Add-ons and Tools for Photoshop Elements
Browse both free and commercial add-ons and other tools for enhancing and extending the features of Photoshop Elements.
How to Use Photoshop Brushes, Styles, Shapes and Other Content in Elements
There are hundreds of Web sites offering free Photoshop brushes, layer style effects, actions, shapes, patterns, gradients, and color swatch sets. All this free content can also be used in Photoshop Elements. Here's what to do with these files to get them working in Elements, along with links to where you can find these free goodies.
There are hundreds of Web sites offering free Photoshop brushes, layer style effects, actions, shapes, patterns, gradients, and color swatch sets. All this free content can also be used in Photoshop Elements. Here's what to do with these files to get them working in Elements, along with links to where you can find these free goodies.
How to Use Photoshop Actions in Photoshop Elements
Some Photoshop Actions can be used in Photoshop Elements, but they are accessed in a different way depending on the version of Photoshop Elements. Here you'll find tools to help you use Photoshop actions within Photoshop Elements, links to help you find Elements-compatible actions, and tips for Photoshop users who want to create actions that will work in Photoshop Elements.
Some Photoshop Actions can be used in Photoshop Elements, but they are accessed in a different way depending on the version of Photoshop Elements. Here you'll find tools to help you use Photoshop actions within Photoshop Elements, links to help you find Elements-compatible actions, and tips for Photoshop users who want to create actions that will work in Photoshop Elements.
Free Layer Mask Tool for Photoshop Elements
Download a free action that will allow you to use layer masks in Photoshop Elements.
Download a free action that will allow you to use layer masks in Photoshop Elements.
ACs Flexible Frame Actions for Photoshop Elements
"This Photoshop Elements frame action set contains actions which can create a variety of frames and mattes for your photographs, in colors of your choosing." US$14.95
"This Photoshop Elements frame action set contains actions which can create a variety of frames and mattes for your photographs, in colors of your choosing." US$14.95
Add-O-Matic for Photoshop Elements 5 or Elements 6
Add-O-Matic is an automatic add-ons installer for Photoshop Elements 5 or 6. (Windows only.)
Add-O-Matic is an automatic add-ons installer for Photoshop Elements 5 or 6. (Windows only.)
Booster Elements (Win)
"BoosterElements works as a plug-in and has been designed to add very important missing functionalities to Adobe Elements, especially curves. It comes as a set of three filters including Curves, Masking and Color Swap effects such as Sepia or many different DuoTones."
"BoosterElements works as a plug-in and has been designed to add very important missing functionalities to Adobe Elements, especially curves. It comes as a set of three filters including Curves, Masking and Color Swap effects such as Sepia or many different DuoTones."
Curvemeister Plugin (Win)
"Curvemeister is a Windows-based Photoshop plugin that extends the power and flexibility of curves and color spaces with a state of the art user interface. The Curvemeister plugin leverages color correction with a a fistful of features aimed at the professional."
"Curvemeister is a Windows-based Photoshop plugin that extends the power and flexibility of curves and color spaces with a state of the art user interface. The Curvemeister plugin leverages color correction with a a fistful of features aimed at the professional."
Earthbound Light's Curves (and Other Goodies) for Photoshop Elements
Free actions that will allow you to use curves, channel mixer, layer masks, and selective color adjustments in Photoshop Elements (version 2 or 3).
Free actions that will allow you to use curves, channel mixer, layer masks, and selective color adjustments in Photoshop Elements (version 2 or 3).
Free Hidden Power Tools - Use Photoshop Actions in Elements
Richard Lynch, author of "The Hidden Power of Photoshop Elements 2" has provided several downloads which add features to Elements and allows Photoshop Actions to be played in Elements. Also includes demos of the Hidden Power tools available in the book.
Richard Lynch, author of "The Hidden Power of Photoshop Elements 2" has provided several downloads which add features to Elements and allows Photoshop Actions to be played in Elements. Also includes demos of the Hidden Power tools available in the book.
Graffishops Action Packs for Elements
Browse and purchase several action pack add-ons for Photoshop Elements.
Browse and purchase several action pack add-ons for Photoshop Elements.
Grant's Free Elements Tools
Alignment tools, plus masks, curves, channels, guides, and more.
Alignment tools, plus masks, curves, channels, guides, and more.
Greeting Card Designer (Win/Mac)
"Greeting Card Designer is a collection of Actions, Tool Presets, Artistic Borders, Templates, Help Files and Images that help you create professional looking Greeting Cards using Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop Elements."
"Greeting Card Designer is a collection of Actions, Tool Presets, Artistic Borders, Templates, Help Files and Images that help you create professional looking Greeting Cards using Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop Elements."
Hidden Power Tools for Photoshop Elements 5
This free Hidden Power tool set will add in 10 useful features: Layer Mask, Channel Mixer, Transform Selection, RGB Channels, and more. Additional Hidden Power tools for Photoshop Elements 5 are available for purchase at the same link.
This free Hidden Power tool set will add in 10 useful features: Layer Mask, Channel Mixer, Transform Selection, RGB Channels, and more. Additional Hidden Power tools for Photoshop Elements 5 are available for purchase at the same link.
Ling's "SnapActions" PE2 Add-On
"SnapActions provides an interface to access and play Elements-compatible Photoshop Actions via the How-To/Recipes palette. It allows you to create menus to organize and play the Actions."
"SnapActions provides an interface to access and play Elements-compatible Photoshop Actions via the How-To/Recipes palette. It allows you to create menus to organize and play the Actions."
PhotoFrame Elements (Win/Mac)
"PhotoFrame Elements is a plug-in for Adobe Photoshop Elements that makes adding the perfect finishing touch to your digital pictures both easy and fun."
"PhotoFrame Elements is a plug-in for Adobe Photoshop Elements that makes adding the perfect finishing touch to your digital pictures both easy and fun."
PhotoKit-EL (Win/Mac)
"The PhotoKit-EL toolkit offers accurate digital replications of traditional darkroom effects such as tone adjustment, color balance adjustment, and conversion to grayscale. But it also offers effects that are difficult or even impossible to achieve in a traditional darkroom, such as sharpening to improve detail and graduated tone adjustments to improve specific areas in an image."
"The PhotoKit-EL toolkit offers accurate digital replications of traditional darkroom effects such as tone adjustment, color balance adjustment, and conversion to grayscale. But it also offers effects that are difficult or even impossible to achieve in a traditional darkroom, such as sharpening to improve detail and graduated tone adjustments to improve specific areas in an image."
ShutterFreaks Photoshop Elements Actions
Purchase a variety of actions for Photoshop Elements.
Purchase a variety of actions for Photoshop Elements.
SmartCurve (Win)
"Photoshop Elements offers in opposite to its professional version no curves command. That's a pitty, because curves are a valuable tool for image editing. To remedy this shortcoming this site offers the plugin SmartCurve to upgrade this ability. Of course this plugin can be used from all programs which can integrate Photoshop plugins." Freeware
"Photoshop Elements offers in opposite to its professional version no curves command. That's a pitty, because curves are a valuable tool for image editing. To remedy this shortcoming this site offers the plugin SmartCurve to upgrade this ability. Of course this plugin can be used from all programs which can integrate Photoshop plugins." Freeware
How To Run Photoshop Actions in Photoshop Elements 3, 2 and 1
Richard Lynch's detailed instructions on how to run actions in the Effects palette of Photoshop Elements 1, 2, and 3. Also offers troubleshooting tips for getting actions to work in Elements.
Richard Lynch's detailed instructions on how to run actions in the Effects palette of Photoshop Elements 1, 2, and 3. Also offers troubleshooting tips for getting actions to work in Elements.