MuseScore 4 Camera - Image Capture
Where is the image capture feature in MuseScore 4?
I use MuseScore to create a lot of worksheets for my students and image capture is vital to creating the worksheets.
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It is gone, not (yet re)implemented again, but will come back in a later release
In reply to It is gone, not (yet re… by Jojo-Schmitz
As a teacher this was one of the most useful things musescore had. I hope it coems back sooner rather than later.
The alternative for now is to take a screen shot and edit it in some kind of photo software. Paint in Windows, of example.
and it is still possible to export a score to PNG image, that could well serve as another workaround.
Windows users can try Win+Shift+s to fire up the integrated snipping tool
Oh NO! I used this ALL the time..........
In reply to Oh NO! I used this ALL the… by ljtflute
Me too!!!!!! The Windows snipping tool is fine but almost impossible to get the same size box. If you don't, when pasting into another app, things don't align as smoothly. The camera tool is just more efficient in that regard.
The importance of the camera tool in Musescore is such that I may have to revert to Musescore 3 until the camera tool returns. That's a bummer I really like Musescore4.
Just putting my two-penny comment, this is a crucial feature for my needs.
See #334216: No more IMAGE CAPTURE?
To be clear, every OS comes with a built-in screenshot tool that provides the same basic functionality (drag to create a region, click to capture an image), and there are also tons of free third-party alternatives. The facility in MuseScore 3 was nice and had some interesting features, but still, it's still extremely simple to create screenshots using the tools already on your computer, and as mentioned, you can also install others if for some reason the built-in one in your OS isn't to your liking.
In reply to To be clear, every OS comes… by Marc Sabatella
I don't know of such a (builtin) facility for Windows (10/11). Screen- and Window-shots, that's all as far as I can tell
In reply to I don't know of such a … by Jojo-Schmitz
Windows+Shift+S - see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/open-snipping-tool-and-take…
In reply to Windows+Shift+S - see https:… by Marc Sabatella
Ah, thanks!
(I guess I knew this some time ago, but keeep forgetting it)
In reply to I don't know of such a … by Jojo-Schmitz
In Win 10 and 11 e.g. the Snipping Tool:
Edit: sorry for the duplicate. Had an earlier version of this post open for too long.
In reply to In Win 10 and 11 e.g. the… by MichLeon
Maybe it sinks in better when being told twice ;-)
In reply to Maybe it sinks in better… by Jojo-Schmitz
Nah, I had to look it up again too :-). But I don't use Windows very often.
For completeness:
On Windows, use Windows+Shift+S
On Mac, use Cmd+Shift+4
On Chromebook, use Ctrl+Shift+(show windows)
On Linux, details may depend on your particular distribution and/or window manager, but apparently Shift+PrtScn and Ctrl+Shift+PrtScn are common
In reply to Nah, I had to look it up… by Marc Sabatella
FWIW, these shortcuts leave in everything visible in the score, including "greyed out" markings. The image capture tool presented the score as it would have been printed.
These shortcuts also do not have the transparent background like image capture does.
I would consider these a workaround, not a replacement for what was, for many, an essential feature.
In reply to FWIW, these shortcuts leave… by estevenson91
Yes, it is a workaround. I don't think anyone has said that it wasn't.
You can turn off the display of non-printing elements in the View menu.
In reply to To be clear, every OS comes… by Marc Sabatella
Absolutely true but actually, screenshots require an additional tedious step and leave untitled files on your computer. The camera tool in MuseScore3 is so slick and convenient. I do hope it will be included in an update to MuseScore4 in the near future.
In reply to Absolutely true but actually… by ljtflute
Which additional tedious step? The tools I listed above are all single shortcuts, exactly as convenient as the image capture tool was. It is true that some of them may leave files around as well, and there are some other disadvantages, so indeed, I do hope to see the built-in tool return. But meanwhile, the system screenshots tools really do an excellent job and should allow 99% of people to continue doing their great work!
In reply to Which additional tedious… by Marc Sabatella
The more tedious steps are drawing the box around the desired content. Once you draw a box around and then let go of the mouse, the snipping automatically open's the capture in an app. At that point you realize how exact your capture was. If it was not so exact, then you have to repeat the draw. With the Musescore camera app, you just resize the box on the spot!
In reply to Absolutely true but actually… by ljtflute
>> leave untitled files on your computer
At least for the Windows snipping tool this is not true by default, it is well able to handle the snippets via clipboard only.
In reply to To be clear, every OS comes… by Marc Sabatella
A screenshot is won't give you the same results. Plus, for most people it is not as easy to create an svg file that can be insert in InDesign, for instance. If you are writing a book about music with staff notion in it a screenshot is of little help. Dorico's graphic slices seem to work fine, by the way.
The temporary solution of screenshooting with embedded OS function is really not an option for us teachers.
We need vectorized images (.svg) and not compromised/scaled images.
Also when you hide notes/pauses, the OS screenshot function can not really hide them.
Hope to be implemented in the near future.
PLEASE bring it back I'm a teacher making worksheets and exams and I hide rests and notes and bar lines to create 'wrong' options. Therefore a screenshot won't work as the hidden stuff still shows in grey.
In reply to PLEASE bring it back I'm a… by wassob1
You can easily turn off display of hidden elements via the Properties panel. With nothing selected - you’ll see icons to control display of invisible elements, frames, etc.
I'm going back to version 3. There's nothing so useful in version 4 to justify the downgrade. It's not that easy to switch off those invisible markers and controls, colors and so on
In reply to Going back to version 3… by Mestretheo
I agree.
I'll pay for Dorico just to have their "graphic slices" feature. To eliminate image capture from this 4 version is just preposterous.