How to change the shade of blue for F notes
I have a plugin called HARP > color notes by pedal
The blue is such a dark shade that it does not show up well on the music. Is there a way to lighten it a bit? Thanks!
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Select the note and look in the inspector (press F8 if it's not open). Near the top you will see a large rectangle the color of your note. You can adjust the color to one of your liking. You will see the HTML number for the color in the box. You can then open the plugin using the Plugin editor and change the number in the plugin to the HTML number for the color you like.
Alternatively, you can right click the note use select>more... and check the appropriate boxes for the note you want to change colors on and change the color of every occurrence of that note at once using the inspector.
In reply to Select the note and look in… by mike320
Thanks for the quick reply!
But I don't see a color number in the box once I change the color (or even before I change the number).
Also I don't have a plugin editor. I have a plugins manager and a plugins creator but neither of them have a place to add a number even if I did have it.
In reply to Select the note and look in… by mike320
I just figured out how to the the Hex # (I did it on Pages program) but now I need to plug it in...
In reply to I just figured out how to… by smilingharp@gm…
Open that plugin with some plain text editor like Wordpad or Notepad++ or with the built-in plugin creator.
In reply to I just figured out how to… by smilingharp@gm…
Sorry, I didn't look at the program, the Plugins editor is actually called the Plugins creator. For anyone else looking at this, the HTML# in MuseScore is at the bottom middle of the Color selector dialog that opens when you click the colored (or black) rectangle.
In reply to Sorry, I didn't look at the… by mike320
I don't see the HTML# in the color selector. Is this the color selector?
In reply to I don't see the HTML# in the… by smilingharp@gm…
That image is just white
In reply to I don't see the HTML# in the… by smilingharp@gm…
The color selector is the box that opens when you click the blue rectangle.
In reply to The color selector is the… by mike320
It doesn't on mine, but no worries about that; I got the color number by using the Pages program. At this point ll I need is a place to put that colors number. You're getting me closer, mike320! :-)
In reply to It doesn't on mine, but no… by smilingharp@gm…
You're not doing something right.
In reply to You're not doing something… by mike320
That's for sure! :-)
In reply to You're not doing something… by mike320
The program is acting wacky too; every time I open the color wheel it gets bigger; now I can't even see the bottom, or even shrink the box.
In reply to The program is acting wacky… by smilingharp@gm…
I am a Windows user too, so I don't know exactly how a Mac works, but it seems you have five tabs at the top of your colour wheel window. Maybe you can try to see what settings are located in the other tabs. You just might find the readout with the HTML colour and the other info that we see on Windows in edit boxes and spin edits ;-)
In reply to You're not doing something… by mike320
I closed the program and re-opened it and at least it's doing the color wheel back in the way it is supposed to be...
My MAC version is 10.12.6
In reply to I closed the program and re… by smilingharp@gm…
I was referring to the MuseScore version. Version 2.0.3 had a problem with the color selector growing like in your picture and it was fixed. Are you getting the color wheel by (left) clicking one time on that blue rectangle in the last picture? MuseScore has its own utility to change colors of items, there is no need to go to Mac specific tools for this.
In reply to I was referring to the… by mike320
Oh, ok. I have MuseScore 2.3.2
Yes I got that color wheel by clicking one time on the rectangle. Then no HTML# on that screen. But I can get the color number out of Pages. If I can just find a place to plug in that number.... I'm sure it's just ONE little step that will get me there... let's see...
In reply to Oh, ok. I have MuseScore 2… by smilingharp@gm…
Please humor me for a little diversion. Does changing the color on the color wheel change the color of the note head? As far as where to put the number, use the instructions that should be the last post in this thread.
In reply to Please humor me for a little… by mike320
No it doesn't change the color of the note head.
In reply to No it doesn't change the… by smilingharp@gm…
Then you are using the wrong tool. When you click the rectangle you aren't holding any other key down? Just using your right hand and one click? I wonder if ctrl+click would bring up MuseScores color selector. ctrl+click is what Mac users do when Windows users right click. Right click brings up the same color selector for my on my PC. You happen to be dealing with two windows users at the moment, so I for one don't know what might be going on with your mac.
In reply to I was referring to the… by mike320
There have been at least two reports of Color Selectors growing on Macs using version 2.3.2. Here is one of the other reports.
Also, in previous version Mac had a color selector that looked like this
In reply to I closed the program and re… by smilingharp@gm…
Strange, guess that dialog (wich IIRC is taken directly from Qt) just looks different on Mac than on Windows?
In reply to Strange, guess that dialog … by Jojo-Schmitz
Qt uses the native one.
In reply to It doesn't on mine, but no… by smilingharp@gm…
Your not getting this?
![color-picker.png]( "color-picker.png")
In reply to Your not getting this?… by Jojo-Schmitz
No, I'm getting this - it's getting worse - practically off the computer screen!
In reply to No, I'm getting this - it's… by smilingharp@gm…
You're on a Mac. Are you using version 2.0.3?
In reply to Sorry, I didn't look at the… by mike320
This is what I see when I open the Plugins Creator and open the file at the upper left and then highlight "notepads" on the right:
In reply to This is what I see when I… by smilingharp@gm…
And this is entirely unrelated and border line to spam
In reply to This is what I see when I… by smilingharp@gm…
In the Plugins creator, when you select open you should get a list of plugins that you have installed. Select the plugin you installed that you are trying to change so All of the F's will have a different color. Since I'm not looking at the code for the plugin you want to edit, I suggest that you make note of the HTML color number of the note you want to change. You can look for this number in the Plugin and replace it with the correct number once you figure out how to open the color selector (The title bar in English says "Select Color")