HELP - Getting extremely blotchy skin in PP

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(07-17-2012 11:49 AM)jzucker Wrote:  I'm getting extremely blotchy skin using the default settings. It renders the software unusable. Here is a link to an example.

http://www.jackzucker.com/images/ppblotchies.jpg

Application: Portrait Professional Studio
Edition: Studio Edition
Product code: PPmaxL-F-en-v10.8.2 / ZRaw-v1.1
Fingerprint: MA82HNJLD5C2N67M7QUSHCAU
Platform: Windows
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional |C:\Windows|\Device\Harddisk0\Partition1 64-bit (6.1.7601) Service Pack 1
Language: 1033
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
Number of Physical Processors: 1
Bios: BIOS Date: 12/30/09 18:47:15 Ver: 08.00.15
Bios Release Date: 20091230
System Model: System Product Name
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
Memory: 8192 MB
Free Disk Space on Boot Partition: 978438082560 Bytes
FreePhysicalMemory: 8014212 KB
FreeSpaceInPagingFiles: 15572436 KB
FreeVirtualMemory: 22801128 KB
Current Date/Time: 17/7/2012, 6:48:45

That almost looks like JPG artifacting is that within PP still or the saved image. It hasn't been saved more than once as a JPG has it?

There are various skin settings, have you tried others?