Input to Musescore from score image
Hi,
I'm told that there is a feature on Musescore 3 which allows input to Musescore from an image file (png or pdf?) of an existing music score. Is this true - would be very useful? If so, how do I access it?
Thanks,
Andy
Comments
Well, there is File / Import PDF. It is experimental and I wouldn't get your hopes up to much. There are commercial programs that can attempt to convert to PDF to MusicXML also and you can try one of them if you like. In the end, it's usually faster / easier / more accurate to enter music by hand.
In reply to Well, there is File / Import… by Marc Sabatella
To be honest I've not understood that
In reply to To be honest I've not… by rodgersmaigha
Which part? How to use File / Import PDF, or why this and similar utilities tend to produce scores that take longer to fix than to enter by hand, or how to enter scores by hand, or something else?
I would only attempt import PDF on a simple one instrument score. Simple piano pieces may work, but anything with multiple rhythms in one hand will probably fail.
If you desire is to have to do nothing but import the file and use it as is so you don't need to learn the program, then that's not very likely. You will need to learn to use the program. I suggest you wait until next week when 3.1 is released and learn on that. It has great features and a bunch of bugs fixed from earlier 3.0 releases.
In reply to I would only attempt import… by mike320
Thanks for your comments. I am already using Musescore3 quite a lot. Just doing manual entry. I appreciate any automatic entry is bound to be limited and inaccurate. But I was hoping that 'cleaning up' the result of automatic input would be quicker than total manual entry.
In reply to Thanks for your comments. I… by andymcw
I see. I had no idea of your motivation for doing this. Give it a try, then decide if its faster to fix it or manually enter it.
In reply to I would only attempt import… by mike320
Thank God. Harp glisses and any fast tuplet rhythm would screw it all up.