---
title: "Clipping atom ('clip')"
framework: quicktime-file-format
role: symbol
role_heading: Atom
path: quicktime-file-format/clipping_atom
---

# Clipping atom ('clip')

An atom that specifies the clipping regions for movies and for tracks.

## Overview

Overview The clipping atom has an atom type value of 'clip'. The layout of a clipping atom is as follows.  |   |   |   |

## Topics

### Data fields

- [Size](quicktime-file-format/clipping_atom/size.md)
- [Type](quicktime-file-format/clipping_atom/type.md)
- [Clipping region atom](quicktime-file-format/clipping_atom/clipping_region_atom.md)

## See Also

### Describing tracks

- [Track atom ('trak')](quicktime-file-format/track_atom.md)
- [Track header atom ('tkhd')](quicktime-file-format/track_header_atom.md)
- [Track exclude from autoselection atom ('txas')](quicktime-file-format/track_exclude_from_autoselection_atom.md)
- [Track aperture mode dimension atoms](quicktime-file-format/track_aperture_mode_dimension_atoms.md)
- [Clipping region atom ('crgn')](quicktime-file-format/clipping_region_atom.md)
- [Track matte atom ('matt')](quicktime-file-format/track_matte_atom.md)
- [Compressed matte atom ('kmat')](quicktime-file-format/compressed_matte_atom.md)
- [Edit atom ('edts')](quicktime-file-format/edit_atom.md)
- [Edit list atom ('elst')](quicktime-file-format/edit_list_atom.md)
- [Playing with edit lists](quicktime-file-format/playing_with_edit_lists.md)
- [Track load settings atom ('load')](quicktime-file-format/track_load_settings_atom.md)
- [Track reference atoms](quicktime-file-format/track_reference_atoms.md)
- [Track input map atoms](quicktime-file-format/track_input_map_atoms.md)