Making low resolution pictures look high

Hello guys. I am new to this forumn and this is my first post. I am pretty good with Photoshop. I use Adobe Photoshop CS3. Here is what my question is. I have a rather low megapixel camera (4 mpx) and I am wondering how I can get my photos to appear like they are of a higher resolution like these ones.
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=7302164&alb umId=1482376
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=38961338&al bumId=539649
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=38961338&al bumId=1292461
Thanks ahead of time!
-Matt
Oh and also, how can I reduce skin redness. My camera tends to pick up on the redness of peoples skin and it really makes the pictures look poor.

These kinds of application-specific questions should really be posted in the Photoshop forum, but here goes.
There's really not much you can do for a low res image, but 4 megapixels at the highest quality setting should be more than adequate for the web, and should allow printing at wallet size, or a bit larger, on a desktop printer. Photoshop can upsample, and there's a program called "genuine fractals" that does a good job, but don't expect miracles.
Most professionals would deal with your skintone issues by adding a curves adjustment layer and using the gray eyedropper to set the neutrals. If that doesn't work, you can also use a variety of other techniques like a hue/saturation layer along with selecting the skintone or using a layer mask. This is more complex than time and space allow here, but you'll find a lot of good information in a number of books or online tutorials.

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