Freckles: 1) Use a cloud filter with some darker skintones (dark suntan and medium suntan, for instance) on its own layer, set layer blend mode to dissolve, and turn opacity way down until you get a good sprinkling of dots. Make a completely blank layer below it, then merge the dissolve layer down to get it in an editable form. Guassian blur with a small diameter (1 or 2 is what I used on a 2000 X 2000 map). Repeat for variety until you get a sprinkling you like. 2) VLD snowflake filter, free at http://www.v-d-l.com/index.html . Use a dark skintone and play with sliders until you get the effect you like. Here's another hint for freckle tone. Brown haired people will usually have brown/blackish freckles. Red-heads, though, will usually have more orange-y freckles. To get a good redheaded freckle color, chose a bright orange, then turn the saturation way down until you get into the brown area, and it'll look more realistic.