Using palettes
PaintShop Pro contains many palettes that organize information and commands to help you edit your images. Some palettes appear automatically, others appear when you activate certain tools, and some palettes appear only when you choose to open them. You can easily turn a palette on and off by choosing View 
Palettes. Some palettes are available only from specific tabs.
Palettes display information and may contain both controls and command buttons. Like toolbars, palettes can be moved from their default docked position. For more information about customizing palettes, see Customizing toolbars and palettes.
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Lets you set additional brush options when you use a paint brush or any other raster painting tool. This palette is particularly useful when you use a pressure-sensitive tablet or a four-dimensional mouse. For example, you can vary the opacity of a brushstroke by applying pressure with the stylus. Some options also work well with a mouse. |
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Displays a graph of the distribution of red, green, blue, grayscale, hue, saturation, and lightness values in an image. You can analyze the distribution of detail in the shadows, midtones, and highlights to help you decide how to make corrections. |
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Lists the actions taken on the active image; lets you undo and redo adjacent or nonadjacent actions; and lets you create a Quickscript that can be instantly applied to other open images |
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( Manage tab) Displays information about the selected image. It consists of a camera-style display of the settings used to take the photo and a tabbed area that lets you edit and view information, such as tags and ratings, EXIF and IPTC data, and information about location. |
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Provides quick access to thumbnails of preset effects that you can apply to your photos. |
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Lets you view, organize, and adjust settings for image layers |
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Displays information about workflow, tools, and commands to help you complete common tasks quickly and efficiently |
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Lets you choose colors and materials for painting, drawing, filling, and retouching |
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Lets you place and mix pigments to use with the Oil Brush tool and the Palette Knife tool, allowing you to create realistic strokes with oil paints on Art Media layers |
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Displays a thumbnail of the active image; lets you set a zoom level, and displays image information |
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Lets you gather and display photos from various folders so that you can select, edit, e-mail, or print them. You can add, remove, and rename custom trays within the palette to match your workflow. |
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Displays a list of your actions and results when you run scripts |
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Displays settings and controls for the active tool |
To display or hide a palette
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Choose
View Palettes, and click the palette name.
Palettes that are currently displayed are denoted with a check mark
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You can display or hide a floating palette by pressing F2.
To resize a palette
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Drag the corner or edge of a palette.
You can also resize a docked palette by clicking the Minimize palette 
or Maximize palette 
button in the upper-right corner of the palette’s title bar.