ElementsXXL works under MacOS X 10.9 and higher.

It requires the following application to be installed:

• Adobe Photoshop Elements (Version 11 to 2022)

All menu items and most dialogs of ElementsXXL are localized to the language of Photoshop Elements. The options of the ElementsXXL Preferences dialog and some messages are displayed in English or German.

Feature/Version Table

Here is an overview of which features of ElementsXXL are available in which version of Photoshop Elements:

		Photoshop Elements Version
Feature		11	12	13	14	15	2018	2019	2020-22
Run Photoshop actions (3)
Run Photoshop scripts (2)
Black & White filter
Exposure filter
Vibrance filter
Curves filter
Channel Mixer filter
Color Balance filter
Selective Color filter
Sharpen filters (3)
Black & White adjust. layer
Exposure adjustment layer
Vibrance adjustment layer
Curves adjustment layer
Channel Mixer adjust. layer
Color Balance adjust. layer
Selective Color adjust. layer
Editing these adjustment layers
New Icons & Buttons		6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
New Key Shortcuts		21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Browse in Organizer
Convert to 16-bit/channel
Channels (8)
Fade
Auto-Align/Auto-Blend Layers (2)
Trim
Apply Image
Preference Options (e.g. Large Font Preview) (6)
History Options (3)
Soft Proof (2)
Custom Pixel Aspect Ratio
Smart objects (6) *3
Smart filtering (7)
Number of smart filters		101	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Layer masks (1)
Vector masks (5)
Fill Opacity
Layer Groups (2)
Hide/Show Layers
Align Layers (6)
Distribute Layers (6)
Stamp Visible
Quick Mask Mode (2)
Selection from mask, opacity, channels (6)
New text anti-aliasing types (3)
Text Tracking
Paragraph Text
Spell check text layer
Find and Replace text
Convert text to shape
Total Number of Features		130	130	130	130	127	127	127	127

= works on images with 8-bit and 16-bit/channel (if applicable)
= works only on images with 8-bit/channel
= already built into Photoshop Elements
= not available