Clipping (and crushing)

Clipping is when the brightest parts of an image pile flat against the top of the signal, blown to featureless white; crushing is the same at the bottom, shadows slammed to pure black. Both throw away detail permanently — grading can’t invent what was discarded. Spotting clipping or crushing on the waveform is the first check you make on any shot.

First used in: 1.2 · Scopes

Used in: Protecting against it is a reason to normalize log early — see 1.5.