Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0

Photoshop Elements 4 for PC was released by Adobe in the fall of 2005 and was followed in the spring of 2006 with a release of Elements 4 for Mac. The Hidden Power of Photoshop Elements 4 was the first book released for Elements 4 that covers Mac and PC.

As with the previous edition of Elements, Adobe chose to disable some of the 'hidden' functions and features along with making some improvements to the program. Some of the more important additions and disabled are listed below and disabled :

Additions:

Magic Selection Brush
Skin Tone Adjustment Tool
Straighten Tool
Magic Extractor
WYSIWYG Font Menus
Auto Red-eye Removal
DNG Support
Online Printing
Browse Multiple File Types
Find By Metadata
Saved Searches

Plus enhancements to:
Full Screen Custom Slide Show
Advanced Camera RAW
Color Management Options
Advanced Noise Reduction
Quick Fix

Disabled*:

Curves
Color balance
Guides
Channel Mixer
Selective Color

*These hidden features were disabled, but Hidden Power tools for Elements 4 includes solutions for all of these that you will find nowhere else.