Templates not loading pictures
Hi all,
for my band i have made some templates. these contain paper size, fonts and a band logo. now when i create a new score i can select the template from the menu. but after selecting it it is not the way i wanted it to be.
here's the template i made
My_Template.mscz
the logo is saved in a folder known by musescore (edit > preferences > images)
I also noticed that when selecting the template the preview is already different:
Is this a bug or ...??
thanks in advance
Martijn
Comments
That template file containing a MuseScore logo, is that what you intend?
Whether or not any intended logo is sitting somewhere on your disk is irrelevant (to mscz files) as Images are stored inside the mscz (this would be different from mszx files).
But it may well be that These are not taked when creeating a score from such a template, not sure whether that'd be a bug or by design
In reply to That template file containing by Jojo-Schmitz
Hi Jojo,
in this example i added the musescore logo yes. eventually it will be the band logo but thought for the example the musescore logo would be nice :-) .
But it seems like it's not using the template at all. as even the page settings and fonts are gone.
In reply to Hi Jojo, in this example i by Martijn@mbedit.nl
It won't use the fonts their offsets, alignments and sizes, if changed individually, but the text styles, and those only.
And yes, it won't pick up the Image. As said, not sure whether that is a bug, I think it is by design
In reply to It won't use the fonts their by Jojo-Schmitz
okay, clear but a pitty.
In reply to okay, clear but a pitty. by Martijn@mbedit.nl
Images may not make any sense, when e.g. attached to some note or rest, or some additional frame, as those won't exist in the new score, so there's nothing to attach them to.
Only in the particular case where an Image got added to the Initial Frame, it might make sense to add it to the score, but even there only when on score creation also an initial frame gets created (i.e. when a title, subtitle, composer and/or lyricist got entered in the wizard).
Might be worth a Feature request
In reply to Images may not make any by Jojo-Schmitz
to me they would make sense,
after all that is what a template is used for right? you make a preset of something you like and reuse it in future scores. so a band or producer logo. your house style (fonts, sizes, spacings etc) that's what make the scores your own.
so yes i would like to see this as a feature request. (also for the parts pls)
In reply to to me they would make by Martijn@mbedit.nl
Fonts sizes and spacigns is what templates do already, if those are set in the text styles of the template. It is only Images that it does not (and in many cases can't, see above).
And it won't take on any texts you manually changed, as none of these texts are taken anyway.
In reply to to me they would make by Martijn@mbedit.nl
Consider: you don't want the *notes* of the score you are using as a template preserved, do you? Or the time or key signature. Or the tempo markings, the repeat signs, the chord symbols, etc. Just the basic structure, not the *content*.
The only question is whether an image counts as structure or content. Some might be intended to be structure, others content, but there is no way for MuseScore to know the difference.
In reply to Consider: you don't want the by Marc Sabatella
Hi Marc,
indeed i do not want the notes entered. When i made the templates i though of the instruments that i always have, the way my scores should look like. the logo of the band in the header the content of the footers the metadata stuff that you otherwise would have to enter each time you make a new score.
for example the page layout/size (Marching book size 1 or 2) font size etc.
in what key the score will be is less relevant as that will change and is a simple change.
So in short yes the basic structure and to me that includes logo's, fonts and page sizes
Gr Martijn
In reply to Consider: you don't want the by Marc Sabatella
I think an imige in the title fraem should be kept/copied into the score. It is easier deleted than added again. Al other images should not copy (and can't), as their anchor simply doesn't exist in the new and otherwise empty score.
In reply to I think an imige in the title by Jojo-Schmitz
Filed in the issue tracker now: #238856: Images from templates should propagate to scores created from those templates