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I really appreciate you doing that, Stella. 

Unfortunately, at least to my eyes, the difference between the two versions is so small, I think most people wouldn't even notice, and certainly wouldn't describe the "after" shot, viewed on its own, as significantly softer lighting.  

This is a good example of what I ran into the last time I looked at "actions" - they would work reasonably well on some images (including the one used in the developer's advertising), but not work well on a wide range of images.   ... Certainly not like the difference everyone immediately sees when the photographer changes the lighting from hard to soft (versus trying to accomplish the same thing in post-processing).

Cheers,

Tom M