Have you tried setting the text size in the Display control panel of Windows? "Make it easier to read what's on your screen. You can change the size of text and other items on your screen"

I have it set to 150%. You'd probably need a custom DPI setting even higher than that for your display. Vegas does scale its icons based on this setting, though certain parts of the interface become unusable due to bad scaling, e.g., the Titles and Text media generator properties.

I have not been able to get fixes to work either. The icons still show very tiny, virtually unusable without the magnifier.

Coming up with a work-around that results in ".... certain parts of the interface become unusable due to bad scaling, e.g., the Titles and Text media generator properties." is not an acceptable solution, but may be the best that can be achieved. This is horrible - an expensive software product.... I've been using it since it was owned by Sonic Foundry and it always worked great on all my equipment.

i have read about changing the manifest which i think is different than the compatibility property.
From what I can gather, somehow vegas is telling windows that it DOES know how to scale DPI to a hidef display, when in actuality it clearly does NOT. Changing the manifest results in vegas telling windows that it does NOT know how to scale, and windows then scales it correctly.

But, as with the OP, I do not know how to change the manifest, and I don't have Visual Studio (typically referenced in posts on how to change the manifest of the (vegas) .exe file).

So, anyone have any ideas?

Sony is no help on this matter. They should take action as Adobe and other software providers have done.

Although I've tried ddm's suggestion below, I will try it again, as apparently is has worked for others....

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?ForumID=4&MessageID=912886
I saw this on my laptop under Windows 8 and found that by checking a box in the Properties box (right click on Vegas icon and then click on "compatibility") named "Disable display scaling on high DPI settings" fixed that particular problem.
Additionally, once you get the partially covered menus issue fixed (if that fixes it), then you can also play around with the "Make text and other items larger or smaller" setting in the "Screen Resolution" screen, accessed by right clicking anywhere on the desktop and choosing "Screen Resolution" to fine tune font sizes etc. Hope that does the trick. that screen resolution sounds great if you can get it to a functional state.

I thought he point of a higher res display is to fit more pixels in the same size area as a lower res. :?

Why not just hook up a 2nd monitor, have the primary one be all that stuff that you want "bigger" & the high res one the stuff you don't care, like the preview windows, volume meters, scopes, etc.

That's what I put on my higher res monitors, all the stuff that I want to fit on the screen w/o switching tabs.

Thank you for getting back, and I appreciate the suggestions.

I've seen solutions calling for new monitors, a new laptop with reduced resolution, use of the windows magnifier, better glasses etc These are all work-arounds that do not resolve the issue.

Most programs scale properly. Sony Vegas does not.

Until Sony fixes it, I'm looking for a way to force it to.

To answer your questions...

Yes, one advantage to higher rez is fitting more into a set physical size screen. In many cases this works out well. For example, one can put 2,3, or 4 different windows on a screen and be able to work with them at the same time.

Vegas requires a lot of screen real estate. If it didn't, I'd be able to run it in a corner while keeping other windows open (browser, photoshop, whatever...)

I originally had a 720p laptop which simply did not provide enough room (pixels) to work in vegas. So I "upgraded" and the new machine has 3200x1800 or something like that. (Apparently I over-compensated - this one has too many pixels for Vegas!)
The new high-res laptop screen works great on all my apps other than Vegas. Most of the Vegas app window is acceptable, but the icons are way too small.

2nd monitor? That's a good work-around, and it's exactly what I have been doing. I take a standard 1080p monitor and attach to my laptop and work from there. However, it's only when I'm working with Sony Vegas that I need to do that. Seems a little silly to have to do that, and I lose the ability to use Vegas on the road. I am not an editor by profession, I only use Vegas occasionally.

I'd prefer for Vegas to scale correctly when there is high DPI, as most other apps do. It would be easier for me and other users. Seems if Adobe and other companies have been able to do it, it should not be difficult for Sony.

IMHO.

Apparently one of the features of Win10 is a improved display scaling, or display scaling on a per monitor basis.

https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/4597/windows-10-feature-focus-display-scaling

"The icons still show very tiny, virtually unusable without the magnifier."

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How about installing Vegas Movie Studio 13? All the users in the Studio forum keep complaining about how the icons are way too huge!

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Well, the Vegas User Community is not only smart and technically proficient, but also, of course, very creative...

If you increase the icon/text size & fill up the screen with extra windows you will still obscure icons/text like you would if you used a lower res monitor. The borders of the windows will be thinner & you could fit a higher res preview window in the same spot, but once you increase all the fonts & icons that's your only advantage. Scaling everything else will be just like lowering the resolution.

What is the size of that screen? You say laptop, so it's a 15/17/19 inch? If so, I sympathize with you. That res at that DPI would be annoying!

It's the same "issue" as with Windows 3.1 & the 1024x768 displays way back when. Everything was soooo tiny. :)

I remember how elated i was way back when i discovered a video driver update that allowed me to run my 13" CRT at 1280x1024! At last i could fit everything i wanted on the screen. My cow-orkers all complained that it was too tiny to read, to which i responded that the only one who had to read my screen was me, and they could go look at their own 640x480 screens if they wanted to. Of course, being the IT manager, i had by then upgraded everyone else to 17" LCDs and could see their annoyingly huge pixels from across the room.

Does anybody know if Vegas version 14 will address this lack of compatibility issue?  HD displays are becoming quite common and it's still really bad.  

Does anybody know if Vegas version 14 will address this lack of compatibility issue?  HD displays are becoming quite common and it's still really bad.  

It's still "really bad" in what software and with what display?

From the VP14 release notes (which I can't find online, but are in the VP14 installation):

"Improved support for HiDPI displays. WIndows 8.1 or Windows 10 is recommended when using a HiDPI display."

I also recall that it was referred to in some of the pre-release marketing information

I don't have a display with higher res than 1920x1200 so I can't test it personally. Can anyone else confirm if this is fixed now?

I just found this post: https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/vp14-high-dpi-issues-blurry-buttons--103688/

Guys is there any way to bring back the original VP13 icons. new icons look like a toy and overscaled. Thanks!

Or_Toltec_Tal, please stay on-topic. This is about using Vegas Pro on hi resolution displays.

Guys is there any way to bring back the original VP13 icons.

I would like to know that too!

And me!

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Or_Toltec_Tal, please stay on-topic. This is about using Vegas Pro on hi resolution displays.

Hello Marco I use Vegas on 5k Monitor and the icons look super ugly. Like a child toy and too big. That's why I'm asking :)

Guys is there any way to bring back the original VP13 icons.

No

Learning keyboard shortcuts is the best option. Tons of people successfully used wordperfect back in the 90's & didn't need icons, just knowledge of KB shortcut keys & a quick reference guide to learn with. One you learn KB shortcuts most icons & mouse motions just waste time.

Learning keyboard shortcuts is the best option. Tons of people successfully used wordperfect back in the 90's & didn't need icons, just knowledge of KB shortcut keys & a quick reference guide to learn with. One you learn KB shortcuts most icons & mouse motions just waste time.

I always did like DOS.

JJK