change foreground color
Hi,
I'd like an option to color everything (not specifically colored otherwise) in a color other than black.
including title, subtitles, staff, notes, accidentals, articulations, etc.
In other words - change the default foreground color.
The main reason I personally want it, if someone is interested, is that I don't have black ink in my printer (I kept buying new ones and they always dry out so I gave up on them), so currently I have to printscreen the score, take it to some image processor and change it there, which is annoying.
But I'm sure people would find it beneficial for other reasons too, and that it's not too much coding to make this possible.
Thanks
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Export as a PDF and take it to print.
Select any item and from Inspector set the color you prefer.
In reply to Export as a PDF and take it… by Shoichi
I don't understand.
Is this a walk through? or 2 separate options?
How can the inspector help me after I exported the pdf?
The Export doesn't have a recolor option, nor the acrobat reader for color printing.
I have one tool for this online but it adds watermarks if you use it more than once a week or something.
The inspector can only help me with anything I can select at once. if even possible to recolor all elements, it's still annoying and frustrating.
I also wouldn't want to go through the whole process to make it black again.
So if I miss something, please explain.
If not - I would still like this feature.
In reply to I don't understand. Is this… by eladt86
If you want to print in Black (default color) and your printer doesn't have that ink: Export to PDF, take the file to the copy shop.
But maybe I'm the one who didn't understand.
I think the first line in the previous advice was to go to File / Export to create a PDF, then go to your local print shop and ask them to print it.
But you can change color for just about everything in your score using the second line: Ctrl+A to select all, then in the Inspector, click the color button to select a new one, then hit Change Color. However, you'll see it doesn't really hit everything, just the musical content. You'd have to do clefs etc separately. There is an option in Edit / Prefereces / Advanced to change the foreground color for the UI but I don't think it affects print. So probably what you are doing now is as good as anything, until you bite the bullet and buy a new ink cartridge.
In reply to I think the first line in… by Marc Sabatella
Or until this feature is implemented.. no?
Isn't this what this forum is all about?
Thanks
In reply to Or until this feature is… by eladt86
Sure! There is work going on to give more control over interface colors, for accessibility reasons, but to be honest I don't think anyone has been thinking yet about any similar feature printing.
Sorry... Just curious...
Your color cartridge(s) don't dry out?
(Perhaps you rarely print text, as black is very popular.)
In reply to Sorry... Just curious… by Jm6stringer
on the contrary.. I almost only print text, in black, but every time I don't print anything for a (fairly long) while the black dries out and the color doesn't...
beats me..
I don't understand it either..