's been almost two months.  Any idea when the new build is going to come out??

I'll begin work on it again once I'm finished with my vacation.  I don't have a projected release date for you at this time, but I'll get you a build once it is stable.  It won't be an official release though.

-Kirk

[Kirk Baker]

Please give this build a try:

http://www.camerabits.com/download/PM5SetupR16231.exe

It still doesn't solve things like checkboxes and radio buttons being too small though.  But usability is much improved over prior releases.

The problems with the radio buttons and checkboxes will have to be addressed by the third-party vendor that provides our UI skinning framework for Windows.

-Kirk

[miguelr]

 Congratulations!!

Work well on my Surface Pro 3.

Thanks

Miguel

[miguelr]

Kirk,

Opening a contact sheet always default on two big thumbsnails per screen.

Changes  to smaller thumbsnails do not stick when closing the program.

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[Kirk Baker]

Miguel,

Opening a contact sheet always default on two big thumbsnails per screen.

Changes  to smaller thumbsnails do not stick when closing the program.

Set your preferred default thumbnail size in the Contact Sheet section of the Preferences dialog.

-Kirk

[miguelr]

I forgot about that.

Thanks Kirk