# Screenshot using the snap area tool in Bettertouch gives a darker image than original

**URL:** <https://community.folivora.ai/t/screenshot-using-the-snap-area-tool-in-bettertouch-gives-a-darker-image-than-original/32448>\
**Category:** Bugs or Unexpected Behavior\
**Created:** [July 25, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/screenshot-using-the-snap-area-tool-in-bettertouch-gives-a-darker-image-than-original/32448 "2023-07-25T16:08:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![hail](https://community.folivora.ai/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/f19dbf/32.png) [@hail](https://community.folivora.ai/u/hail)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/screenshot-using-the-snap-area-tool-in-bettertouch-gives-a-darker-image-than-original/32448/1 "2023-07-25T16:08:19Z")

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I am not sure if this is a bug, I think it is intermittent. When I take a screen capture using the built in tool, my image is captured with darker colors than the original as you can see the image below. I tried restarting BT, but still no solution.

 ![Screenshot_2023-07-25 12.06.24_PnWsou](https://community.folivora.ai/uploads/default/original/3X/e/8/e8226495b78bb7f706834acd4eacd5387b521e40.png)

Thank you

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**Author:** ![Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/andreas_hegenberg/32/39221_2.png) [@Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Andreas_Hegenberg)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/screenshot-using-the-snap-area-tool-in-bettertouch-gives-a-darker-image-than-original/32448/2 "2023-07-25T16:15:10Z")

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are you using any external app for controlling screen brightness?

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**Author:** ![hail](https://community.folivora.ai/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/f19dbf/32.png) [@hail](https://community.folivora.ai/u/hail)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/screenshot-using-the-snap-area-tool-in-bettertouch-gives-a-darker-image-than-original/32448/3 "2023-07-25T16:21:49Z")

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Yes, you are right. I use BetterDisplay, and I noticed that my external display has lower brightness, once I increased it 100% the captured image retained the bright color. interesting, and thank you for that, but why is this happening? a capture is a capture!

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**Author:** ![Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/andreas_hegenberg/32/39221_2.png) [@Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Andreas_Hegenberg)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/screenshot-using-the-snap-area-tool-in-bettertouch-gives-a-darker-image-than-original/32448/4 "2023-07-25T16:52:08Z")

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betterdisplay overlays screens on which it can't control the brightness with a full area dark overlay which will also appear in screenshots