Index: trunk/ppStack/src/ppStackCombineInitial.c
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--- trunk/ppStack/src/ppStackCombineInitial.c	(revision 23573)
+++ trunk/ppStack/src/ppStackCombineInitial.c	(revision 23576)
@@ -23,40 +23,8 @@
     psTimerStart("PPSTACK_INITIAL");
 
-    psMetadata *recipe = psMetadataLookupMetadata(NULL, config->recipes, PPSTACK_RECIPE); // ppStack recipe
-    psAssert(recipe, "We've thrown an error on this before.");
-
     psMetadata *ppsub = psMetadataLookupMetadata(NULL, config->recipes, "PPSUB"); // PPSUB recipe
     int overlap = 2 * psMetadataLookupS32(NULL, ppsub,
                                           "KERNEL.SIZE"); // Overlap by kernel size between consecutive scans
 
-    pmFPAview *view = NULL;             // View to readout
-
-    int row0, col0;                 // Offset for readout
-    int numCols, numRows;           // Size of readout
-    ppStackThread *thread = stack->threads->data[0]; // Representative thread
-    if (!pmReadoutStackSetOutputSize(&col0, &row0, &numCols, &numRows, thread->readouts)) {
-        psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "problem setting output readout size.");
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    pmFPAfileActivate(config->files, false, NULL);
-    ppStackFileActivation(config, PPSTACK_FILES_COMBINE, true);
-    view = ppStackFilesIterateDown(config);
-    if (!view) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    pmCell *outCell = pmFPAfileThisCell(config->files, view, "PPSTACK.OUTPUT"); // Output cell
-    options->outRO = pmReadoutAlloc(outCell); // Output readout
-    psFree(view);
-
-    psString maskBadStr = psMetadataLookupStr(NULL, recipe, "MASK.BAD"); // Name of bits to mask for bad
-    psImageMaskType maskBad = pmConfigMaskGet(maskBadStr, config); // Bits to mask for bad pixels
-    if (!pmReadoutStackDefineOutput(options->outRO, col0, row0, numCols, numRows, true, true, maskBad)) {
-        psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "Unable to prepare output.");
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    psFree(options->cells); options->cells = NULL;
 
     bool status;                    // Status of read