To open scanned files with SmartScore Lite
- Scan
one page at 300 dpi (dots per inch), producing a grayscale or black and
white (line art) TIFF file. See your scanner documentation for
details. See to
prepare a scanned TIFF file for tips.
- In
Finale, click on the File menu, and choose SmartScore Scanning Lite.
The SmartScore Lite 3.0 box appears.
- Click
Add Files to List. The Open dialog appears where you can choose
the scanned file you want to translate.
- Navigate
to your TIFF file and double-click on it. The file name of the
file you chose will appear in the file list.
- Repeat
the last two steps to add more files to the list. Or, choose several files
at once in the Open dialog box if there are several files you want to
convert.
- Click
Begin Recognition. Finale transcribes the scanned file and opens
the new file. If you encounter problems, please double-check the limitations
listed above.
- Save
the file with a new name. If the score continues for more pages,
import each page, then copy and insert each file into one file. You can
also use this technique to insert scanned music into your own template.
See To
combine two files.
- Make
any desired edits. Because scanning is not a perfect science, you
will need to proofread the score and correct for missing notes, ties
or dots.
- Convert
slurs to ties, where needed. SmartScore will attempt to convert
ties based on context (Are the two slurred notes the same pitch?) but
may occasionally guess incorrectly and insert a slur. Although slurs and
ties are graphically the same; slurs and ties are different musically.
Remove the incorrect slurs with the Smart Shape tools. See To move, reshape, or delete a note-attached
slur. Add the ties with the Simple or Speedy Entry tools.
- In
files with more than one staff, fix the key signatures, if needed.
All staves will be set to Independent Key Signatures, which causes the
Key Signature tool to change the key individually for each staff. You
can remove the Independent Key Signatures in the Staff Attributes dialog box. Make sure you set the
proper transposition for any transposing staves if you decide to use this
fix.
