3D Aurora

3D Aurora is one of several available demo versions of the screensavers developed by Blue Substance.

You will find this screensaver under the 3D Screensavers category, on the Products section of Blue Substance Web Site. 3D Aurora is a Nature style screensaver. It shows a beautiful landscape with a dream sky, where amazing boreal aurora is present. Bright stars join the scene, and low sounds create a very peaceful atmosphere. By default, this screensaver is displayed in a 16:9 screen ratio, but you can change it to full screen later.

The screensaver includes an inside multi-button configuration dialog. This means that you can access this configuration dialog without closing the screensaver, so the changes you make are showed immediately. The buttons on this dialog are: sound on/off, Full Screen, Frame Rate, Center Logo, and Custom Sky Color. This last option is great because it allows you to configure the color of the sky from a RGB color scale, creating an almost infinite palette of options.

Besides this configuration dialog, you can also access another dialog from the display properties dialog of Windows. This other configuration dialog allows you to set the maximum frame rate for the screensaver, enable/disable preview, and select whether you want to force the screensaver to quit on user action or not. This screensaver runs on Windows 98/Me/2000/XP but not on Vista. It requires, as a minimum, a 3D accelerator card with 16 bit color and DirectX 8.1 or higher.

Once you have successfully installed the screensaver in your computer you need to put it to work. To do that, follow the following steps:
1. Click the Start button in Windows.
2. Select Settings.
3. Select Control Panel.
4. Double click the Display icon.
5. Select Screen Saver tab.
6. Select “3D Aurora”.
7. Click either Preview or Settings.