Watermarks
... by which I mean a faint image behind the printed score. I'm sometimes asked to produce a fair copy of a single-page score which can be framed and presented to somebody. I like to print the score over a faint image, maybe of flowers or a landscape, maybe a violin, etc., depending on circumstances.
Once I have found the image I want, is there a way to do this in MuseScore?
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Add an image, see: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/images#add-image
Watermarks currently not planned, but there are external software...
In reply to Add an image, see: https:/… by Shoichi
well don't bogart. What is it!
See:
https://musescore.org/en/node/285487#comment-901224
In Edit >Preferences >Canvas you can set your paper colour or a background image.
In reply to In Edit >Preferences >Canvas… by underquark
Yes, that seems to work. All I've got to do now is work out how to control the size of the image.
In reply to Yes, that seems to work. … by jandtgeen1
Scale to frame size?
(On the image adapted by Inspector does not work undo, use the reset to style default button in Inspector)
In reply to Yes, that seems to work. … by jandtgeen1
Actually, it doesn't work, because although it looks great on the screen, the wallpaper doesn't print. Not even if you save it as a PDF.
In reply to Actually, it doesn't work,… by jandtgeen1
Sorry, that was in reply to 'underquark'. And I'm talking about a whole-page size image, so 'Scale to Frame Size' doesn't really apply.
It looks like I'm going to have to carry on as before - print the background image first, then put the sheet through the printer again to print the score.
In reply to Sorry, that was in reply to … by jandtgeen1
;-) You're gonna have to work on the image a little bit, whatever it is...
In reply to ;-) You're gonna have to… by Shoichi
hey , how did you do that , teach us.
I like to print the score over a faint image, maybe of flowers or a landscape, maybe a violin, etc., depending on circumstances.
You mean like this?
Also see:
https://musescore.org/en/node/285487#comment-901224
Here's the score:
My old Kentucky home.mscz
In reply to I like to print the score… by Jm6stringer
"Len-tuck-y"?
In reply to "Len-tuck-y"? by Jojo-Schmitz
Len is Ken's brother 😜
In reply to "Len-tuck-y"? by Jojo-Schmitz
Ha!... My bad!
Score was hastily cobbled together from my Wikifonia archive for the forum post. I didn't bother to proofread!
(Wikifonia was definitely not as stringent as the OpenScore project.)
Regards :-)
In reply to Ha!... My bad! Score was… by Jm6stringer
EDIT:
Uh-oh!!… On second thought... :-(
Those lyrics could probably use a (politically correct) re-write into present day Newspeak.
Regards
In reply to Uh-oh!!… On second thought… by Jm6stringer
And the watermark shows a house in Idaho, not Kentucky. I''m sad that there isn't a “print background” option.
In reply to And the watermark shows a… by underquark
Idaho? I thought that house was in Iowa.
In reply to Idaho? I thought that house… by mike320
To Shoichi and Jm6stringer: yes, that's what I'm trying to do, so how do I do it? (Words of one syll a bull please).
In reply to To Shoichi and Jm6stringer: … by jandtgeen1
See: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/images
In my example, I right-click on the title frame, select Add→Picture, then pick my image from the file selector.
[Earlier you wrote: I'm going to have to carry on as before - print the background image first, then put the sheet through the printer again to print the score.
Well, that's the background image you add to the frame.]
See: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/images#Modify-image
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See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/automatic-placement#stacking-order
which states: "Stacking order controls the order in which they are placed on top of each other. The element with the lower value will be placed behind."
Regards.
P.S. (As you have already discovered, using wallpaper looks good but doesn't print.)
In reply to Idaho? I thought that house… by mike320
mike320 - Iowa, yes, thanks for spotting my mistake. The fork must have reminded me of potatoes.
In reply to mike 320 - Iowa, yes. I… by underquark
I was thinking a bottle of Jack would be the most appropriate water mark. 😁
In reply to I was thinking a bottle of… by mike320
Hmm...
Musicians... critics...
comedians... dipsomaniacs...
(you know which you are)
My kind of crowd... ;-)
In reply to Hmm... Musicians... … by Jm6stringer
Learned a new word today ;-)
In reply to Learned a new word today ;-) by Jojo-Schmitz
Which one... musician?
ROFL!!
In reply to And the watermark shows a… by underquark
Sheesh... Everyone's an armchair critic... ;-)
In reply to Sheesh... Everyone's an… by Jm6stringer
Great. I'll play around with that. I presume the image can be bigger than the frame it's in?
In reply to Great. I'll play around… by jandtgeen1
Yes...
When you double click the image and drag the handles to modify its height/width, the image can grow bigger than the frame it's attached to.
It can even be made larger than the sheet of paper upon which the score is written. The excess, of course, will not be seen or printed.
In reply to Yes... When you double click… by Jm6stringer
About Watermarks...exploit a bug?
Add an image or text and anchor it on another page?
In reply to About Watermarks...exploit a… by Shoichi
criminal energy ;-)
In reply to criminal energy ;-) by Jojo-Schmitz
or judo technique ;-)