Over-exposure in screenshots and recordings with HDR in Windows 11

Question

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)

Answer 1

That has literally nothing to do with the issue.
Read my message again please.
The screenshots and snips become overexposed WHEN USED, not the whole time.

Answer 2

Hello.

Clearly you haven't tested this.

If HDR is enabled in Windows 11, then ANY screenshot made through print-screen or snipping tool becomes over exposed.

Here's and example:
HDR On (made with windows integrated snipping tool):

HDR Off:![Image](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/c9b23fb9-d83d-497b-aab2-b59e0e53dde3?platform=QnA
No modifications done to the image. Right after snip, i used CTRL V to post it here.
And the same thing happens with prnt sc.

This is kind of a huge issue.

Maybe this is related:

I'm running latest Windows 11 and the issue still persists. Dell XPS 15 9520 OLED version

Answer 3

Hello. I was able to find the solution to the problem however it may not solve all apps being overexposed. But in win11 snipping tool you can take a screenshot then open it to edit, then go to snipping tool's settings and there you can find "HDR Screenshot Color Correction". So apparently windows on it's own doesn't automatically adjust the hdr color, but the capturing apps like OBS should have an option to stream and record hdr content.

Answer 4

I completely agree that this is a huge issue, to see Microsoft behind the curve yet again with such a trivial issue reinforces my feelings of unsatisfaction with the Windows OS in recent years, things really have gotten that dire all over the OS.

Answer 5

Adding new development with the issue.

Seems like the issue also happens if I have HDR enabled and sharing my screen on Teams.
All of my collegues complained they can't see anything because of overexposure.

So I gave it a go and also tried it with Skype screen share, same issue, same result.

Basically any software that tries to capture the screen ends up overexposed when is HDR Enabled.