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
    2023-05-10T20:34:22+00:00

    Thank you, it worked as a charm!

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-04-21T17:20:43+00:00

    It'll be very low priority & probably something difficult to resolve.

    Might need input from different Graphic Card Manufactures too for Driver updates maybe...

    All we can all do at this point us post anything findings possible, it'll all help at some point to fix it.

    A workaround I have at the moment is using OBS and setting the capture up for HDR capturing.

    The colouring is only off ever so slightly if anything in some cases.

    If you go to your game capture source, then set RGB10A2 Colour Space to > Rec.2100 (PQ) in the properties of the source.

    Then what I've done is setup a hotkey such as ctrl+alt+num1

    You need to have OBS open to capture, & on the scene with the gameplay source to capture.

    Notes: - You have two hotkeys for this, one for source & one for scene.

    • Use either, but if you use GFX/UI already in OBS you need to capture the source.
    • Scene capture will include any GFX/UI you have within the Scene.
    • In Studio Mode, ensure you've transferred to the live view also.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-04-21T15:14:45+00:00

    google case one is different... enabling this feature will help you in solving google chrome snipping color code exposures.. in chrome search bar" chrome://flags/#sharing-desktop-screenshots"

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-04-21T14:38:32+00:00

    Dude this is huge. I was snipping contents from Google Chrome and this 100% fixed it.

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