A Cutoff Prevention is a utilitarian technique often seen in older tennis and YTP. The practice involves a short and simple sequence is added to the end of a video (usually containing the text "Cutoff Prevention"); this avoids the problem of a video being "cut off" which was common with older editors and YouTube. The practice has been rendered largely obsolete by the late 2010's and now more commonly used to signify the end of a video or for comedic effect. The only time cutoff preventions are still used for their intended purpose is for X-Second Tennis (as timing down to the frame is often important) as well as when intentionally using older software.

Usage

An effective cutoff is usually about half a second long and can contain whatever you want. Feel free to be creative with it, but remember that part of it may be cut off, hence its purpose.

Notable Examples

laromande's "Cutoff Prevention Collab" (2015) takes this concept to the next level with many creative uses of the technique.

Many 1-second collabs will have all of the cutoffs of each video compiled together as a separate product. As these cutoffs are usually deleted for the final, seamless compilation, and rounds tend to be private/unlisted due to their brevity, this is usually the only way to see them. The example below is from a 1-second match hosted by mrdoognoog: