# Annotation screenshot\_Scale Factor

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/annotation-screenshot-scale-factor/29091>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [April 24, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/annotation-screenshot-scale-factor/29091 "2023-04-24T14:41:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![leif2051](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@leif2051](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/leif2051)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/annotation-screenshot-scale-factor/29091/1 "2023-04-24T14:41:16Z")

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Hi, I meet a problem when increasing the Scale Factor on Annotation Screenshot. How could I get the correct high-resolution image?

 ![2023-04-24 223856](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/8/7/87fa5c244808bd63e8e66b31329e10ac017c96f6.jpeg)  
 ![2023-04-24 223928](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/2/e/2e9256011a733adf19c8a5e318599644dfabaab8.png)  
 ![Screenshot_t2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/f/5/f52867a21fcdfc975634434b19ce83cdfb9a9269.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/annotation-screenshot-scale-factor/29091/2 "2023-04-24T14:57:37Z")

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That’s an issue we’ve [seen for a while](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/issues/3885)

You might try [this method](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/higher-resolution-for-screen-captures-of-3d-view/8880/30) as an alternative.

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**Author:** ![leif2051](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@leif2051](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/leif2051)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/annotation-screenshot-scale-factor/29091/3 "2023-04-25T13:34:54Z")

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Thanks! I’m wondering if this is a universal problem or just a sporadic case.  
Is it possible to be fixed in future builds?  
Is there any alternative other than using the scripting language?

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/annotation-screenshot-scale-factor/29091/4 "2023-04-25T22:57:08Z")

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Unfortunately it’s due to some change in VTK (the underlying graphics layer) that changed sometime after the feature was added to Slicer. It’s been like this for a while and I don’t know of anyone actively funded to work on it so there’s no estimated fix. Learning to use python really isn’t that hard, but of course that depends on how much you need to get the high res image. Maybe you can find a colleague to help you.