I edited this image in about 30 seconds - mastering the local contrast slider and making sure you manipulate the highlight and shadow recovery sliders is the secret to getting the most out of this plug-in.
Lowering local contrast does a great job of skin softening, without having to use a separate filter.
Here are my settings:
Brightness +63%
Saturation 36%
Global contrast +23%
Local Contrast -47%
Shadows 90% recovered
Highlights Fully recovered
Effect removed with control points from hair and irises
Effect Partially removed from forearm
Constraining (positive) control points placed on cheek nose and forehead
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Holy smokes, this is great. Wish the catch light in her left (our right) were the same, but that's just a nitpick observation. WOW - the use of shadow is delicious. I love it.
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