image editing

The SmartScore image editor

SmartScore has it's own graphics editor where you can preview and edit your scans before sending them off for recognition. The Image Editor contains numerous tools and image editing functions and this chapter will sho you how to optimize your scanned or imported PDF files prior to music recognition.

Use SmartScore’s Image Editor to check your scanned pages prior to Recognition… Are system brackets broken by punch holes? Are your scanned pages crooked? Do you see large area of black along the left margin? Does the music appear like “salt & pepper” when you zoom into the image? These are some of the problems that can negatively impact accuracy during recognition. Fortunately, you can fix most of these and other issues in the Image Editor without having to rescan your music.

This chapter will show you the editing tools included in the image editor and give tips for optimizing your scanned pages.

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There are several ways to open the SmartScore image editor.

In the start window, click the Image Editor button (see above). The start window appears immediately after the program starts or can always be or with the keyboard command

can be called.

Simply select a supported image file (*.tif, *.tiff, *.pdf, *.bmp) and open it. To do this, call up the menu command or press

After scanning sheet music or importing PDF sheet music, you can choose whether the sheet music should be recognized or whether it should first be opened in the image editor. So at this point click on the Open in image editor button .

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Reviewing and/or editing scanned or imported sheet music templates can help significantly improve the quality of sheet music recognition. That's why you should always open your graphic sheet music in the image editor before starting the recognition process.

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