Though Digital Scrapbooking can't offer you the "miracle in a bottle" that can give you perfect skin overnight, we think we've got the next best thing: a simple fix to give your photo subjects smooth, even-looking skin... without the obvious "Photoshopped" look that so many magazine and album cover portraits sport. (Kelly Clarkson, we're talking to you!) Try this simple technique to get your skin--and your subjects--all aglow in just minutes.

Skin So Soft, Step-by-Step

A beautiful face, a cool textured background--all this photo needs is a tiny bit of skin softening.

1. Working in Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, select Spot Healing Brush tool from Toolbox palette. Click on any large or obvious blemishes to remove them. Tip: Use the square bracket keys (left bracket and right bracket) to increase or decrease the brush size quickly. This shortcut works with any brush-based tool.

2. In Layers palette, right-click image layer and select Duplicate Layer.