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title: "MaxFALL"
url: https://postproduction.studio/en/glossary/maxfall
language: en
description: "Maximum Frame Average Light Level — the highest average luminance of any single frame in the program, in nits. Static HDR10 metadata used alongside MaxC..."
updated: 2026-10-25
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# MaxFALL

Maximum Frame Average Light Level — the highest average luminance of any single frame in the program, in nits. Static HDR10 metadata used alongside MaxCLL for tone mapping.

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## Related terms

[MaxCLL](https://postproduction.studio/en/glossary/maxcll)[HDR10](https://postproduction.studio/en/glossary/hdr10)[Tone Mapping](https://postproduction.studio/en/glossary/tone-mapping)

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