Latest Windows 11 Issue Prevents Image Editing Programs from Rendering Colors Correctly on HDR Monitors

[Tsing]

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Microsoft has updated its Windows 11 known issues and notifications page with a new problem that might annoy graphic artists and other professionals who have upgraded to the new operating system and are using certain displays.



As detailed at the top of the known issues section, one of the latest problems that Windows 11 users might face is an issue whereby image editing programs might not render colors correctly. The problem affects applications using Win32 APIs and is seemingly limited to certain HDR displays.



“After installing Windows 11, some image editing programs might not render colors correctly on certain HDR displays,” Microsoft wrote. “This is frequently observed with white colors, which could display in bright yellow or other colors.”



“This issue occurs when certain color-rendering Win32 APIs return unexpected information or errors under...

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[Zarathustra]

Don't get me wrong, new operating systems always have problems, which is why I generally recommend not rushing to install the very latest, but it really is starting to feel like Microsoft had their amateur team develop this one...

 

[GunShot]

So, IOW, the "HDR fix" won't be ready until, at the earliest, Patch Tuesday in Feb. 2022, huh?!

 

[Brian_B]

I didn't know anyone used Windows for HDR content creation.

 

[Brian_B]

Don't get me wrong, new operating systems always have problems, which is why I generally recommend not rushing to install the very latest, but it really is starting to feel like Microsoft had their amateur team develop this one...

I'm almost positive this was going to be one of the bi-annual "major" updates, and they just slapped a new name on it. It even feels like it has all the prerequisite number of F'ups in it that a Win10 Major Update always has.