Question about Windowblinds + DPI scaling

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I have a question about DPI scaling on Windows 10 with Windowblinds.  Does WB only work properly if the scaling are multiples of 100, like 100%, 200% etc?  I've noticed on themes using 125 or 150% will cause blurring in the graphics.  I was wondering if this was because those particular themes don't support these DPI settings or is this a limitation of Windowblinds itself?  I'm trying to determine if I made a custom theme, could I have the graphics not be blurred at other DPI settings? 

If not, is there a way to have more flexible DPI scaling in Windows AND have the graphics on WB not be blurred?

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. I think the issue is known by Support and Dev Team on Windowblinds. There are option in Skinstudios for Windowblinds to include high DPI graphics for some part of the skin. But, from what I see the high DPI graphics work in Windows 7 but not in Windows 8 or 10.

Thanks
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

That's unfortunate, so there's no way to have high DPI skins on Windows 10?  It seems like that could cause WB a slow death as average displays start increasing above 1080.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Please ignore basq's reply as I think he may be confusing this with something else.

High dpi support is dependant on the theme, but the high dpi support is generally the same on Win7 8 and 10. 

If high dpi images are not provided (and they rarely are), WB will upscale the images it has which naturally will be blurred as non integer sizes cannot be scaled any other way.  This shouldn't be much of an issue as assuming the scaling factor is set correctly what should happen is the images are physically the same size, so it should look very similar to how it would look at that physical size on a 100% scaling display.

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Neil, reply 3

If high dpi images are not provided (and they rarely are)

That's fine Neil, but adding images for dpi, has never been explained to me, nor have I seen any tutorial on said subject, If I knew/understood how the adding of dpi images to my skins, I may add them in future skins. :rolleyes:  

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Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Neil, reply 3

Please ignore basq's reply as I think he may be confusing this with something else.

High dpi support is dependant on the theme, but the high dpi support is generally the same on Win7 8 and 10. 

If high dpi images are not provided (and they rarely are), WB will upscale the images it has which naturally will be blurred as non integer sizes cannot be scaled any other way.  This shouldn't be much of an issue as assuming the scaling factor is set correctly what should happen is the images are physically the same size, so it should look very similar to how it would look at that physical size on a 100% scaling display.
Yeah, just to be clear, I'm not complaining about a theme intended for 1080 blurring when the DPI resolution is higher, obviously I don't expect it to create resolution from nothing, I'm saying if I were to make a custom theme with a 4k resolution, would I be able to run it at 1080 with 125% DPI scaling without blurring, that sort of thing?  Would it require intermediate resolutions, like something for 1440, etc.?

Quoting don5318, reply 4

That's fine Neil, but adding images for dpi, has never been explained to me, nor have I seen any tutorial on said subject, If I knew/understood how the adding of dpi images to my skins, I may add them in future skins. :rolleyes:  
Yeah, that would be great if someone could explain exactly how to do it.  I haven't been able to get this work successfully for anything other than 100%, 200%, etc.

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