STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Use the rectangular area screenshot shortcut to capture a region with text. 2. Then make a fullscreen screenshot that covers the same region. OBSERVED/EXPECTED RESULT The fullscreen image looks just as sharp as pixels on the screen, while the region screenshot is noticeably blurrier. Compare the attached screenshots by switching between them back and forth in an image viewer. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Spectacle: 24.12.1 KDE Frameworks: 6.10.0 Qt: Using 6.8.1 and built against 6.8.1 openSUSE Tumbleweed (Wayland) Build ABI: x86_64-little_endian-lp64 Kernel: linux 6.12.10-1-default ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The blurriness is present as soon as the region selection UI is launched, and it looks identical to the resulting image.
Created attachment 177886 [details] Region screenshot (blurry)
Created attachment 177887 [details] Fullscreen screenshot (sharp) — cropped to match
What is your screen setup like (resolutions, UI scales and placement)? If you're not sure how to describe it, post a screenshot of the upper part of the Display Configuration settings module.
Updating status since this is pending some information from the reporter. For reference - if fractional scaling is being used, then this would appear to be https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=490353
It does seem to be because of the multiscreen setup, and I have fractional scaling enabled on my primary screen. I'll attach kscreen-doctor output.
Created attachment 178030 [details] kscreen-doctor output
Created attachment 178031 [details] KCM
Got it - I'll merge this into the previously filed issue to keep the discussion and any resolution ideas together in one spot. Thanks! *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 490353 ***