Subimos el contraste hasta el punto de perder detalle.

Subimos can be either:

• present: we raise / we go up
• preterite: we raised

In this sentence, it is most naturally understood as preterite: we raised the contrast to the point of losing detail.

Spanish has several forms like this where the nosotros present and preterite look identical, so you need context to tell which one it is.

Examples:

• Ahora subimos el contraste. = Now we raise the contrast.
• Ayer subimos el contraste. = Yesterday we raised the contrast.

Because subir is often used transitively in Spanish, meaning to raise / to increase something.

So:

• subir el contraste = to raise the contrast
• subir el volumen = to turn up the volume
• subir el precio = to increase the price

English often uses different verbs depending on the object, but Spanish frequently uses subir for many kinds of increases.

Spanish often uses the definite article where English would not.

So:

• Subimos el contraste literally = We raised the contrast
• Natural English = We raised contrast / the contrast

With settings, controls, and general categories, Spanish commonly says:

• el brillo = brightness
• el volumen = volume
• el contraste = contrast

This is very normal Spanish, not especially emphatic.

Hasta el punto de means to the point of or so far as to.

It introduces a result or extreme consequence.

Structure:

• hasta el punto de + infinitive

So:

• hasta el punto de perder detalle = to the point of losing detail

More examples:

• Trabajó hasta el punto de enfermar. = He worked to the point of becoming ill.
• Gritaba hasta el punto de quedarse sin voz. = She was shouting to the point of losing her voice.

It is a very common and useful expression.

Because after de in this structure, Spanish uses the infinitive.

So the pattern is:

• hasta el punto de + infinitive

That is why you get:

• de perder not
• de perdemos not
• de perdiendo

Compare:

• hasta el punto de cansarse = to the point of getting tired
• hasta el punto de romperse = to the point of breaking

This is similar to English of losing, but Spanish uses the infinitive, not a gerund.

Here detalle is being used in a general, uncountable sense, meaning detail as visual detail or fine definition.

So:

• perder detalle = to lose detail

This is very common in technical or visual contexts:

• La imagen pierde detalle. = The image loses detail.

You could also hear perder detalles in some contexts, especially if you are thinking of individual details, but perder detalle sounds very natural when talking about image quality, sharpness, texture, etc.

Yes. A very common alternative is:

• Subimos tanto el contraste que perdimos detalle.

This means the same basic thing: We raised the contrast so much that we lost detail.

Comparison:

• hasta el punto de perder detalle = slightly more formal or descriptive
• tanto... que... = often more direct and conversational

Both are correct and natural.

In this sentence, it means detail in general, not one specific detail.

So it refers to fine visual information in the image, not a single isolated feature.

For example:

• La foto tiene mucho detalle. = The photo has a lot of detail.
• La foto pierde detalle en las sombras. = The photo loses detail in the shadows.

So here detalle behaves more like a mass noun, similar to how English says detail in photography or image editing.

Not exactly. Hasta often means until or up to, but in this expression it is part of the fixed phrase hasta el punto de.

So you should understand the whole chunk:

• hasta el punto de = to the point of

If you translate hasta alone as until, the sentence may feel strange. It is better to learn the entire expression as one unit.

Yes. By itself, subimos can mean:

• we went up
• we climbed
• we got on
• we raised / increased

The meaning depends on the context and whether there is a direct object.

Here, because of el contraste, it clearly means:

• we raised/increased the contrast

Compare:

• Subimos la montaña. = We climbed the mountain.
• Subimos al tren. = We got on the train.
• Subimos el volumen. = We turned up the volume.

Yes, it is completely natural in Spain Spanish.

It sounds especially normal in contexts like:

• photography
• image editing
• video
• screens and display settings
• design or printing

A speaker from Spain would have no problem with:

• Subimos el contraste hasta el punto de perder detalle.

It sounds like standard, neutral Spanish.