Comment on Advanced skin softening by jsmonzani
Nice tut. I've always preferred a low opacity Gaussian blur mask though. This does work but i prefer the control of changing general opacity.
I would rather go for a smart blur if you'd like to go this way, because you'll get less color bleeding around the edges.
Also, your methods kills the grain, whereas this one doesnt
Also, your methods kills the grain, whereas this one doesnt