# Light-wrap > Background light spilling around the edges of a product, softening its contours. Also known as: light wrap, light bleed. Category: Lighting and optics. Light-wrap is light from a bright background spilling around the edges of the subject. It softens contours, reduces contrast and can tint reflective surfaces. ## How PhotoRobot uses it PhotoRobot's studio lighting overview describes light-wrap as typical of all-in-one box-like systems with too much diffuse backlight, resulting in reduced gloss on reflective surfaces, a milky colour tint and loss of texture. ## Related terms - [Backlight](https://www.photorobot.com/glossary/backlight): Light from behind the subject, used to brighten the background or outline the product. - [Diffusion](https://www.photorobot.com/glossary/diffusion): Scattering light through a translucent material to make it softer and more even. - [White background](https://www.photorobot.com/glossary/white-background): A background of pure white (RGB 255, 255, 255), standard for e-commerce product images. ## Where this term appears on photorobot.com Mentioned on 4 pages. Most relevant: - [Studio Lighting Overview for PhotoRobot Systems](https://www.photorobot.com/manuals/studio-lighting-overview): While this might lead to a perfectly white background, the amount of light bleeding in from behind blurs the contours of the object. - [7 Components to Capture the Perfect Product Photo](https://www.photorobot.com/blog/7-components-to-capture-the-perfect-product-photo): When this effect, so-called light wrap, is strong, it is clearly visible even without zooming in for detail, and requires heavy editing later on - if at all possible. - [Mastering Product Photography: Apparel and Clothing](https://www.photorobot.com/blog/mastering-product-photography-apparel-and-clothing): What is more, incorrectly set backlighting can cause a photograph to lose edge-clarity (so-called “light wrap”). - [PhotoRobot Hardware: Centerless Table, Cube, Robot Arm](https://www.photorobot.com/videos/centerless-table-cube-robot-arm): This may lead to a stronger effect called light wrap, where there is too much light coming around the object into the camera lens, which leads to the edges becoming softer.