Over-exposure in screenshots and recordings with HDR in Windows 11

Anonymous
2022-05-02T14:37:27+00:00

Hello, I am inquiring about an issue I can't seem to solve (without turning HDR off all-together, which defeats the purpose of having it even be an option in Windows 11)

In recordings (primarily using OBS) and in screenshots (with snip and sketch) everything appears extremely over-exposed / bright with HDR enabled. This is a big problem for me as I actually, well, want to use the OS normally. I record lots of clips and take many screenshots and I've finally gotten fed up of it and am now looking for a solution. Any help appreciated, thanks

(snip and sketch has since stopped doing it, however it likes to do it randomly now. commonly happens in fullscreen programs and also my web browser for some reason)

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Display and graphics

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-08-06T01:06:01+00:00

    How is it possible that Microsoft still hasn't come out with a fix for this yet? We are discovering ambient air temp super conductors, aliens are about to be disclosed, and we still cannot capture screenshots property with HDR mode on...

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-08-05T19:45:24+00:00

    Actually, you're wrong. That reply has everything to do with your issue. When turning HDR on in Windows 11 there is a slider used to adjust the brightness of any SDR content that may be viewed in your HDR environment. Most of us, myself included, put that slider all the way to the right, as regular content seems much too dark without doing so.

    But if you go and use the slider to slide it towards the middle or the left it will lower the exposure of SDR content, which is what screen captures/screenshots are. Meaning lowering the brightness via that slider directly impacts the exposure of screenshots.

    I agree that this is a bad solution to the problem, but perhaps you shouldn't attack the help if you don't fully understand your problem.

    I'm attaching 2 images. One is Slider 0 and the other is Slider 100. 50 falls between the two.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-06-09T10:44:19+00:00

    For NVIDIA Users: Try to enable NVIDIA Coloroptions in the lower section of Resolution at the Nvidia Controlpanel.

    This worked for me and i can watch my loved HDR in Chrome/OperaGX.

    HDR Videos will still be overexposed on screenshot as you can see on my screenshot, but the rest is fine !

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-03-26T00:36:33+00:00

    yes this is so annoying

    i can't make clips or screenshots i bought a hdr monitor to use it and microsoft is keeping me from doing so

    PLEASE fix this issue

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-03-21T11:05:56+00:00

    Thanks for the fix. Unfortunately, forcing sRGB color profile removes the ability to watch HDR content in the browser (tested with youtube)

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