Bug 368739

Summary:	dimmed screen much too dark
Product:	[Applications] Spectacle	Reporter:	arne anka <kde-bugs>
Component:	General	Assignee:	Boudhayan Gupta <me>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	david.perez.ingeniero, drankinatty, nate, peter, sanete
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian unstable
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:	https://commits.kde.org/spectacle/ef85b910752f8fb160fe3378b9a82b79d1384fa6	Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description arne anka 2016-09-13 11:01:24 UTC

when taking a screenshot the screen is initially dimmed, and only the selected area lights up.
but the dimmed screen is so dark, that it is difficult to distinguish anything -- one mostly has to remember where the desired part is, and hope to hit the right place withe the mouse.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Peter Wu 2016-10-11 23:10:02 UTC

At Preferences (click the arrow next to the save button) you can select a bright background. Does this help?

Personally I think that the dark overlay is too dark and that the bright overlay is too bright (it is like a flashlight). Especially with the default Plasma theme (Breeze) which has a dark cursor, the current choice is suboptimal. Thoughts?

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2017-10-18 17:26:32 UTC

*** Bug 372409 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2017-10-18 17:27:53 UTC

*** Bug 377723 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Nate Graham 2017-10-21 18:58:16 UTC

Patch available: https://phabricator.kde.org/D8408

This makes the dark overlay much less dark, and the light overlay much less washed out.

Comment 5 Nate Graham 2017-10-25 16:06:53 UTC

Git commit ef85b910752f8fb160fe3378b9a82b79d1384fa6 by Nathaniel Graham.
Committed on 25/10/2017 at 16:06.
Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'.

Make dark overlay less dark, and light overlay less washed out

Summary:

Spectacle's default dark overlay is now much less dark, making it easier to see the cursor as well as the screen content. The optional light overlay is now less strong, so screen content doesn't seem so washed out.

Test Plan:
Tested in KDE Neon. New dark overlay:
{F5442040}

New light overlay:
{F5442041}

Reviewers: #spectacle, broulik, #kde_applications

Reviewed By: broulik

Tags: #spectacle

Differential Revision: https://phabricator.kde.org/D8408

M  +1    -1    src/QuickEditor/EditorRoot.qml
M  +1    -1    src/QuickEditor/QuickEditor.cpp

https://commits.kde.org/spectacle/ef85b910752f8fb160fe3378b9a82b79d1384fa6

Comment 6 David P. 2017-10-26 06:53:36 UTC

I agree, with latest KDE Neon, the situation has improved. :-)