As you probably know, Photoshop Elements has not inherited all of the essential features of its bigger brother. Some functions have been removed, while the others just stay hidden. To reveal the missing features the author has recorded several macro commands (actions) in full-versioned Photoshop. The patch works with all versions of Adobe Photoshop Elements.

The patch aims at features that matters to photographers:

- Soft Proof* lets you preview how your image will be processed by the target output device (for example, by your desktop printer).
- 4 masking* commands enabling creating, editing and handling "regular" layer masks (PSE natively supports only adjustment layer masks.)
- Missing selection commands - Transform Selection* and Select Color Range***.
- Missing adjustment** commands - Color Balance, Selective Color, Curves, and Channel Mixer.

*Functions work in any version of Photoshop Elements.
**Functions only work in Photoshop Elements 3 and earlier.
***Function only works in Photoshop Elements 3.

To use a "hidden tool", just double-click its thumbnail in the palette.

In Photoshop Elements 6, the hidden functions are patched automatically during "Animated Intro" installation. In other versions, you run "Show_Tools.exe" patch. After restarting Photoshop Elements you can find new functions in your "Effects" palette (screenshot).

To patch older versions of Photoshop Elements, you run "Show_Tools.exe" (coming to you with the full-versioned video-book). After restarting Elements, the new functions appear in the "Artwork and Effects/Styles and Effects/Effects" palette (animations).