Culture · 6 pages · 12 min
Why clipping highlights is a loss
Clipped highlights store different bright details as one maximum, so those differences are gone.
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From the opening
Clipping highlights means the brightest areas have reached the highest value the sensor or the file can store, so different bright details are written as that same maximum. The loss is those differences, because nothing remaining says which part of a cloud was brighter than which. The opening covers a ceiling that erases differences, preview clip versus raw headroom, and glints are not the same loss.
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Inside
- A ceiling that erases differences
- Preview clip versus raw headroom
- Glints are not the same loss
- Why shadows are a softer floor
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- Highlight clipping at the sensor or file ceiling
- Raw headroom beyond a JPEG preview