Editing Scanned Music

Once the music has been read by PhotoScore Lite, its interpretation of the first page of the violin part pops up in the main window. Here
you can correct mistakes PhotoScore Lite made when reading the scanned music.

PhotoScore Lite output

The top part of the window (with a buff-colored background) shows you the original page. The Full detail view window at the top
right-hand corner shows a zoomed-in portion of the original page, according to where you point your mouse. Notice that PhotoScore
Lite has a Keypad in the bottom right-hand corner. It is similar in function to the Keypad in Sibelius (but features that are not relevant
to PhotoScore Lite have been omitted).

The large bottom part of the window (with a light gray background) displays the conversion of the scanned music into notation that is
compatible with Sibelius. You can review any errors in the translation of the scanned music here. Correct errors in the scanned music
by comparing the bottom part of the window with the original scan at the top. Notice that the pick-up (upbeat) bar at the start of the part
has dotted red lines above and below the stafF followed by a series of blue notes over the barline. This indicates the number of missing
or extra beats. Since PhotoScore Lite has read the time signature as 4/4 it cannot reconcile incomplete bars such as a pick-up bar.

To make corrections to the scanned music in PhotoScore Lite:

1 Select the Time Signature in the output window (so that it turns light blue).
2 Choose Create > Time Signature to select a different Time Signature for the pick up bar.

Press T to create a new Time Signature.

3 Click Other and select 1/16 from the drop-down list.

4 Enable Invisible (for pick-up and irregular bars) so that PhotoScore Lite hides the Time Signature for the pick-up bar.

Notice how the rest of the bars in the piece turn red and show blue notes over the barlines. To correct this, add a second Time Signature
to the start of the first full bar of the part.
5 Press T again to change the Time Signature.
6 Choose 4/4.
7 Make sure Invisible (for pick-up and irregular bars) is disabled so that you can see the 4/4 Time Signature.
8 Click OK. The mouse pointer turns dark blue, to show that it is “carrying” an object.
9 Click at the start of the first full bar to place the Time Signature there. The red dotted lines disappear.

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Scanning Music