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
    2024-04-10T20:17:03+00:00

    I can confirm this and sadly I agree it won't be fixed in a while.

    Fun Fact: the Xbox App takes two screenshots. PNG overexposed and the .jxr which is fine, probably with SDR.

    I wonder why...

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-04-07T12:27:16+00:00

    I would be surprised if it works with HDR enabled, the issue is Microsoft's HDR feature and nothing else. But please do let me know in case my assumption based on loads of research and testing is wrong...

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-04-07T12:13:23+00:00

    i only have a single monitor connect atm, and i am also having the same problem.

    but weird enough not on my new 4080 alienware laptop ... i have not checked if it has hdr enabled though.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-04-03T15:09:47+00:00

    This made it better for me, but not good yet. Just gonna have to turn off HDR when I playing games that I want to take screenshots on, which is quite many of them.
    Tuned:
    Image

    Before tuning:

    Image

    vs how it should look like:
    Image

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-03-21T14:30:42+00:00

    So is it still unresolved? I've had the same issue for about 2 years now. I'm running W10. I thought it was a GPU problem since when I first googled for the issue I found no one else with the same problem. I was using a GTX 950 and a few months ago I upgraded to a 1050, but the problem persisted.

    My pc cannot run W11 and I'm using a single monitor (A 42" TV).

    I don't have the problem while gaming, tho, perhaps because the games I play are older and HDR wasn't a thing, I don't know. Neither do I have it while recording (I use Action!) but 95% of screenshots I take, and I take a lot force me to disanble HDR in order to send a decent screen capture. I used print key + paint, then I used to snipping tool and now I'm using Lightshot.

    EDIT: I think I found a solution: https://www.screenpresso.com/support/overlybright-screenshot/#:~:text=When%20HDR%20is%20enabled%20for,by%20changing%20it%20to%20sRGB. "When HDR is enabled for a screen, a screenshot of Google Chrome web page may be overly bright.

    The solution is to type chrome://flags/#force-color-profile in the address bar of Google Chrome, then change the color profile from Default to HDR10 (where available). Although, you may have luck by changing it to sRGB."

    Now I've tried that config and didn't work, but I started trying every option and Display P3 D65 is the one that worked in all Chrome, Brave, Opera and Vivaldi browsers. The site doesn't appear to work on Firefox.

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