Index: trunk/ippconfig/gpc1/psphot.config
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--- trunk/ippconfig/gpc1/psphot.config	(revision 35562)
+++ trunk/ippconfig/gpc1/psphot.config	(revision 35688)
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 BACKGROUND.YSAMPLE                  F32   2.0             # size of background superpixels
 
-SOFTEN.VARIANCE                     BOOL  TRUE          # XXX drop? soften the errors for bright pixels
-SOFTEN.VARIANCE.FRACTION            F32   0.005
+SOFTEN.VARIANCE                     BOOL  FALSE          # XXX drop? soften the errors for bright pixels
+SOFTEN.VARIANCE.FRACTION            F32   0.000		 # CZW 2013-06-20 I've disabled this, as I don't think it's needed.
 
 PEAKS_SMOOTH_SIGMA                  F32   2.5           # smoothing kernel sigma in pixels