Corel PaintShop Pro Help | Using palettes

Using palettes

Corel 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 in specific workspaces.

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.


Palette	Description
Brush Variance	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.
Histogram	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.
History	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
Info palette	(Manage workspace) 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 and people.
Instant Effects	Provides quick access to thumbnails of preset effects that you can apply to your photos.
Layers	Lets you view, organize, and adjust settings for image layers
Learning Center	Displays information about workflow, tools, and commands to help you complete common tasks quickly and efficiently
Materials	Lets you choose colors and materials for painting, drawing, filling, and retouching
Mixer	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
Navigation palette	Lets you find and organize photos
Organizer	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.
Overview	Displays a thumbnail of the active image; lets you set a zoom level, and displays image information
Script Output	Displays a list of your actions and results when you run scripts
Tool Options	Displays settings and controls for the active tool

To display or hide a palette

Edit workspace

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Choose View

Palettes, and click the palette name.

Palettes that are currently displayed are denoted with a check mark

You can display or hide a floating palette by pressing F2.

To resize a palette

Edit workspace

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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.

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