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
    2023-08-15T14:20:41+00:00

    I'm here just to say i have the same issue.

    Also appears to be affected DISCORD streams aswell with the report being high brightness as described else where in these posts.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-08-19T20:01:53+00:00

    This issue is still a problem a year and a half later. We are not talking about a third party app. We are talking about the built in Microsoft snipping tool that becomes unusable if HDR is on.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-08-19T22:43:27+00:00

    The problem is you guys don’t really know what you’re talking about. There was a post on the first page that would have solved the problem and was dismissed as not relating to the issue when it IS the whole issue.

    I laid out a solution above that works perfectly fine. Turn down the SDR adjustment slider to 0 in the HDR section after turning HDR on.

    That’s what causing your snips to be over exposed.

    Then find the gamma settings for your video card and increase them until you’re happy with your desktop brightness. (Because it will be fairly dark after turning on HDR and turning the SDR slider to 0.)

    It’s worked for me and another user above commented it worked for him as well.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-08-19T22:52:17+00:00

    Lol, your solution is a bandaid. The whole point of this forum is to get Microsoft to issue a fix.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-08-19T23:02:52+00:00

    This is dismissive and unhelpful. Additionally, it isn't a solution. It is a Band-Aid that only works in some scenarios.

    I tested this "solution" and I discovered that changing the gamma setting to 1.5 and reducing the SDR slider all the way down resolves the issue with the snipping tool, but it shifts the inverse problem into HDR games. For example, this is what Overwatch 2 looks like with gamma 1.5 and SDR slider all the way down with HDR on:

    If I set the gamma back to 1, my game goes back to normal but i'm unable to take screenshots of it because it shifts the problem back to the OS and SDR being out of whack.

    This is an OS issue that Microsoft needs to address.

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