Index: trunk/ppImage/src/ppImageOptions.c
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--- trunk/ppImage/src/ppImageOptions.c	(revision 10214)
+++ trunk/ppImage/src/ppImageOptions.c	(revision 13593)
@@ -24,5 +24,8 @@
     // default flags for various activities
     options->doMask     = false;        // Mask bad pixels
-    options->maskValue  = 0xff;         // Default mask value
+    options->maskValue  = 0x00;         // Default mask value
+    options->satMask    = 0x00;         // Saturated pixels
+    options->badMask    = 0x00;         // Bad pixels
+    options->flatMask   = 0x00;         // Bad flat pixels
 
     options->doNonLin   = false;        // Non-linearity correction
@@ -163,8 +166,12 @@
     // Mask recipe options
     options->doMask = psMetadataLookupBool(NULL, recipe, "MASK");
-    psMaskType maskValue = psMetadataLookupU8(&status, recipe, "MASK.VALUE");
+    const char *masks = psMetadataLookupStr(&status, recipe, "MASK.VALUE");
     if (status) {
-        options->maskValue = maskValue;
-    }
+        options->maskValue = pmConfigMask(masks, config);
+    }
+    options->satMask = pmConfigMask("SAT", config);
+    options->badMask = pmConfigMask("BAD", config);
+    options->flatMask = pmConfigMask("FLAT", config);
+
 
     options->doBias = psMetadataLookupBool(NULL, recipe, "BIAS");