Interface display size in Pixelmator Pro

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Interface display size in Pixelmator Pro

I just bought Pixelmator Pro and it is virtually unusable on my 6K monitor because the interface elements and text are too small to read without squinting and leaning in to my screen to puzzle them out.

Am I missing something? In Adobe applications I can go to Settings>Interface and scale it up so that I can actually see what I’m doing at full resolution, but I can’t seem to find any way to change the interface size/scaling in Pixelmator Pro.

Is there one? If not, there should be!

iPad Pro, iPadOS 26

Posted on Nov 1, 2025 8:36 AM

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Answer 1

VikingOSX

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Nov 1, 2025 9:22 AM in response to smoovegeek

Experiment with the System Settings > Displays visuals:

The higher the screen resolution, the smaller things get without compensatory adjustments. Pixelmator probably was not written for 6K screen resolutions and it may take a few updates of Tahoe or Pixelmator to improve on this. There are no screen resolution restrictions shared in the Mac App Store for this application.

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smoovegeek Author

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Nov 1, 2025 11:43 AM in response to VikingOSX

Yes, I could use a lower screen resolution, but that defeats the purpose of having a high resolution monitor — lots of screen real estate for fine detail work and/or multiple toolbars/windows/apps while still having usable workspace.

Adobe and other professional graphics applications have the ability to upscale their interface text/icons for higher resolution displays. Since Pixelmator calls itself a “Pro” application, I think it ought to have similar capabilities.

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