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As you probably know, Photoshop Elements has not inherited all of the essential features of the full Photoshop. Some functions have been removed, while the others just stay hidden. The "surface" functions are quite sufficient for a beginner. As you advance, though, you may miss one or another undocumented function.

"Elements+" is a handy patch revealing the hidden functions in your Photoshop Elements. The bundle includes up to 152 actions sorted by category. To apply a revealed command, you choose appropriate tab in the Effects palette (screenshot) and double-click action pictogram (screenshot). Detailed info on each action available in Elements+ Help file.

Windows set comes to you with installer and uninstaller. Mac package distributed as ZIP archive. To make sure, Elements+ will work for you please download demo version.
Demo includes 10 actions for color and tonal adjustments, selecting, and masking.

The patch is available for all versions of Adobe Photoshop Elements. Feature sets, though, may vary. If you are looking for specific function, please check its availability for your PSE version in the below table. To see usage instructions, just click a feature name.

Feature \ Photoshop Elements Version 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0
Color & Tone
Curves + + + - + + +
Channel Mixer + + + - + + +
Color Balance + + + - - - -
Selective Color + + + - - - -
Black and White Layer - - - - - + +
Soft Proof + + + + + + +
Edit Red, Green, Blue Channels Individually + + + + + + +
Show Inactive Color Channels + + + + + + +
Selections
Transform Selection + + + + + + +
Select Color Range - - + - - - -
Load Image Luminosity (RGB Channel) + + + + + + +
Load Color Channel Luminosity + + + + + + +
Load Current Path + + + + + + +
Quick Mask Mode + + + + + + +
Quick Mask Overlay Options + + + + + + +
Layers
Rasterize Layer + + + + + + +
Knockout Effect + + + + + + +
Blend Color Channels Individually + + + + + + +
Fill Opacity + + + + + + +
New Layer Style (from scratch) - - - - + + +
Create Layer from Effect + + + + + + +
Align to Layer / Selection + + + + Naturally supported
Distribute Layers + + + +
Group Layers - - - - - + +
Ungroup Layers + + + + - + +
Masks
Reveal / Hide All + + + + + + +
Reveal / Hide Selection + + + + + + +
Disable / Enable Layer Mask + + + + + + +
Refine Mask Edge - - - - - + +
Show / Hide Overlay Color + + + + + + +
Reveal / Hide Smart Filter Smart filters unavailable + +
Filter / Unfilter Selected + +
Disable / Enable Smart Filter Mask + +
Alternative Mask for Smart Filters + +
Vector Mask from Shape / Path + + + + + + +
Disable / Enable Vector Mask + + + + + + +
Rasterize Vector Mask - - - + + + +
Smart Objects
Convert Layer to Flat Smart Object Smart objects unavailable + + +
Create Editable Smart Object - + +
Place as Smart Object - + +
Open as Smart Object - + +
New Object Via Copy - + +
Edit Object's Contents - + +
Export Smart Object's Contents - + +
Replace Smart Object's Contents - + +
Smart Filters
Apply Smart Filters (up to 3 per smart object) Smart filters unavailable + +
Edit Filter Settings + +
Hide / Show Filters Individually + +
Set Filter Blending Options Individually + +
Paths
Create Path from Selection / Shape / Text + + + + + + +
Select Existing Path (up to 3 paths) + + + + + + +
Create Shape from Path + + + + + + +
Fill Path + + + + + + +
Stroke Path + + + + + + +
Load Path as Selection + + + + + + +
Define Clipping Path + + + + + + +
Save Path + + + + + + +
Deselect (Deactivate) Path + + + + + + +
Delete Path + + + + + + +
Text
Toggle Point / Paragraph Mode No "paragraph" mode + + + +
Justify Paragraph + + + +
All Caps / Small Caps + + + + + + +
Anti-aliasing Sharp/Crisp/Strong/Smooth + + + + + + +
Spell Check + + + + + + +
Find and Replace + + + + + + +
Auto Hyphenate Paragraph No "paragraph" mode + + + +
Create Path from Text + + + + + + +
Convert Text to Shape + + + + + + +
Select Language
(for spell check and auto hyphenation)		 dk, nl, en uk, en us, fi,
fr, de, it, no, pt, es, se		 bg, hr, cz, dk, nl, en uk, en us, ee,
fi, fr, de, gr, hu, it, lv, lt, no, pl, pt,
br, ro, ru, sk, si, es, se, tr, ua
Interface
Save / Load Workspace (up to 3 workspaces) - - - - - + +
Create / Clear Guides + + + - + + +
Action Playback Options + + + + + + +
Misc. Utilities
Easy Clipping Mask - - - + + + +
Image/Layer Luminosity Mask + + + + + + +
Vectorizer + + + + + + +
Watermarker - - - + + + +
Total Actions: 98 98 99 99 109 152 152