The Basics ­ Introducing PaintShop Photo Pro X3 | Try selecting a few different tools and looking at what aspects of their behavior can be modified using the Tool Options palette. Don't worry if it's not clear at this stage what they do or how they work. As you progress through the book, you'll discover how to use them in practice. Right now it's enough to know that, along with the Tools toolbar, the Tool Options palette is one of PaintShop Photo Pro X3's most useful assets. We've already talked about two other palettes ­ the Learning Center and Organizer. PaintShop Photo Pro X3's other palettes include the Layers, Materials, Histogram, and History palettes. The Materials palette is used to select colors, gradients, and patterns for all of the painting and drawing tools. PaintShop Photo Pro X3: Advanced Features Tonal Controls Most of the processes mentioned in the previous section deal with single- button operations that perform a logical, but not always controllable,