Colours, Textures and Backgrounds

Command Location: Score Menu / Score Options / Colour Tab

The Colours, Textures and Backgrounds tab allows you to change the following score attributes:

• Colours of the various components of the score (eg note and cursor colours).
• Add texture and quality to your score manuscript using score textures which colour the page beneath the notation.  The 'texture' bitmap used to texture the score page when viewing and printing scores.  Several textures are supplied with MidiIllustrator in the 'resources' folder.
• Custom score backgrounds allow you to add a personal feel to your MidiIllustrator working environment.  The 'background' bitmap used to fill the background behind the score document when zoomed out in Page View.  Several backgrounds are supplied with MidiIllustrator in the 'resources' folder.

Colours

To change the default colour of an item, simply select the item in the list, click on the ‘Modify’ button, and choose a new colour from the Colour palette. Then click ‘OK’, and either ‘Apply’ or ‘OK’ in the Colour tab for the changes to take effect on the score.

Textures

To change the page texture of a score, simply select 'Page' in the list, click on the ‘Choose Texture’ button, and choose a new bitmap from your hard disk.  To remove a texture and use the default plain colour, click the 'Clear Texture' button.

Backgrounds

To change the background of a score, simply select 'Background'  in the list, click on the ‘Choose Texture’ button, and choose a new bitmap from your hard disk.  To remove a background and use the default plain colour, click the 'Clear Texture' button.

Make Your Own Textures and Backgrounds

You can create your own image files for use as MidiIllustrator textures.  Simply create a Windows bitmap file with no more than 256 colours, and place a copy in the appropriate resource folder inside the application's "Resources" folder (application folders are found in the application directory where you installed MidiIllustrator, usually "C:\Program Files\Rallentando Software\MidiIllustrator...").