Finder - I actually have Photoshop, didn't know that red trick.. thanks! :) I tried it, and it did help a lot - plus, at the same time I noticed that I also scanned it at too big a dpi, making the interpolation kick in. Now the skin's a lot smoother, but the hair still has no detail showing up.

Now, the pic itself probably has some improper lighting - the detail on it is visible, but probably not enough. And, I also didn't know at that time that my compact camera had one of those 3-positions shutter buttons for the focus. Live and learn.

And yeah, he didn't like the pic, but he liked some of it, so it's not a huge loss. grin I'm gonna get him to pose again.

I think I'll try cleaning my scanner's window first of all (that sucker picks up dirt like crazy!) and separate the layers sometime tonight... use the red channel for the skin and try some other filter on just the hair. I might lose some of the 'haywire' hairs on the sides by masking, but hopefully it'll save the pic.

JordyArt - Ha! Me is a girl picture-taker, as opposed to a girl-picture taker. ;) And yes, I'm Canadian. French Canadian, too, I might add.

And I'm probably worse off than Slynkster - I live in Ottawa! I get to be right in the middle of all the political stuff that goes on here... heh. On the upside, there's a lot of potential for neat photos here. Nothing that compares to the Oregon Vortex though. grin

(now why the Oregon Vortex came to mind, I don't know - I just woke up and remembered it for some reason... dreams of Sam & Max, I guess :P )

And hey, you make good comments as well as being a good comic relief! :)