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Originally Posted by The_bluester
Regards the actual output files, I use Astro Pixel Processor, right up until the final export stage it saves the stacked output as 32 bit FITS, then I export then as 16 bit TIFF to work in Photoshop. I would love to stick to 32 bit files but you are straight away limited in some functionality within Photoshop and have to convert to 16 bit anyway.
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I think you missed the Startools stage. You export 32bit fits to startools then 16 bit tiff from that to PS?. This is standard. Once stretched, there is no advantage to 32 bit in PS, the dynamic range is already compressed to the point where 16bit is more than adequate.