Index: /branches/eam_branches/20090715/psphot/src/psphotMakeResiduals.c
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--- /branches/eam_branches/20090715/psphot/src/psphotMakeResiduals.c	(revision 25680)
+++ /branches/eam_branches/20090715/psphot/src/psphotMakeResiduals.c	(revision 25681)
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 # include "psphotInternal.h"
+
+# define RESIDUAL_SOFTENING 0.005 
 
 bool psphotMakeResiduals (psArray *sources, psMetadata *recipe, pmPSF *psf, psImageMaskType maskVal) {
@@ -181,6 +183,9 @@
                 }
                 fluxes->data.F32[i] = flux;
-                dfluxes->data.F32[i] = dflux;
+                dfluxes->data.F32[i] = hypot(dflux, RESIDUAL_SOFTENING);
                 if (isnan(flux)) {
+                    fmasks->data.PS_TYPE_VECTOR_MASK_DATA[i] = badMask;
+                }
+                if (isnan(dflux)) {
                     fmasks->data.PS_TYPE_VECTOR_MASK_DATA[i] = badMask;
                 }