No, is there a trial? Is that in Magic Bullet Mojo set?

You could try using a Chroma Key to select just the skin areas and apply something like Gaussian Blur or Glow to soften them.
I'm not that impressed with doing this in post or even using skin detail in camera unless only a very small amount is used, the skin can end up looking plastic.

Bob.

how about
duplicating the track
use a 2CC on the upper track to sample the problem area
(flip the pre/post toggle in the Video Event FX track window)
adjust the 2CC as needed
use the opacity slider to merge the upper (fixed) track with the lower (original) track.
(watch out for banding: might wanna run with 32-bit video levels with this recipe)

could also try a mask using a color gradient set to near 118º

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fixing skin tone can be one of the trickier things to pull off. good luck.

ps ~ ditto what Bob wrote.

Thanks a lot! I got pretty ok results with these and I think its the best I can do for now.

Its a pretty impossible scene where the face moves and is lit only from one side so loads of gradient. And shot with GH1 so the codec doesnt handle color correction that well.

Actually heres a screen shot if youre interested!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fonal/4167266206/sizes/o/

It's not intended for this, but I find that a side effect of video noise reduction plugins like the Neatvideo one is that it softens skin textures, smoothing out wrinkles and blemishes. Your shot is a night one and might have some video noise in the shadows anyway.

Ditto what Laurence said. I've noticed exactly the same when using NeatVideo noise reduction. Some friends' blemishes and, um, aging skin don't lose a lot of detail but they look more youthful. It's a bizarre application of noise reduction, but it sure works.

Steve

You could try Mike Crash'e (free) Smart Smoother.

HD is brutal on skin and makeup artists. Filtration in front of the lens can help, so can a "beauty light". The later is a ring light that goes around the lens.

Bob.

Anyone know what they do on Good Morning America to make Diane Sawyer look so good? She was born in 1945 but she looks more like she is in her 40s than her 60s. I saw her interviewing that Dr. Oz guy not too long ago, and he looked way younger in the interview than he does on his own show too.

What is so cool about Neat Video is that the skin looks smoother, but all the detail in the edges is still there. If you try to blur the image the detail leaves with the skin imperfections. With Neat Video it is still there. It can be very flattering.