Loading 140 files into a single stack

[JerryandLoisPhotography]

Hello,

Is there a practical or upper limit to how many files I can load into a stack?

I have 140 TIFs, all identical in resolution, shot on a locked down tripod, of fireworks. Each file is about 60mb on a Win10/64 compressed SSD. The computer has 64 gig of memory.

I want to stack, crop, and then export all these into a separate output folder.

If this is just too many to do at once, is there a suggested approach to get these all cropped and still remain aligned/registered? (I can think of a couple approaches, but welcome practical suggestions).

I need to keep them aligned as these will be assembled into a simple slide show afterwards. (Does anyone have suggestions on an app for creating a slideshow?)

Thanks for your help.

Running both PS 26.4 (release) and the most current Beta on up to date Win10/64.

Thank you!
Jerry

[mangurian]

I have loaded hundreds of layers.  

[JerryandLoisPhotography]

Hello Mangurian,

Thanks for the quick reply.  I'm concerned about filesize.  Were your layers TIFFs/PSDs or JPGs?

Thanks!

[Stephen_A_Marsh]

Hello Mangurian,

Thanks for the quick reply.  I'm concerned about filesize.  Were your layers TIFFs/PSDs or JPGs?

Thanks!

By @JerryandLoisPhotography

It doesn't matter, once they are layers the original file format and compression is a moot point.

[JerryandLoisPhotography]

Thanks Stephen.

I just did the arithmetic:  140 files at 60 mb each is only about 8.2 gig, so I guess that's manageable.  Will try and see...

[mangurian]

Have done it with tifs.