TL;DR:
Now that I’ve upgraded my Sierra cMP from GT120 to RX 580, I was so eager to “enable GPU Performance” in 2019 CC InDesign. Y'know, the same way I can "enable GPU Performance" in 2019 CC PhotoShop and Illustrator.
Alas... no.
Adobe requires an “HiDPI" monitor to be tethered to my cMP/RX 580.
The Ask:
Can I trick InDesign (via OS X) into thinking my 30” 2560x1600 Apple Cinema HD Display is an HiDPI monitor?
The Hopes:
MacRumors user & busy tweetster "dosdude1" seems to think this is a doable thing. https://twitter.com/dosdude1/status/932758434335903744
And then there's this guy:https://www.djbender.com/cinema-display-retina-hidpi-mode
There's been related chatter in these fora, but with no resolution.
I’m hoping others will chime in with magic potions/incantations to crack this. Or I just may pull the Adobe plug and go all Affinity Publisher (free beta download available now). I see a SwitchResX purchase in my future.
Please forgive if this has been specifically asked/answered (dosdude1), but I've searched a lot and would like the most straightforward, handheld, newbie path possible... or a shove in the exact direction.
New GPU Update:
As expected, my new Pulse RX 580 shows up as "AMD R9 xxx 8192 MB graphics” under Sierra. In High Sierra, I get the fully monty: AMD Radeon RX 580. Haven’t upgraded to Mojave yet. And won’t ’til I get this display issue squared away.
Assumptions:
GPU ENGINES: If I understand correctly, the Open CL/GL requirements listed in the above Apple doc referenced by Adobe are resident inside my RX 580, not inside my "Mac Pro." In other words, if Sierra/HS/Mojave can make use of the firmware/framework of the GPU, then that's all that matters.
DISPLAYS: While the monitor is surely the payoff to the eye, it is actually the GPU that determines the ability of the monitor to do its job. So, in some measure, the monitor is the most primitive part of the InDesign/CPU/GPU/Monitor matrix. It's basically a buncha lightbulbs synced to go on an off, no? Thus, Adobe is just plain jerky, pulling this HiDPI requirement out of its a**.
Rant:
InDesign 2019 is a lot slower than my most recent version of CS4. Yes, I recently jumped from a cMP 2,1 / 10.6.8 to my below rig. It’s actually pathetic: scrolling around my ID documents causes my placed artwork to emulate Atari 8-bit graphics. Except slower. Apparently, it’s a thing, this buggy ID and the lack of support for less-than-HiDPI resolutions.
A sign of Adobe's corrupted, crumbling Caligularian empire is the copywriting on their website. https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/gpu_performance.html
Sad. The command line musta been: "load: cheesy copywriting AI. execute: pathetic double-talk."
Thanks!
Background: 2009 4,1—>5,1 / 2x2.26GHZ 5520 / 48GB Reg ECC 1366 / 10.12.6. / 30” Apple Cinema Display / NEW Sapphire Pulse RX580 8GB(!) / and, sadly, Adobe CC 2019 with InDesign 14.0.1.
Now that I’ve upgraded my Sierra cMP from GT120 to RX 580, I was so eager to “enable GPU Performance” in 2019 CC InDesign. Y'know, the same way I can "enable GPU Performance" in 2019 CC PhotoShop and Illustrator.
Alas... no.
Adobe requires an “HiDPI" monitor to be tethered to my cMP/RX 580.
The Ask:
Can I trick InDesign (via OS X) into thinking my 30” 2560x1600 Apple Cinema HD Display is an HiDPI monitor?
The Hopes:
MacRumors user & busy tweetster "dosdude1" seems to think this is a doable thing. https://twitter.com/dosdude1/status/932758434335903744
And then there's this guy:https://www.djbender.com/cinema-display-retina-hidpi-mode
There's been related chatter in these fora, but with no resolution.
I’m hoping others will chime in with magic potions/incantations to crack this. Or I just may pull the Adobe plug and go all Affinity Publisher (free beta download available now). I see a SwitchResX purchase in my future.
Please forgive if this has been specifically asked/answered (dosdude1), but I've searched a lot and would like the most straightforward, handheld, newbie path possible... or a shove in the exact direction.
New GPU Update:
As expected, my new Pulse RX 580 shows up as "AMD R9 xxx 8192 MB graphics” under Sierra. In High Sierra, I get the fully monty: AMD Radeon RX 580. Haven’t upgraded to Mojave yet. And won’t ’til I get this display issue squared away.
Assumptions:
GPU ENGINES: If I understand correctly, the Open CL/GL requirements listed in the above Apple doc referenced by Adobe are resident inside my RX 580, not inside my "Mac Pro." In other words, if Sierra/HS/Mojave can make use of the firmware/framework of the GPU, then that's all that matters.
DISPLAYS: While the monitor is surely the payoff to the eye, it is actually the GPU that determines the ability of the monitor to do its job. So, in some measure, the monitor is the most primitive part of the InDesign/CPU/GPU/Monitor matrix. It's basically a buncha lightbulbs synced to go on an off, no? Thus, Adobe is just plain jerky, pulling this HiDPI requirement out of its a**.
Rant:
InDesign 2019 is a lot slower than my most recent version of CS4. Yes, I recently jumped from a cMP 2,1 / 10.6.8 to my below rig. It’s actually pathetic: scrolling around my ID documents causes my placed artwork to emulate Atari 8-bit graphics. Except slower. Apparently, it’s a thing, this buggy ID and the lack of support for less-than-HiDPI resolutions.
A sign of Adobe's corrupted, crumbling Caligularian empire is the copywriting on their website. https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/gpu_performance.html
Sad. The command line musta been: "load: cheesy copywriting AI. execute: pathetic double-talk."
Thanks!
Background: 2009 4,1—>5,1 / 2x2.26GHZ 5520 / 48GB Reg ECC 1366 / 10.12.6. / 30” Apple Cinema Display / NEW Sapphire Pulse RX580 8GB(!) / and, sadly, Adobe CC 2019 with InDesign 14.0.1.
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