Screenshot "flash" effect is affecting the screenshot image

[phenomen]

System details

Omarchy 3.1.1

What's wrong?

When I take a screenshot (PrtScr -> Select Region), its "flash" effect is being applied to the screenshot itself so the colors are distorted.

Screenshot on Omarchy:

Screenshot on Windows:

[ryanrhughes]

This actually looks like a dimming effect due to moving the focus away from that screen. This could happen particularly if you have a theme with a heavy dimming rule, and use the Omarchy Menu to get to the screenshot or move your mouse off of the screen before wayfreeze has captured it.

I'd suggest just using the keybind to capture anything directly, ensuring you maintain focus on that window, or use a theme that has a less pronounced fade.

I will leave this one open though as maybe there's something we could / should do to ensure all windows are full opacity at the time we snapshot.

[phenomen]

@ryanrhughes this is a built-in Omarchy theme (Gruvbox). But I just reproduced it on Catppuccin too.
As I mentioned, I've used Print Screen keyboard key, not some menu. You can reproduce it here.

[ryanrhughes]

I took this screenshot on Gruvbox using the Print Screen button in v3.1.3 and it appears exactly as it does on screen.

Your screenshot looks darker / dimmer. If the flash was overlaying, it would appear more bright and washed out in nature, not darker which still has be believing the root of this is a config issue with window dimming or something.

[TMartinPPC]

I don't know if something similar is happening for me. Here's what I get when I try to screenshot.

[thmoee]

Getting this behavior lately too. Running on a RTX 3070. not sure if thats maybe something nvidia related? 🤷

[careb0t]

Nope, I am having a similar issue on an AMD card. I think it is related to how all windows have default open/close animations and less than 100% opacity. When the screenshot is taken, I believe that wayfreeze is starting its window close transition as the screenshot is being captured, which causes the ghosting effect. I could be wrong, but after playing around with it for a while, I think that is the issue.