Exporting score in proper format for publishing
I self published a book four years ago and was very pleased with the result. Now I’d like to publish a book of recital pieces which have been popular on my blog. But I need to be able to paste the score pages as graphics. Everything I’ve tried ... with a png or jpeg gives horribly blurred staff lines. My PDF files print beautifully but can’t be used in a book page. Is there a solution?
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Use SVG then
In reply to Use SVG then by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks for the speedy response. Alas, the SVG was the last of my test runs and although it's better than the png, it still shows very blurry staff lines. I'm thinking about just scanning the sheets, which print out beautifully.
In reply to Thanks for the speedy… by Nikki Ty
I don't see anything blurry there
In reply to I don't see anything blurry… by Jojo-Schmitz
That’s good. It may be my eagle eyes since I work with graphic design, counting each pixel. So I’ll create a couple of pages and download from the book manuscript. If it’s clean, I’ll stop fussing. Thanks so much!
In reply to That’s good. It may be my… by Nikki Ty
If you like the PDF results, then use a third party capture took to get images from the PDF rather than MuseScore's built in image capture tool.
In reply to If you like the PDF results,… by mike320
I've tried that with my trusty "snipping tool". And you're quite right, the image comes out clean and nice. The only problem is that the PDF file for some weird reason gives a 100% size which is too large for my 8.5 by 11 format. Or the only other option is a 75% which fits nowhere. Perhaps if I use "bleed" choice for the Template, I can work around it. I think at this point I have to tinker with the Kindle format. Thanks for your help!
In reply to That’s good. It may be my… by Nikki Ty
What software are you using to create the book?
In reply to What software are you using… by Ziya Mete Demircan
I'm using Apache Open Office ... which gave beautiful results for a previous book, which included many photos and illustrations. Create Space has now joined Kindle, but the process appears to be unchanged. They do recommend Word. I know I'll have to treat each score page as a graphic. I'll check further. Thanks!
In reply to Thanks for the speedy… by Nikki Ty
I agree, the staff lines are blurry, by graphics/publishing standards. I just opened a pdf with a nice horizontal line, and captured a png of the page using the Adobe Acrobat Reader DC built-in "Edit>Take a Snapshot" command. Got a nice clean line. I tried also with the Microsoft Windows Alt-PrintScreen to capture the image off the screen, and got a blurry line. Maybe the Adobe built-in stuff takes more care to do a better job. Maybe my one experiment was lucky. You could try that.
In reply to I agree, the staff lines are… by MikeN
Whooopeeee! The built-in "take a Snapshot" worked like a charm. After chasing that maddening little blue box all over the place, I hit on "select all" and got the properly truncated score. Perfect! And it fits my template exactly with beautiful resolution! I'm so delighted I turned a cartwheel and nearly knocked myself out. You've saved me endless frustrating hours. Thank YOU! Merci Beaucoup, Shukriya and Mahalo ( I've run out of languages here.)
Did you check the resolution in Edit / Preferences / Export? Make sure it's 300 or better. Also, don't judge the quality of lines by how they look on screen, much software uses anti-aliasing of some kind to avoid artifacts and this can cause the results to look rather different from the print.
In reply to Did you check the resolution… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks. I just checked the resolution and it is the standard 300. I also note that the PDF file is beautifully clean, but the MuseScore page is not early as sharp. However I'll be working from the PDF. I think I'll contact Create Space/Kindle after I get a few pages up and ready and see if I can get some help before committing myself to 150 pages of music! Good to know that there's anti-aliasing out there to help.
In reply to Thanks. I just checked the… by Nikki Ty
What is "the MuseScore page"?
Export as SVG, it won't get sharper and crispier than that, Pdf is no different there though, it too is vectorized and not pixel based as png
In reply to What is "the MuseScore page"… by Jojo-Schmitz
Sorry. I was referring to the basic score which I create on your terrific site. I shouldn't have usurped the name!
In reply to Sorry. I was referring to… by Nikki Ty
Which also uses SVG ;-)
Solution has been found. Thank you all so very much for your inputs. I am touched by your help ... I learned something from every one of you. Mahalo and Thanks ...