Pregnant Belly Help please :)

[Inspired]

Hi.

Can anyone please give me some tips how i can 'smooth' out the belly skin in the attached.
As you can see there is some lines from her pants and some blotchiness around the top...i has tried cloning and healing but neither seem to be working very well...is there another technique i could use?
Thanks so much
Nicole

[IanB]

cloning or a little blurring, maybe both is what i would use; with the clone, set to around 15/20% and a soft brush; go over the area several time; I'll fiddle with it tomorrow and give more ideas if you need them.

[Inspired]

Thanks Ian..i have had another go and it has worked much better this time..i think i might of had the brush to hard or a to high % or something.
What do you think of it now? Is it to obvious i have been 'adjusting' around that area?

[IanB]

That's Ok it looks natural; you can see the difference because you did the PP. Others will never notice the changes; it's when they can see what you haven't done it becomes the worry