How Do I Enhance Black and White Images in Elements 4.0?

On PhototshopTV, I saw a tip for enhancing B&W in PhotoShop CS: Select Layer-New Adjustment layer-Channel Mixer; click the Monochrome box; change values to: Red +74, Green +26, Blue +48, Contrast -12.
I don't see Channel Mixer in Elements 4.0.
Is there a way to do this in Elements 4.0, please?
Thanks, Lance Warley
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Lance,
The absence of Channel Mixer adjustment layers is an intentional design decision -- one of the differentiating features between the consumer-level Elements and the pro-level CS.
There have been posts, here, intimating that Richard Lynch, the author of "Hidden Power of Photoshop Elements" for versions 1-3, is said to be working on stuff for v4, which may include a Channel Mixer tool -- but that is still in the future.
Byron

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