7.5 Color settings

Thanks to this dialog box that can be visualized selecting View -> Color -> Settings, it's possible to change some interesting color parameters for a nice view.

   

7.5.1 Background settings

Background settingsIn the Background tab are present the background controls. Clicking on the Background color box, you can change the background color. As an example, this function is very useful to change the background from black to white in order to print the scene. Changing the Logo gadget, you can activate the superimposition of the VEGA ZZ logo. It can be placed at Top left, Top center, Top right, Center left, Centered, Center right, Bottom left, Bottom center and Bottom right.
If the background color change isn't enough for you, you could use the SkyVision system that applies a 3D landscape to the scene. More in details, it places the scene inside a cube (skybox) with texturized faces and is the same method used in modern 3D video game to render the landscape. By this way, it's clear that six texture files are required for each landscape. They must be placed in the SkyBoxes directory and must be in JPEG format. The resolution of the image could be 128x128, 256x256 and 512x512 pixels. Larger images aren't recommended because they requires a lot of graphic memory and go down the rendering performances. The six files must have a specific name. If the skybox name is landscape,  the file defining the six faces must be: landscape_back.jpg, landscape_bottom.jpg, landscape_front.jpg, landscape_left.jpg, landscape_right.jpg and landscape_top.jpg. The landscape can be adjusted in the scene changing the position (X offset and Y offset) and the orientation (X rotation, Y rotation and Z rotation). When you click the dot buttons, the parameter is reset to default.

   

7.5.2 Atom settings

Atom settingsIn this tab, you can change the color scheme used when you select View -> Color -> By atom in the main menu. It's also possible to change the color of the generic atom labels and of the unknown potential labels (see Labels box). Clicking the Default button, all colors are reported to the default condition.

   

7.5.3 Residue settings

In the Residues tab, you can change the color scheme used when you select View -> Color -> By residue in the main menu. Clicking the Default button, the color scheme is reset to default.

  

7.5.4 Monitor settings

Monitor settingsIn the Monitor tab, you can set the color and the transparency (0 = full transparent, 255 = full opaque) of the monitors shown when you measure angles, distances, torsions and angles between two planes.  Clicking the Default button, the colors and the transparencies are reset to default.