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Stack16 is a workaround format commonly used to process 16-bit content in AviSynth's native 8-bit environment. 

As explained in the [[External_filters#Deepcolor_Filters|Dither]] documentation:
{{BlueBox}}As Avisynth doesn't support natively high bit depth, a specific format named 'stack16' is introduced. The picture is made of two parts: one containing the highest 8 bits (MSB) for each pixel, stacked on top of another containing the lowest 8 bits (LSB). When previewing the video stored in stack16 format, the top part looks quite like the original picture and the bottom one generally looks like psychedelic garbage.{{End_BlueBox}}

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