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
    2023-05-19T17:55:09+00:00

    YES this did fix the issue, and hightlights the PROBLEM.

    THE PROBLEM is that the SDR/HDR slider is IGNORED by applications about half the time, then THOSE SAME APPLICATIONS, later on, after an unknown cause, then suddenly RESPECT the slider.

    I have this issue EVERYTIME Windows (10 in my case, but apparently not any better in Windows 11) restarts. If I let the screen turn off after 1 minute of inactivity, then jiggle the mouse to turn the screen on again, IT'S FIXED! That is a KNOWN cause/effect for when the slider is IGNORED.

    I just now had the problem with Screenshots for QA work. At first, they look good. Then, suddenly, the NEXT screen shot (and ALL screenshots thereafter) is OVER-EXPOSED like in the question. Adjusting (lowering) the slider SCREWS UP the USER VIEW, but FIXES the Screenshots! Again, ignore/respect for the HDR/SDR slider is BUGGY AF. I had to readjust it AFTER the screenshot to continue using my computer.

    What needs to be fix on Microsoft's end to address this issue?

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-01-12T23:23:03+00:00

    Windows + Alt + PrintScreen works well for me

    Screenshots get saved in %UserProfile%\Videos\Captures in HDR and also reduced to SDR.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-10-20T09:01:03+00:00

    I went to here: chrome://flags/#force-color-profile

    Wow, this worked! But I guess it would break youtube hdr support?

    However, this doesn't solve the actual issue that Windows should always pick the correct colors, even if what is on screen is a mixed bag. I don't understand that development time for "automatic hdr" is more important and has more priority then fixing very annoying bugs like these.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-08-31T14:53:28+00:00

    It's a single monitor issue too. I tried disconnecting one display obviously to check it.

    How do we get more noise to microsoft to fix this? I mean, we can't be the only people with this issue?

    Monitor: Samsung Odyssey G9

    I am just thinking Microsoft is way behind on HDR. The first monitor was released when? 2017? 5 years ago! we are now on Windows 11.

    I literally just keep HDR off because of how bad it is in most software.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-08-30T15:40:10+00:00

    Well, I'm the original poster and yes thats how mine are set up. I have a main HDR display as display 1 and then a non-HDR display as display 2. The HDR one is hooked up via DisplayPort and the non-HDR one is hooked up via HDMI. Not sure this has anything to do with the issue though.

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