Screen shrinks when taking a screenshot

[Carlos12001]

Flameshot Version

Flameshot v13.1.0 (79395fd)
Compiled with Qt 6.8.1

Installation Type

Using the ready-made package from Github Releases

Operating System type and version

Windows 11 Version: 10.0.26100 (winnt)

Description

When I take a screenshot with Flameshot, the entire screen shrinks (as if it gets scaled down), which did not happen in previous versions. This makes it harder to capture content precisely.

This issue started appearing only after updating to v13.1.0. In earlier versions (v12.1.0), taking a screenshot did not affect the screen scaling.

Steps to reproduce

Open Flameshot on Windows 11.

Press the shortcut to take a screenshot.

Observe how the entire screen shrinks temporarily when the screenshot tool appears.

Screenshots or screen recordings

System Information

NVIDIA system information report created on: 08/17/2025 21:37:22
NVIDIA App version: 11.0.4.526
Operating system: Microsoft Windows 11 Home Single Language, Version 10.0.26100
DirectX runtime version: DirectX 12
Driver: Game Ready Driver - 580.97 - Tue Aug 12, 2025
CPU: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12650H
RAM: 16.0 GB
Storage: SSD - 953.9 GB

Graphics card
GPU processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU

[mmahmoudian]

@Carlos12001
How many monitors do you have? Try this fix (#4169) and see if it helps:

Artifact download URL: https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/actions/runs/17024571805/artifacts/3783613693

[Carlos12001]

@Carlos12001 How babe monitors do you have? Try this fix (#4169) and see if it helps:

Artifact download URL: https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/actions/runs/17024571805/artifacts/3783613693

I only use the built-in laptop monitor (no external displays connected).

But I’ll test the build you shared and report back.

[kraken-afk]

happened with X11 KDE too.

[mmahmoudian]

@kraken-afk are you sure that v13.1.0 (not v13.0.1) has this issue on x11?

[Carlos12001]

@Carlos12001 How babe monitors do you have? Try this fix (#4169) and see if it helps:
Artifact download URL: https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/actions/runs/17024571805/artifacts/3783613693

I only use the built-in laptop monitor (no external displays connected).

But I’ll test the build you shared and report back.

I tested the build you shared, and it does fix the shrinking issue.
However, now the screen loses quality, and the text looks slightly cut or blurred.

I also tested with version v12.1.0, and that version does not show any of these problems.

[Carlos12001]

@Carlos12001 How babe monitors do you have? Try this fix (#4169) and see if it helps:
Artifact download URL: https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/actions/runs/17024571805/artifacts/3783613693

I only use the built-in laptop monitor (no external displays connected).
But I’ll test the build you shared and report back.

I tested the build you shared, and it does fix the shrinking issue. However, now the screen loses quality, and the text looks slightly cut or blurred.

I also tested with version v12.1.0, and that version does not show any of these problems.

This is an image taken with version v12.1.0.
As you can see, the screenshot has good quality and the text looks sharp, without the cut/blur issue.

[kraken-afk]

@mmahmoudian absolutely, didn't happen in previous version.

[kraken-afk]

the resolution is degraded as well following this bug.

[johnzzon]

Same issue here. Using Arch linux, with X and Awesome WM. Single monitor (though a dual-pane 5K monitor).

$ flameshot --version
Flameshot v13.1.0 ()
Compiled with Qt 6.9.1

Had a v12 in my cache, so I downgraded to that. That's working.

$ flameshot --version
Flameshot v12.1.0 (-)
Compiled with Qt 5.15.16

[Groving]

Same issue here. Using Arch linux, with X and Awesome WM. Single monitor.
Problems
[archik@archik ~]$ flameshot --version
Flameshot v13.1.0 ()
Compiled with Qt 6.9.1
Normal
[archik@archik ~]$ flameshot --version
Flameshot v13.0.1 ()
Compiled with Qt 6.9.1

[Three-summers]

I also had the same problem. I'm using Qt 8.0 for compilation.

[KighteW3]

Same issue here too. Arch linux with Xorg and i3wm, laptop monitor disabled and only one external monitor active.
Flameshot v13.1.0 ()
Compiled with Qt 6.9.1