Colors, Textures and Backgrounds

Command Location: Score Menu / Score Options / Color Tab

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

• Colors of the various components of the score (eg note and cursor colors).
• Add texture and quality to your score manuscript using score textures which color 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.

Colors

To change the default color of an item, simply select the item in the list, click on the ‘Modify’ button, and choose a new color from the Color palette. Then click ‘OK’, and either ‘Apply’ or ‘OK’ in the Color 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 color, 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 color, 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 colors, and place a copy in the appropriate resource folder inside the application's "Resources" folder Files, usually found in the active user 'Documents' folder, in the "Rallentando Software\MidiIllustrator..." sub-folder.