Hmm, I don't fully understand ambient occlusion. How would I apply it to the nostrils? Or is it applied to the whole figure? When I do renders and want soft shadows I use it with ray trace shadows. If it gets rid of nostril glow without that darking the nostril whole on the maps, I'm ready to use it. :)

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     BluEcho...Faery_Light...Faery_Souls.