Hi Russel, I would recommend you try Fred Miranda's Digital Soft Focus action for Photoshop. It is very reasonably priced at $8.50! and it does a nice job. I used it on this image: http://link.fors.net/?id=6AF76199 Best of all, you can look at his actions step-by step and learn a great deal of Photoshop technique from them. You can find it on his web page at http://www.fredmiranda.com/actions under the "Essential Digital Darkroom" section. --Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell Baker" <rebphoto@pronetisp.net> > If I wanted to have a slightly soft > effect such as using a soft focus > filter, would I be better off trying > to do it in Photoshop(I have 5.5) > of just using the appropriate filter > over the lens?