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Separate custom scaling levels for each display in Windows 10

I want to set a different custom scaling level for each of my 2 monitors. The "recommended" scaling for my laptop display is 150%, while 100% scaling is recommended for my external monitor. ...
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Set Scaling of individual applications in Windows

I occurs to be that I want any app I'm not looking at to be scaled down (to say 100%), but the one in focus to be scaled up (to 200%). This would both make maximal use of my hi-res laptop screen for ...
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Remote Desktop to Windows 10 will not scale font size

I am attempting to remote desktop into Windows 10. I have adjusted the display size on the actual PC to scale fonts and such to 125%, which is what I had previously set on my WIndows Server 2012R2 ...
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High DPI VMWare

My display is 4k. When I run VMWare, my linux guests look like postage stamps. Sadly, none of them support HDPI scaling (Running LXDE/XFCE mainly). I'm also interested in "Unity Mode", but ...
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How do I scale default app size smaller than "Default" in Windows 8.1?

I'm on a 1920x1080 pixel, 15.1" laptop running Windows 8.1. Some of my apps (Eclipse, SourceTree, pgAdmin, Chrome) render larger than I would like, fitting far less content than on Windows 7. I can "...
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Do Intel integrated graphics support nearest neighbor scaling?

On a MacBook Pro with Retina Display, I'd like to run Windows with exactly half the screen resolution in order to maintain 100% scaling (2880x1800 -> 1440x900). However, I've heard that if you set a ...
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App to switch between video profiles in a high-DPI laptop

I have a Lenovo Ideapad Yoga 2 Pro, which sports a high-DPI 13" 3200x1800 screen. Since using that with normal Windows app would be impossible, it ships with "DPI scaling" in Windows set to 200%. ...
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Automatically adjust scaling of a display when a second monitor is plugged in [Windows 10]

I currently have a work laptop that I would like to have the scaling set to 125% when it is plugged into another monitor/docked, and set to 100% when it is not plugged in. Does anyone know of any ways ...
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Custom scaling laptop for CRT TV

I have searched online but has not found a solution. I have a CRT tv with aspect ratio 4:3. I need to connect my laptop to the TV with HDMI to AV adapter. It works fine but I am having problems with ...
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How can I print a large image to multiple pages on mac os?

I have a large png image. I want to print it to pdf with paper size 8.5x11 across multiple pages - the image should be scaled up to fit the paper width and since the image is tall, it should be split ...
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Windows 10 monitor scaling blurry

Circumstances Windows 10 Version 1709 x64 One 4K (27") and one 2K (27") monitor Nvidia 1050 TI Feel free to ask for more information, if you need them. The Problem Everything works fine if I don't ...
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My 768 laptop is getting 1050 resolution when I plug into an external and mirror the videos.

This seems crazy to me, but when I plug my laptop into a 22" HP monitor that supports 1050 mode, I can mirror my display on both screens and set the video settings of both at 1050. This certainly ...
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How can I scale printouts in Google Chrome like Firefox can?

Chrome is slowly wooing me from Firefox. When I print on Firefox, I can have the page print at 80% of normal, and get smaller print and MORE on a page. When I try that on Google Chrome, I get the ...
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How do I change the scaling options in AMD Catalyst Control Center?

I've just switched out my old GTX 470 for a new ASUS Radeon R9 280X and now when I choose the resolution 1920 x 1080 it doesn't fit my 1920 x 1080 monitor. It just doesn't fill up the whole screen and ...
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Fractional display scaling: get and set in terminal

How do I get current fractional scaling value via terminal? E.g. with GUI set to 125%: gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface scaling-factor returns 0 gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface ...
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Windows 10: different scaling when using external display vs laptop only

Is there any software/trick that would set my laptop display scaling differently when external monitor is connected vs no external monitor? When I go fully mobile I have the laptop screen close to ...
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Individual "Custom Scaling" per monitor in Windows 10 (1809)?

I am a happy Windows 10 user. Now I got a new 13 inch laptop that has a 1920 x 1080 resolution and the pixels are tiny. I could even live with those tiny pixels if I would not be using it with an ...
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Windows tab header font messed up

Some of my Windows 10 fonts are messed up. I have reset all DPI scaling, font settings, themes etc. but cannot get rid of this problem. See this image as an example: http://imgur.com/6vvlChs Note ...
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Windows 10 - different icons and font after scaling?

Never would have thought, but I think I'm running out of keywords to search for on Google. Here's what bothers me: There are two monitors involved. One has a resolution of 2560x1440 and the other ...
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Is there a way to change the interpolation when upscaling a lower resolution on Windows with an Nvidia GPU?

Let's say I put my desktop (1920x1080 native) resolution to something custom like 480x270, which is exactly 4 times smaller than my 1080p native resolution, which SHOULD look really sharp with nearest ...
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Change method / algorithm Windows uses to scale desktop wallpaper?

Note: I'm not asking how to use the various options for windows wallpaper fitting (Fill vs. Fit vs. Center etc). What I want is to change the method windows uses to shrink an image, when you choose ...
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Strange scaling when duplicating monitors with another screen

I can't get two monitors to scale application resolutions the same way. My main monitor works normally. My second monitor however, which is set to duplicate its image onto a TV I have in my room, ...
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How do I stop windows from upscaling my UI?

I have three 1080p ASUS monitors hooked up to my machine. I also have my Samsung HDTV (1080p) hooked up to my PC as well. The middle monitor is set to duplicate to the TV for playing games. The ...
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Change DPI in Windows 8(.1) below 100%

I want to make all of the UI smaller than possible, because I am running 3 27" Monitors with 1080p resolution and am hoping to get a little more screen real estate out of it. So I have played around a ...
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All Chrome-based browsers have fractional pixel size on my system

I'm using an Ubuntu-based OS with XOrg as the display server. I don't have system-wide scaling enabled, and if I open this test in Firefox, it shows that the displayPixelRatio is 1. However, if I open ...
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Jagged/bad quality resolution after attaching second monitor

I have a 2560 x 1440, 144 Hz monitor and a 3840 x 2160, 144 Hz monitor. I use a Geforce RTX 4070 TI. The monitor with the lower resolution used to provide good quality when it was combined with a full ...
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How to select text scale of > 175% on a 3840 x 1100 secondary monitor?

I have a Windows 10 Version 22H2 (build 19045.3324) laptop with 3 monitors: The primary builtin monitor, 3840 x 2162, 16.5" A secondary builtin ScreenPad monitor, 3840 x 1100, 14" An ...
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Where is resizing done when non native resolution is used on LCD screens - in the drivers or by the monitor itself?

Where is done image resizing/upscaling when a non native resolution is used on a LCD/IPS/OLED, any fixed resolution screen? Is it done by the OS, by its drivers, or by the monitor itself? Let's say my ...
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Windows 11 Single (Main Laptop Monitor) custom scaling while other monitors scaling shouldn't change

I am using a laptop in a multi-monitor setup and also on the go. While the default scaling options are somewhat fine for my laptop monitor, I find 125% scaling to be too small and 150% to be too big ...
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Windows 11 having probems with windows on multiple monitors with different scaling

I've got two fullHD monitors connected to a 4k laptop, with 100% and 300% scaling. My problem is that when I try to pull a window from the 4k monitor to another the window won't scale back to 100% ...
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What variant of Spline algorithm is used in "spline" parameter from "scale" filter?

FFmpeg has two filters to scale the video: scale and zscale - zscale has spline16 and spline36 parameters (they represent Spline16 and Spline36 variants of the algorithm), scale has spline parameter. ...
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ffmpeg scaling with precise edges?

i'd like to extract thumbnails from videos. the problem i'm running into is that the boundaries of the reduced images aren't clear due to edge effects in the scaling algorithm. here is a simple mire ...
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Adjusting printer vertical scaling in PPD file?

I've got two printers on my Linux system with CUPS 2.2.7: HP Office Jet 8725 Brother HL-2350 DW My problem is: I want to print business cards (eg. 85x54 mm), but the paper is too thick for the ...
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Disable custom scaling factor

Each time I restart my Windows 10 I have applied custom scaling factor. In order to get scaling I need I should always press Turn off custom scaling and sign out. How to disable custom custom scaling ...
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QT scaling in ubuntu gnome creates big fonts

I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 with gnome, and I'm having scaling problems with some QT applications (VLC, TexStudio). I use a HiDPi external screen and when I disconnect my laptop from the external screen, ...
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Why do apps blur out when not focused on windows?

I am having scaling issues in windows 10. The applications blur out frequently. This is not happening in all of the apps though, examples for problematic apps: Skype, Slack, Visual Studio Code. My ...
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Windows 10 force 80% display scaling

I would like to force 80% display scaling in Windows 10 Pro, so that it look more sharp and provide more workspace on my HD screen. The GPU is Intel, so upscaling resolution seems impossible.
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Windows 10: Is it possible to control the display scaling (typically a monitor based setting) specific to a window?

I've got some PC displays with wildly varying DPI's. I have a typical 27" 2560x1440 which is 107 PPI and I have hooked up a 324 PPI iPad3 (sub 10", 2048x1536) screen converted to displayport with an ...
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Windows 10 Display Scaling Issues

I seem to be having some issues regarding Windows 10 display scaling feature ("Change the size of text, apps, and other items: x%" x being the percentage from 100% to 300%). Currently, I've set this ...
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Windows 10: Run certain applications at a different scaling level

I bought a 24" 4k/UltraHD monitor a while ago and used it with Windows 8.1 at 200% scaling. With most modern applications I use, the scaling worked fine and the crisp text was a blessing for my eyes. ...
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Scaling in Gimp 2.9 causes scaled object to whiten

Whenever I scale something up or down using Gimp 2.9, it causes the scaled object to whiten. Example: Original: Scaled: Is this a bug with Gimp 2.9, or a setting I have to change? Thank you in ...
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Changing Display Resolution of Surface Pro 3 when Docked/Undocked

I recently got a Surface Pro 3 for work. I have it connected with two external monitors and and using the Surface in the dock as a third monitor. The monitors are set for 1920x1080 and text is ...
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Any way to prevent Firefox scaling on second monitor?

So, the background on this issue. I had two monitors. A 1080p Samsung monitor, and a 1440x900 Philips TV. On my old Radeon HD 5770, I connected the monitor via HDMI and the TV via VGA and set both to ...
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Scale (or center) watermark with ffmpeg to same resolution as output file

I want to have the watermark scaled to the same resolution as the output file. How do I do this? Alternatively, how do I center the watermark in the middle of the output instead? Here is what I have: ...
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Display Scaling in Windows Remote Desktop Connection

I constantly RDP into different servers on our network. Sometimes I want to go full screen, but sometimes I want to specify the resolution. I do both of these through Microsoft's Remote Desktop ...
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Force an application to run in a lower resolution to native Windows 10

I'm trying to use Solid Edge ST8 on a 4k laptop. In 4K the application becomes almost unusable. Screen shot of Solid Edge ST8 running at 4k: When I go into the Windows settings and change the ...
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Excel automatic reduced print size - all print size change to small, all positions are wrong

My company have one file shared for users, it provided by another company and set the print area NOT allow to change (password protected) User A, B using same configuration computer, same OS and ...
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How to change website scale? Live Preview extention for Visual Studio Code

I use Live Preview extention for Visual Studio Code (Windows). Is there any way to change or reduce scale of website preview? I tried using Ctrl + Plus/Minus - it affects the whole Visual Studio Code ...
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Windows 10 Scaling Issue with Java 11 Application

We have recently upgraded an application which has been using Java 8 but was upgraded to Java 11 during the process. Now we are faced with the following problem: Users are working on a HiDPI Laptop (...
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Blurry distorted text and icons

So my text and icons look blurry, distorted and It also looks like small top portion of letters are being cut off by like 1 pixel. But the thing is that 20% of right side of the screen seem normal, ...
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