Can I mask out a stray hair strand in video clips???

I have several clips with a person with one small but noticeable stray hair extending below the side of their glasses over their cheekbone. Is there a way to have the skin tone intelligently mask out/replace that part of the hair over the facial area; can I select it in some way/is there a specific effect to do this? Quick help deeply appreciated!

If you have After Effects, I recommend doing this in After Effects. If you bring the question to the After Effects forum, we can help there.

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Thank you VERY much for recommending I bring this issue to the After Effects forum!
I have several clips with a person with one small but noticeable stray hair strand extending below the side of their glasses over their cheekbone. The person is fairly stationary throughout all clips and the skintone is what I want to replace the strand. Is there a way to have the skin tone intelligently mask out/replace that part of the hair over the facial area; can I select it in some way/is there a specific effect to do this? I do have AfterEffects CS5 but have not used it yet -- BUT I am a reasonably quick study and any direction on how to do this there will be MUCH appreciated.

Please post a frame or two that shows exactly what you're dealing with, so we can better make recommendations.
In the meantime, here is a set of getting started resources so that you can familiarize yourself with the basics of After Effects:
http://blogs.adobe.com/toddkopriva/2010/01/getting-started-with-after-eff.html

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I am new to IPods. I have a Classic 160GB and I can't figure out how to load Music Videos to iTunes or the IPod. I have had no problem loading my CD's to iTunes and to the IPod, but no go on the Music Videos.
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B-Rock:
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