[JohnH]

And Why? I have PS Elements 2 (came with the cameras and I love it) the Canon utilites (likewise), Registax 3 (I hate it but its free), Iris (cannot figure it out but its free), autostitch (great software), Mead AutostarSuite (came with the LPI but I have not tried the image processing module), PixInsight LE (have not played with it yet). I have aslo tried the demos of Registars (loved it), Maxim DL (Good), Images Plus (also good) and K3CCDTools. I am at the point where I want to spend some $$$ to get faster at this vital part of our hobby, mostly I will be wanting to work with Canon RAWs, occasional LPI work - consensus seems to be K3CCDtools for that.

So should I persist with IRIS, go for IP or Maxim or something else? Oh and BTW does Elements 3 handle 16 bit TIFFs or RAWs?