Fixing Blown-Out Highlights on Metal and Glass

Rescue clipped highlights on metal and glass and rebuild the detail that makes the product read as premium.

Why Blown Highlights Kill Product Shots

Metal and glass love to clip. One bright spot pushes past 255 and you lose every detail in the hero of the shot. The bezel on a watch, the neck of a bottle, or the curve of a chrome handle turns into a white blob.

Retouchable rebuilds blown-out specular highlights using surrounding detail and product shape cues. You get back a highlight that reads smooth and real, without having to reshoot.

How It Works with Retouchable

Upload the Clipped Frame

Drop in the shot with blown highlights on metal or glass surfaces.

Rebuild Highlights

The AI reconstructs smooth highlight gradients using surrounding shape and context.

Export the Recovered Frame

Deliver a clean product shot with recovered highlights at up to 4K.

5 Tips for Fewer Blown Highlights

Bracket Your Exposure

A 3-stop bracket gives you a safety frame with highlight detail you can blend later.

Diffuse the Key Light

A larger softbox spreads the highlight over a wider area so no single point clips.

Check the Histogram

Highlight clipping shows on the histogram before it shows on the LCD. Watch the right edge.

Underexpose Slightly

A quarter stop of underexposure protects metal highlights and can be pushed back up in post.

Shoot RAW

RAW files hold more highlight headroom than JPG and give you more room to recover.

Rescue the Frames You Thought Were Dead

Upload a clipped shot and let Retouchable rebuild the highlights in seconds.

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Why Retouchable for Product Retouching

Highlight Reconstruction

Blown specular areas are rebuilt with smooth gradients that match surrounding shape.

Shape-Aware Rebuild

The AI uses product shape cues to recreate believable highlight rolloff.

Glass and Metal Support

Works across chrome, polished steel, aluminum, clear glass, and frosted glass.

Non-Destructive Recovery

Keep the original and compare the rebuild side by side before exporting.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can it rebuild a fully clipped area?

Yes. Even fully clipped highlights can be rebuilt using shape context, though partial clipping gives the best results.

Does it work on curved glass?

Yes. Bottle shoulders and curved glass are supported.

Will the rebuilt highlight look fake?

No. Retouchable matches the rebuild to the surrounding lighting and product shape.

Can it fix a blown label on a bottle?

Yes, with a clean reference image for the label to sample from.

Ready to Save Your Best Frames?

Run your clipped shots through Retouchable and recover detail you thought was lost.