PortraitProfessionalStudio - it is stand-alno program and works perfect for portrait shots
Portraiture plug-In for Photoshop is kinda best for quick skin retouching and gives good results same like on your example

nice bunny

The two girls on the right have a sharpen on the pictures and the skin softened back after the sharpen. Sharpening makes the hair pixelate like it is.

open file in PS
duplicate layer
filter --> blur --> gaussian blur --> 3.0-5.0
overlay that layer, then lower the opacity to where you like it

simple basic way :thumbsup

Sharpen the original layer only, not the blur layer. After setting the opacity, use a layer mask and brush out (or brush back) any areas that need more sharpness.

I've held back from judging the OP pic because I don't know if it's a screencap or a hotlink or what's been done to it.

and i learn a little something today too :thumbsup

That sample I reduced to 50% quality so that might of added some of the pixelation.

I figured you probably did. The 2nd girl from the right, the blonde, her lipstick outline is fuzzy. When there's no teeth to judge sharpness, the lip line works. (the girl on the far right has blurry teeth). And there are visible artifacts throughout. :winkwink:

But that's beside the point. You did get the effect you were looking for, yes?

If the image reduction did it, it would have done it equally to the entire photo... :)

The girls with the sharpen have more depth, that's how you achieve that look. It's not done to the girls to the left because her hair is black.

That looks like total shit. :2 cents:

It reminds me of when someone first figures out HTML and finds a free resource for cheesy animated gifs. Or all those stupid "Thanks for the ad" images on MySpace. Oh snap, you mean I can blur skin with photoshop? Look out!

If you need to clean up an image, the idea is not to make it look like it's fake. This plastic shit is over the top and kills my wood. Your surfers will not care much for this either as it defeats the entire purpose of the word "amateur." However, this also explains why there are so many threads about people's sales sucking. No clue about the market they are selling in.

Well don't blame the designers dude. We just provide what the client asks for.

Fix the errors, then leave the girls alone!

you can find lots of graphic tutorials (plus more) for anything you might think up and things you didn't think of just yet right here http://www.tutorialized.com/

Won't beat knowing what you're doing but probably the next best thing.

photoscape dot org can help you

Your the man! ive been doing this for minor editing. except the last instruction. so sad i am new on photoshop world hehe