On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 06:24:03 GMT, John Michaels wrote:

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From: John Michaels
Subject: Freeware to touch up pimples & blemishes on feminine face shots
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The referenced vicman site required an email registration
simply to obtain a path of http://files.vicman.net/phtkinst.exe
Then an error occurred in the winxp photo toolkit installation saying
Setup: Unable to execute file:
http://www.vicman.net/installed.php?Title=Photo Toolkit&Version=1.7
ShellExecuteEx failed; code 2.
The system cannot find the file specified.

I reinstalled without errors using the freeware version from
http://www.photo-toolkit.com
which didn't require an email registration.

Photo Toolkit freeware seems to work nicely on black faces manually while
the suggested Clear Skin FX works fast automatically but not as well with
ebony skin.

Both seem like excellent choices. I noticed Photo Toolkit can also touch up
- spot healing for skin blemishes & pimples
- flash correction for shining skin
- healing scars
- whitening teeth
- smoothing wrinkles

PhotoToolkit freeware can even do manual caricatures and lighting effects.

I think we have a freeware digital photograph editing review winner!