Ngc 1566

[Lee]

I think either can be 8 or 16 bit Mike.... I know tifs can be, because Capture One gives you the option when converting RAW to TIF - 8 or 16 bit. Unsure about bmps though, never use them.

[rogerg (Roger)]

To my knowledge CCDSoft is a bit more particular than PhotoShop which is able to do 8 and 16 in both... from what I can tell, CCDSoft will only save:

8 bit .BMP
8 bit .TIF
48 bit .TIF

However, my version of photoshop (not sure about newer ones) cannot load 48 bit .TIF. So I have to choose 8 bit TIF. If CCDSoft would save as 16 bit .TIF that would be really nice. It's almost like they need a new version to add support for more file types in CCDSoft.

Of course in photoshop TIF can be 8 or 16, BMP can be 8 or 24.. not sure about 16?..

Generally I avoid BMP also, but have been resorting to using it with some of this stuff switching between RegStax, CCDSoft and PhotoShop.

Confusing stuff.

Roger.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Roger,

Both beautiful images. Great detail in the arms.

Regards,
Humayun