lol, I already grabbed your actions 😉 Thank you! I really like them. So if I use 32 bit, Blending Options only allow me to select Normal, Dissolve, Darken, Multiply, Darker Color, Lighten, Linear Dodge, Lighter Color, Difference, Subtract, Divide, Hue, Saturation, Color, Luminosity. The others are grayed out. Thanks for the link.

You are very welcome. Btw. I also made the Shiba Glow action available to all Tier 4, and added a new softening action too. 😀
https://www.patreon.com/posts/shiba-glow-orton-5396373

It is good to know that the options are different with 32 bit. What in particular didn’t work? I should put a note in there somewhere so it is clear.

I save my render files mostly into JPGs (for smaller files), so I use 8 bits per channel. This article has a good explanation on pixel depth.
http://photography.tutsplus.com/articles/bit-depth-explained-in-depth–photo-8514

I also compress my image files for the web in the end, so 8 bit works well for me. I don’t usually get obvious banding patterns, so I go for the smaller file size and better load time.

Heh, I was following your Combining Iray lights in Photoshop tut last week, and couldn’t get it to work right either. I betcha it was because of the 32 bits per channel I was working in. Gonna go back and follow that tut again. Can’t thank you enough for all your tutorials and insights. So much fun to follow your work.

Oh, I think I just figured it out! Yay Google. I’ve been using 32 bits per channel. Once I switch to 16 it’s working now. I got so frustrated yesterday, started over about 5 times before I gave up. I’m still curious about color settings though, and what I should have the RGB set to. I read a bunch of different articles on it yesterday.

judging from your tutorial it doesn’t seem too hard.

Yeah, and its a lot of fun. I love Photoshop! 😀