Blue Plus Signs Suddenly Appearing
I was working on a score and all of a sudden it's like Musescore 3 has completely changed. First of all, little blue plus signs have appeared over every new note I write, regardless of whether there's a time signature problem. Secondly, previously I could enter notes in a 4/4 bar via keyboard and after four beats it would jump to the next bar, but now it just adds notes to the same bar so it doesn't match the same time signature. I don't remember changing any options, so I'm really confused why it changed behavior so suddenly. I tried turning mark irregular measures off but the problem is still ocurring. Hoping someone knows what's happening!
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Also...I have no idea why the .png is almost pitch black. If you zoom in a lot you can see it...really sorry about that, I haven't used Musescore's screenshot function before.
In reply to Also...I have no idea why… by Compositore
MuseScore by default generates transparent PNGs, some browsers, like Chrome, don't deal well with those. for the PC version of Chrome there are plugins to fix this, but for the mobile versions none exist
Right click the measure check the duration, see: https://musescore.org/en/node/289897
In reply to Right click the measure… by Shoichi
I'm so dumb, just fiddled with it and it turned out I had insert mode on instead of step-time. Now it's back to normal. Thank you for your help though, hope I didn't waste too much of your time.
In reply to I'm so dumb, just fiddled… by Compositore
You're welcome.
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/note-input#insert-notes
Don't hesitate to ask if there are any problems.
There is a "transparent background" checkbox on Preferences / Export / PNG. Use it (turn it off).
(I routinely use Dark mode in my email app, so I need it, too, as does anyone else in dark mode seeing my images).
In reply to There is a "transparent… by [DELETED] 1831606
Not related to dark mode at all
In reply to Not related to dark mode at… by Jojo-Schmitz
Huh? I'm talking about dark mode in my mail app, not MS. In dark mode, where the email (web)app presents a black background, transparent PNG's can't be seen, and nontransparent ones are fine, as expectable. Maybe I wasn't clear enough (as it were).
In reply to Huh? I'm talking about dark… by [DELETED] 1831606
I'm not using dark mode on my mobile nor on my PC and can't see transparent PNGs in Chrome (without those helpers)
In reply to I'm not using dark mode on… by Jojo-Schmitz
I see, but the solution is the same, make 'em not transparent, right?
In reply to I see, but the solution is… by [DELETED] 1831606
Or get one of those helpers if they exist for the app.
In reply to Or get one of those helpers… by Jojo-Schmitz
I think transparent png's are wonderful if you are making them for yourself for use in some pictorial presentation or document or artwork or what-have-you. If you are sending score excerpts to someone else, you have no idea about the background against which they will appear, and transparent doesn't acknowledge that. Both are useful, but I think "not transparent" is a better default, and will cause less confusion and surprise.
In reply to I think transparent png's… by [DELETED] 1831606
almost pitch black might be related to #271074: Image capture with transparent background empty when pasting into Chrome on Windows?
In reply to almost pitch black might be… by Shoichi
Related, yes, only for that there is no option to turn transparency off
In reply to Related, yes, only for that… by Jojo-Schmitz
?? If the checkbox on the Export preferences sheet for PNG transparency isn't that, what is it?
In reply to ?? If the checkbox on the… by [DELETED] 1831606
Copy from clipboard is different from save as PNG, in terms of transparency
In reply to Copy from clipboard is… by Jojo-Schmitz
Are you sure?
I use clipboard copy from the snapshot tool daily, and the result is not transparent.
In reply to ?? If the checkbox on the… by [DELETED] 1831606
Indeed, because as part of a fix for the above mentioned issue it got hard coded to non-transparent
In reply to Copy from clipboard is… by Jojo-Schmitz
Aha. The thread here has been less than transparent, even though now I see through it, its background is solid. Thanks!
In reply to Aha. The thread here has… by [DELETED] 1831606
;-)