Index: trunk/ippconfig/gpc1/ppImage.config
===================================================================
--- trunk/ippconfig/gpc1/ppImage.config	(revision 35529)
+++ trunk/ippconfig/gpc1/ppImage.config	(revision 35531)
@@ -30,4 +30,7 @@
 USE.VIDEO.MASK  BOOL    TRUE            # Use a video mask if we have video data?
 
+# aditional auxillary mask applied to corners of all chips in video cells.
+# Is only applied if MASK.AUXMASK and USE.VIDEO.MASK are both true
+AUX.VIDEO.MASK  STR     neb://any/gpc1/auxmask/mpg.20130506/mask_video_cell_corners.fits
 
 
@@ -150,5 +153,5 @@
 FRINGE.FILTERS	STR y.00000
 
-# Standard chip processing
+# Standard chip processing (NOTE: when changing this be sure to check whether changes should be applied toCHIP_BGPRESEVE and/or CHIP_AUXMASK
 CHIP METADATA
   BASE.FITS          BOOL    FALSE           # Save base detrended image?
@@ -169,4 +172,5 @@
   MASK.BUILD	     BOOL    TRUE	     # Build internal mask?
   MASK.BURNTOOL      BOOL    TRUE            # Mask potential burntool trails
+  MASK.AUXMASK       BOOL    FALSE           # augment with more restrictive auxillary mask
   PATTERN.ROW        BOOL    TRUE            # Row pattern correction
   PATTERN.CELL	     BOOL    FALSE	     # Cell pattern correction
@@ -1220,4 +1224,37 @@
 END
 
+# Standard chip processing + auxillary mask
+CHIP_AUXMASK METADATA
+  BASE.FITS          BOOL    FALSE           # Save base detrended image?
+  BASE.MASK.FITS     BOOL    FALSE           # Save base detrended image?
+  BASE.VARIANCE.FITS BOOL    FALSE           # Save base detrended image?
+  CHIP.FITS          BOOL    TRUE            # Save chip-mosaic-ed image? 
+  CHIP.MASK.FITS     BOOL    TRUE            # Save chip-mosaic-ed image? 
+  CHIP.VARIANCE.FITS BOOL    TRUE            # Save chip-mosaic-ed image? 
+  OVERSCAN           BOOL    TRUE            # Overscan subtraction
+  NONLIN             BOOL    TRUE            # apply non-linearity correction 
+  BIAS               BOOL    FALSE           # Bias subtraction
+  DARK               BOOL    TRUE            # Dark subtraction
+  NOISEMAP	     BOOL    TRUE	     
+  REMNANCE           BOOL    FALSE           # Remnance masking
+  SHUTTER            BOOL    FALSE           # Shutter correction
+  FLAT               BOOL    TRUE            # Flat-field normalisation
+  MASK               BOOL    TRUE            # Mask bad pixels
+  MASK.BUILD	     BOOL    TRUE	     # Build internal mask?
+  MASK.BURNTOOL      BOOL    TRUE            # Mask potential burntool trails
+  MASK.AUXMASK       BOOL    TRUE            # augment with more restrictive auxillary mask
+  PATTERN.ROW        BOOL    TRUE            # Row pattern correction
+  PATTERN.CELL	     BOOL    FALSE	     # Cell pattern correction
+  PATTERN.CONTINUITY BOOL    TRUE            # Cell pattern correction using edge continuity
+  FRINGE             BOOL    TRUE            # Fringe subtraction
+  BIN1.FITS          BOOL    TRUE            # Save 1st binned chip image?
+  BIN2.FITS          BOOL    TRUE            # Save 2nd binned chip image?
+  PHOTOM             BOOL    TRUE            # Source identification and photometry
+  ASTROM.CHIP        BOOL    FALSE           # Astrometry per chip?
+  ASTROM.MOSAIC      BOOL    FALSE           # Astrometry for mosaic?
+  BACKGROUND         BOOL    TRUE            # Subtract background?
+  CROSSTALK.MEASURE  BOOL    TRUE            # Subtract model background?
+END
+
 # Standard chip processing without any background removal
 CHIP_PRESERVE_BG	METADATA
@@ -1239,4 +1276,5 @@
   MASK.BUILD	     BOOL    TRUE	     # Build internal mask?
   MASK.BURNTOOL      BOOL    TRUE            # Mask potential burntool trails
+  MASK.AUXMASK       BOOL    TRUE            # augment with more restrictive auxillary mask
   PATTERN.ROW        BOOL    FALSE           # Row pattern correction
   PATTERN.CELL	     BOOL    FALSE	     # Cell pattern correction
Index: trunk/ippconfig/recipes/ppImage.config
===================================================================
--- trunk/ippconfig/recipes/ppImage.config	(revision 35529)
+++ trunk/ippconfig/recipes/ppImage.config	(revision 35531)
@@ -17,4 +17,6 @@
 MASK.LOW           BOOL    TRUE            # Mask pixels below valid range
 MASK.BURNTOOL      BOOL    FALSE           # Mask potential burntool trails
+MASK.AUXMASK       BOOL    FALSE           # augment mask with auxillary mask
+AUX.VIDEO.MASK     STR     NULL
 VARIANCE.BUILD     BOOL    FALSE           # Build internal variance image
 ADDNOISE           BOOL    FALSE           # Add noise to degrade an MD image to a 3pi image?
@@ -168,4 +170,29 @@
 # Standard chip processing
 CHIP	METADATA
+  BASE.FITS          BOOL    FALSE           # Save base detrended image?
+  BASE.MASK.FITS     BOOL    FALSE           # Save base detrended image?
+  BASE.VARIANCE.FITS BOOL    FALSE           # Save base detrended image?
+  CHIP.FITS          BOOL    TRUE            # Save chip-mosaic-ed image? 
+  CHIP.MASK.FITS     BOOL    TRUE            # Save chip-mosaic-ed image? 
+  CHIP.VARIANCE.FITS BOOL    TRUE            # Save chip-mosaic-ed image? 
+  OVERSCAN           BOOL    TRUE            # Overscan subtraction
+  NONLIN             BOOL    FALSE           # Non-linearity correction; not implemented
+  BIAS               BOOL    TRUE            # Bias subtraction
+  DARK               BOOL    TRUE            # Dark subtraction
+  SHUTTER            BOOL    FALSE           # Shutter correction
+  FLAT               BOOL    TRUE            # Flat-field normalisation
+  MASK               BOOL    TRUE            # Mask bad pixels
+  FRINGE             BOOL    TRUE            # Fringe subtraction
+  BIN1.FITS          BOOL    TRUE            # Save 1st binned chip image?
+  BIN2.FITS          BOOL    TRUE            # Save 2nd binned chip image?
+  PHOTOM             BOOL    TRUE            # Source identification and photometry
+  ASTROM.CHIP        BOOL    FALSE           # Astrometry per chip?
+  ASTROM.MOSAIC      BOOL    FALSE           # Astrometry for mosaic?
+  BACKGROUND         BOOL    TRUE            # Subtract background?
+  MASK.STATS         BOOL    TRUE            # Calculate Mask statistics.
+END
+
+# Standard chip processing
+CHIP_AUXMASK	METADATA
   BASE.FITS          BOOL    FALSE           # Save base detrended image?
   BASE.MASK.FITS     BOOL    FALSE           # Save base detrended image?
Index: trunk/ippconfig/recipes/reductionClasses.mdc
===================================================================
--- trunk/ippconfig/recipes/reductionClasses.mdc	(revision 35529)
+++ trunk/ippconfig/recipes/reductionClasses.mdc	(revision 35531)
@@ -1007,5 +1007,5 @@
 
 STS_DATASET METADATA
-   CHIP_PPIMAGE STR CHIP
+   CHIP_PPIMAGE STR CHIP_AUXMASK
    CHIP_PSPHOT STR CHIP
    WARP_PSWARP STR WARP
@@ -1023,4 +1023,28 @@
 END
 
+M31_DATASET		METADATA
+	CHIP_PPIMAGE	  STR	  CHIP_AUXMASK
+	CHIP_PSPHOT	  STR	  CHIP
+	WARP_PSWARP	  STR	  WARP
+	STACK_PPSTACK	  STR	  STACK
+	STACK_PPSUB	  STR	  STACK
+	STACK_PSPHOT	  STR	  STACK
+	DIFF_PPSUB	  STR	  DIFF
+	DIFF_PSPHOT	  STR	  DIFF
+	JPEG_BIN1	  STR	  PPIMAGE_J1
+	JPEG_BIN2	  STR	  PPIMAGE_J2
+	FAKEPHOT	  STR	  FAKEPHOT
+	ADDSTAR		  STR	  ADDSTAR
+	PSASTRO		  STR	  DEFAULT_RECIPE
+	STACKPHOT_PSPHOT  STR     STACKPHOT
+	STACKPHOT_PPSUB   STR     STACKPHOT
+	STACKPHOT_PPSTACK STR     STACKPHOT
+	STACKPHOT_SINGLE_PSPHOT  STR     STACKPHOT_SINGLE
+	BACKGROUND_PPBACKGROUND	STR	BACKGROUND
+	BACKGROUND_PSWARP	STR	BACKGROUND
+        PSVIDEOPHOT             STR     PSVIDEOPHOT
+        STATICSKY_CALIBRATION   STR     STATICSKY_CAL
+END
+
 CNP_DATASET	METADATA
 	CHIP_PPIMAGE	  STR	  CHIP
