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jpeg file to noteworthy

Someone is sending me a file of 68 pages of music in a
jpeg file. If I have the pages printed out, I could then
enter the notes one by one. Is there a way of directly
transfering the jpeg file into a noteworthy file? Probably
some editing may be necessary. Would a scanner allow one
to copy music from scores into noteworthy composer files?
I already have two websites both featuring music made by
Noteworthy Composer
http://www.dreamwater.org/music/operaurpo
http://www.geocities.com/operaurpo

Re: jpeg file to noteworthy

Reply #1 –
There have been a number of discussions on this forum about programs that allow you to convert images to NWC (or at least MIDI). There are none in the recent activity, but if you hunt around in the archives, you'll probably find something.

The short answer is, the one program that was mentioned that was shareware at one time no longer is. All the rest are 100's of dollars, and people have reported rather poor results. Still, maybe some people have better news since this was last discussed - I would be interested too, if anyone has any more news.

Robin

Re: jpeg file to noteworthy

Reply #2 –
Well, first of all if you decide to use a software to get midi from pictures, you do not need to print them and scan them later !! Any good picture-program can be used to make a correct bitmap format(BMP, TIFF or GIF file, depending on the soft you'll use).

If the music is not a new one, then you may find it already done on the net; it's always to good to perform some search prior to starting such a work.

As Robin just wrote, it's a long discussion and no software produces satisfactory results.
I used MidiScan for that purpose, and it was not too bad; though it's a bit expensive, and the GUI is really not as smart and efficient as NWC's one. In Midiscan i was just correcting time signature and then export it to midi, and did all the rest of the work in NWC.

Other softwares were mentioned in https://forum.noteworthycomposer.com/?topic=842, https://forum.noteworthycomposer.com/?topic=391 and https://forum.noteworthycomposer.com/?topic=496.

I do not recomend any of them (nor midiscan).

NWC is quick enough to enter the notes. If you're a piano player and have a midi keyboard, then it's still quicker. But entering the notes/elements of staves directly with PC keyboard (let the mouse alone, there are quick keys for each action and it's worth the (tiny) effort learning them) is my preferred way.

HTH,
Marsu, happy reg'd user

Re: jpeg file to noteworthy

Reply #3 –
I have tried a number of music OCR programs,including the one that comes built into Finale. In short, they don't work.

In fact, the results have so many errors, that it is easier to just enter the notes manually.

I worked with one manufacture, exchanging many, many emails, experimenting with all sorts of settings. It just does not work.

They suggested the pages I tried to scan were too small a staff size, no... I tried this with standard piano music, and other published sheet music.

So for now, I and just advise, do not waste either your time nor your money.

I have found the best way to email sheet music is to use Adobe. I "print" from Noteworthy to the Distiller, and set it to "embed fonts" in the preferences. The resulting pdf file can be further compressed with Winzip, on the order of 50% or so.

Just tonight, I sent out a four per part quartet... 16 pages of sheet music, zipped, at around 400K file size. And the recipient will be able to open it in the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader, and print it, getting clear readable sheet music. Cool!
 

Re: jpeg file to noteworthy

Reply #4 –
Sending the file via the NW browser would be even easier, but requires some HTML knowledge. Perhaps some kind soul could write a packager so that when the package is opened it displays an HTML page with the accompanying files (in a drop-down menu perhaps) and lets you print them.