Hello. I am a graphic designer and recently I updated to macOS Tahoe. While working on a project in Affinity Designer 2, I took a screenshot of the gradient colors to use for my project (Image 1). When I opened it in Affinity Designer 2, the screenshot was blurry and sometimes unusable (Image 2). Is there a way to fix this or is this a glitch? Any help would be appreciated.
MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 26.1
For now, you can work around the washed-out issue by changing how you save screenshots. Start a screenshot, click Options, and set Capture Format to HDR instead of SDR. The resulting HEIF file will be compatible with Affinity.
For now, you can work around the washed-out issue by changing how you save screenshots. Start a screenshot, click Options, and set Capture Format to HDR instead of SDR. The resulting HEIF file will be compatible with Affinity.
Looks like a possible color space/profile issue. What color space/profile are you using in Affinity? The screenshot will be in RGB/sRGB IEC61966-2.1.
Are both images at the same resolution? Note that depending on your display configuration, you may get a screenshot that is higher resolution than you expect because of the Retina display. For example, when I take a screenshot of my 5K:2K display that's set to 3360x1418 the output is double that since that's what the graphics engine is rendering.
It appears it may be a problem with Affinity. I downloaded your top image, then opened it in Affinity Studio and it appears washed out. No such problem in Preview, Pixelmator Pro, Acorn, etc.
Same with Photoshop. I can 'wash it out' if I convert it to a flatter profile.
Just to add, the image you posted is using the Display P3 color profile which I don't use on any of my Macs.
Your top image in Acorn, Pixelmator Pro and Preview. They look identical in my eyes.
IT WORKED!!!!! Thank you very much 👏🏽
Screenshots become burry after updating to macOS Tahoe
