diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..496ee2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.DS_Store
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diff --git a/stacker.py b/stacker.py
index 461fe2d..639eb67 100755
--- a/stacker.py
+++ b/stacker.py
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 import os, sys
 import Image
 import time
+import numpy as np
+import scipy as sp
+
+from scipy import misc
+
 
 start = time.time()
 
@@ -11,6 +16,30 @@ start = time.time()
 dir = sys.argv[1]
 
 list = os.listdir(dir)
+first = 0
+count = 0
+
+# for file in list:
+#   try:
+#     im = misc.imread(dir + file)
+#   except IOError:
+#     continue
+# 
+#   count +=1
+#   print 'Processing image ' + str(count)
+#   
+#   if first == 0:
+#     new = im
+#     first = 1
+#     continue
+#   
+#   from numpy import *
+#   
+#   for nrow, row in np.nditer([new,im], op_flags=['readwrite']):
+#     for npixel, pixel in np.nditer([nrow,row], op_flags=['readwrite']):
+#       npixel = maximum(npixel, pixel)
+# 
+# misc.imsave('stack_' + str(int(time.time())) + '.jpg', new)
 
 images = []
 
@@ -30,7 +59,7 @@ count = len(images)
 (w, h) = images[0].size
 new = Image.new('RGB', (w, h))
 i = 1
-pixels = [[[0, 0, 0] for j in range(h)] for j in range(w)]
+pixels = np.zeros((w,h,3), dtype=np.uint8)
 
 for im in images:
   print "Image " + str(i) + " of " + str(count)
@@ -50,7 +79,7 @@ for im in images:
 for x in range(w):
   for y in range(h):
     new.putpixel((x,y), (pixels[x][y][0], pixels[x][y][1], pixels[x][y][2]))
-  
-new.save('/Users/amdavidson/Desktop/stack_' + str(time.time()) + '.jpg', 'JPEG')
+ 
+new.save('stack_' + str(time.time()) + '.jpg', 'JPEG')
 
 print str(count) + ' images processed in ' + str(int(time.time() - start)) + ' seconds.'
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