Introduction
Description
ElementsXXL
adds up to 130 powerful features to Photoshop Elements that were previously
only available in Photoshop. These features are available as new
menu items, icons, key shortcuts and dialogs, so they seamlessly integrate into
the user interface of Photoshop Elements. ElementsXXL upgrades Photoshop Elements
with features of Photoshop and bridges the gap between Photoshop Elements and
Photoshop.
Features
-
Up to 130 new features for Photoshop Elements
- Actions,
Scripts, Filters & Adjustment Layers:
- Open and run Photoshop
actions and scripts
- Up to 10 new filters: Curves, Exposure,
Vibrance, Color Balance, Channel Mixer, Black & White,
Selective Color, Sharpen, Sharpen More and Sharpen Edges.
- Up
to 7 new adjustment layers: Curves, Exposure, Vibrance, Color
Balance, Channel Mixer, Black & White
and Selective Color.
- Layer
Features, Smart Objects & Smart
Filtering:
- Many new features, e.g. three new icons, for
the Layers panel
- Opens images as smart objects, creates smart
objects and enables smart filtering
- Use layer groups for additional masking and
better organization
- Use vector masks
- Transparency
feature for layer masks
- Adjust the fill opacity of layers
- Align
layers to a selection or each other and distribute them evenly
- Stamp visible function for creating a duplicated
copy of all layers
- Hide/show multiple layers
- Enhanced 16-bit Image Processing:
- Convert
images from 8-bit to 16-bit per channel and back again
- Quick
Mask Mode lets you create or edit selections with all available filters
and tools, e.g. the brush or gradient tool. (Elements
6 and higher)
- Edit
the channels of a RGB image individually and use them as selections
- New Curves, Channel Mixer and Sharpen filters
- Apply
Image command for blending the image with itself while using an image
channel as a mask
- General Editing:
- Up to 17 new key shortcuts known from Photoshop
- Auto-Align
and Auto-Blend features for recomposing portraits, creating panoramas
and increasing the depth of macro shots
- Edit the channels of a RGB image individually
- Fade and Trim commands like in Photoshop
- Apply
Image command like in Photoshop
- Soft proof option for seeing how your images
looks on a certain device or printer
- New options: e.g. Non-Linear History, Log History
to Metadata, Auto-Update All Documents
- Custom pixel aspect ratio
- Selections:
- Quick Mask Mode for editing selections with
filters and tools, e.g. the brush tool
- Transform
selections
- Create selections from layer masks, layer opacity, luminosity
and image channels
- Text Features:
- Larger Font Preview
- Four new text anti-aliasing types
- Spell
check text layers and use Find & Replace
on them
- Convert text layers to shapes for more creative
freedom
- Adjust text tracking and use paragraph text