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
    2024-04-03T15:09:47+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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. Anonymous
    2024-04-19T02:29:07+00:00

    there's still no fix till this date aint it?

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