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Hi Andy
I bought one of the earlier versions and it was ok. Served its purpose i guess but i have found recently that the updates are not very accurate leaving some of my models looking like Quazimodo.
If you have the patience and are happy paying the money for something you wont use very often, (even though you think you will at this time) then go ahead and see if it works for you but like i said i found it quirky at best.
 
It was recommended to me by Chris Burfoot on a recent RPS Studio Photography course. I haven't bought a copy, though. It looks pretty good, but I find some of the results looked a little too airbrushed and fake. However, I haven't really used it myself. He swore by it.
 
I use it on a fairly regular basis. What you have to be aware of is that left to it's own devices (defaults) it doesn't produce very good results. Probably the worst effect is that it re-sculpts the models face, often leaving the image looking nothing like the person you took a photograph of.

Fortunately this effect can be turned off. If you also take time to tune the program to your own preferences, and save that tuning as the default, the results are much more acceptable.

The results that you can achieve can all be duplicated in Photoshop; I just find that it saves me a lot of time if I have a lot of images to edit.
 
I agree with Scarecrow - don't leave it to it's own devices or you'll likely end up with Barbie images!

Turn off face sculpting and tune the rest to your own preferences.

You can also access it as a plug-in within Photoshop.
 
I used it for a very short while and got bored of it. In my view it has to be used VERY sparingly, or you end up with a face that has the texture of wax.

I think the examples they use in their ads to promote the software look absoutely dreadful. One of the reasons why I stopped using it.
 
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