PHOTOSCORE LIST OF CHANGES

 

 Changes for v7.0.2

  • Scanning bug fixes

 Changes for v7.0.1

  • Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion): No longer requires the user to enter the product id each time it is run. Product Id must be entered the first time it is run on each user account.

  • Various bug fixes

 Changes for v7.0.0

  • Enhanced and fully automatic handwritten music recognition

    • It is no longer required to describe to PhotoScore the style of handwriting being scanned

    • Significantly greater accuracy

    • Articulation marks picked up

  • Integrated PDF engine

    • Choose which individual pages to convert to notation from PDFs

    • Batch PDF opening - drag the files onto PhotoScore and leave it to do the hard work. Each PDF ends up as a different PhotoScore file

    • No need to install 3rd party software

  • Improved printed text recognition

    • Higher accuracy, even from lower resolution grayscale scans
    • Uses the latest technology from OCR world leaders IRIS
  • User interface usability improvements

    • Copy and paste multiple notes on the same staff

    • Automatic saving of scores and edits subsequently made to them (only for scores automatically read by PhotoScore)

    • Scanned images displayed in grayscale for clarity when checking for mistakes

    • Copy immediately followed by Paste now allows object to be placed where the user wishes, rather than replacing the selected object

    • Both F11 and F12 now select the accidentals section of the keypad to make it more intuitive for users used to different versions of Sibelius

    • Now defaults to PhotoScore's one-click keypad (rather than the standard Sibelius one) when Sibelius not installed on machine

    • Click+drag behaviour on back of page now defaults to selection rectangle (rather than moving the page) when Sibelius not installed on machine

  • Various bug fixes

 Changes for v6.1.0

  • Significant improvements to handwritten music recognition engine

  • Major improvements to the Rescore feature

  • Various bug fixes

 Changes for v6.0.0

  • Next generation handwritten music recognition:

    • Now works with a wide range of existing styles

    • Includes an innovative handwritten style editor with graphical feedback allowing it to recognize further styles

    • Much better accuracy

  • Increased printed music recognition and accuracy including:

    • Recognition of multi-bar rests much improved

    • Improved tuplet recognition - now picks up duplets in compound time

  • Powerful rescoring features offering:

    • Part and voice extraction

    • Page reformatting

    • Instrument reordering

    • Notes can now be rewritten for a new clef (useful when changing a stave's instrument)

  • Essential new editing tools:

    • 'Bad timing navigator' window - an indispensible tool that lists all timing errors and allows quick and easy navigation to them

    • Search and replace feature to correct repeating problems in particular score - e.g. a certain syllable in lyrics, removing unneeded text or for changing the text type

  • Improved text editing:

    • Easily swap between staff and page types

    • Drag to reattach to different staves

    • Set formatting such as bold, underlining and italic

    • Easy entry and support for metronome marks in beats other than quarter notes

  • Improved playback features:

    • In-window buttons offer quick and easy control

    • Pause feature

    • 'Ignore repeats and multirests' option for when checking for mistakes

    • 'Always play whole system' option

  • More versatile MIDI file saving:

    • A track can now be created for each voice in a staff

    • Saves MIDI files containing any number of tracks so that a user may manually associate them with channels in a sequencer program

  • Miscellaneous improvements:

    • Bar numbering now takes into account multirests

    • The 'scan next page' dialog box now shows 'Finish' instead of 'Cancel' and shows what number page is being scanned next.

    • Where no tempo markings found, PhotoScore automatically inserts metronome text

    • When a score is open in the pages pane, a remove button is available at its right to remove pages belonging to the whole score

    • Removed read pages from the pages pane are now kept for up to a week in case a user needs to do further work on a particular page, and can be kept/un-removed if necessary

    • Changing clef to percussion clef on 5-line stave changes clef for all staves belonging to that instrument on the current page

    • Commas and spaces (as well as page numbers) stripped from the ends of filenames when saving files

    • Various bug fixes

 Changes for v5.5.1

  • Much improved handwritten recognition:

    • Accidental recognition

    • Key signature recognition

    • Slur and tie recognition

    • Improved accuracy and style versatility

    • Special PhotoScore Paper for much increased accuracy

  • Windows Vista: Now sets execution level correctly

  • Mac OS X: Made PhotoScore Scan work with latest universal binary TWAIN drivers

  • Transposition - now does full score and guitar chords. Stem directions are correctly handled

  • Added option to read transposing scores (varying key signatures per instrument)

  • Improved playback and MIDI saving of alternative endings, codas, segnos and cross-staff notes

  • Added alternative ‘expanded’ keypad layout

  • Displays bar numbering

  • Time sig and Key sig dialogs now default to the value of a Time sig or Key sig double/right-clicked on

  • Fixed bug with multiple voices saving MusicXML and NIFF files. Also saves hanging ties now

  • Fixed problem with no text picked up when some languages selected

  • Improved accidental calculation when transposing

  • Less false ties & slurs recognized

  • Improved rest augmentation dot recognition

  • Less false minim & semibreve rests recognized

  • Prevented copyright text appearing double sometimes

  • Fixed problem with ‘bad timing’ not calculated correctly sometimes

  • Prevented rests sometimes being found in key signatures

  • Improved recognition of chorded small noteheads

  • Less false staccatos recognized

  • Improved beam recognition near slurs

  • Improved triplet recognition where notes not joined by beams

  • Improved tuplet recognition where they begin with rests

  • Improved time signature recognition

  • Improved determination of appoggiatura against cue notes

  • Improved repeat barline recognition

  • Improved hairpin recognition

  • Improved beam recognition – steeper angles now picked up

  • Improved advanced rhythm correction

  • Improved determination of arrhythmic notes

  • Prevented clusters of notes with tails in odd directions where notes probably picked up erroneously

  • Less false multi-rests recognized

  • Improved filling in of semibreve rests in empty bars

  • Improved recognition of augmentation dots around slurs and ties

  • Improved barline recognition at end of bars

  • Improved semibreve recognition

  • Prevented fake barlines being added before time sigs with larger gaps in transposing scores

  • Displays articulation in better positions

  • Picks up more ties at ends of staves

  • Displays slurs at ends of staves

  • Improved flag recognition

  • Removes excess notes and rests found after double barlines at ends of staves

  • Improved recognition of thick flags

  • Improved guitar chord symbol recognition

  • Reads wider range of crotchet rests, segnos, codas, mordents, turns, pedal markings, fermata, repeat endings

  • Improved accidental recognition

  • Improved stave finding

  • Picks up key signatures after coda barlines

 Changes for v5.1.0

  • Windows: Fixed bug with some scanners where it would crash when reading with ‘Automatic Read after Scanning’ switched on in preferences

  • Mac OS X: Fixed problem with some scanners where the TWAIN driver would freeze on scanning the second page

  • Fixed scaling printing problems for Vista and Mac OS X

  • Stopped warning and error messages appearing when opening dodgy TIFF files

  • Fixed crash on Windows 98 when DirectX not installed and when reading text

  • Now picks up hanging ties at the ends of staves

  • Fixed problem where reallocating instruments to staves could corrupt the output

  • Now supports dragging and dropping of files onto PhotoScore application

  • Fixed problem with lyrics below last staff on page sometimes being recognized as miscellaneous text

  • Automatically finds staves now if opening image and reading not taking place

  • Added clockwise rotate button and find staves toolbar buttons (rotating no longer automatically locates staves)

  • Re-read page with adjusted staves now works

  • Fixed problem with bar timing for appoggiaturas and other notes in more than one voice

  • Appoggiaturas can now be placed from keypad without selected a duration (defaults to quaver)

  • Holding down Shift with scroll wheel causes horizontal scroll

  • Page Up/Down now change page if cannot scroll any further

  • Using cursor keys whilst editing now changes selected staff when new object is on different staff

  • Fixed crashing problem when reading scans containing natural flats and sharps

  • When pages are currently being read, clicking ‘Read this page’ or ‘Read>Place at End of Score’ on a pending page now simply flags the page to be read in the pages pane. Choosing one of the other options from the Read submenu still cancels all other reading and causes the current page to be read right away

  • Newly read pages now append correctly to backup ‘restored’ files in pages pane

  • If G7 is installed alongside Sibelius, PS now produces file format of correct version when sending to G7

  • Plays first bar correctly now if barline missing from final staff in score

  • Various other minor fixes/improvements

Changes for v5.0.3

  • Improved handwritten music recognition accuracy

  • Fixed problem with slurs sometimes being drawn as very long lines

  • Stopped PS closing a document after user chooses to close, then save and then clicks No to not save in timing warning

  • Alt-cursor up/down now changes note selection in chord

  • Adding intervals now selects the added interval so more can be added

  • Fixed problem where bad timing display did not always reflect what was said in the timing warning (when saving)

  • Improved automatic page rotation for pages with very thin and jagged stavelines

  • Fixed bug where PhotoScore could crash when large amounts of text found

  • Fixed problem where key signatures not saved in NIFF files properly

  • Now stores music pages in MusicPages_v5 folder and copies over from old MusicPages folder if exists. Also uses separate key in registry for Windows

  • Fixed problem where the marked locations of stavelines could become displaced when switching between output and scanned image views in the pages pane

  • Fixed problem where crash could occur reading a completely blank image

  • Instrument name text now recognized

  • Windows: Removed handwritten recognition's dependency on the .NET framework

  • Windows: There is now a small delay after scanning before automatic reading which should give some scanners time to calm down and prevent a crash

  • Windows: Progress dialog remains visible when switching to other applications and back now.

  • Mac OS X: Fixed crash which could occur if scanner driver did not give proper available resolution information to PS

  • Mac OS X: Foreign characters now recognized correctly

  • Mac OS X: Now can open save files containing non-latin characters and those over a network

  • Mac OS X: Fixed problem in editor where start repeat barlines could not be created

  • Windows: Removed some dependencies on external DLLs

  • Mac OS X: Fixed some output redraw problems where key signatures and time signatures sometimes drawn incorrectly

  • Mac OS X: Fixed a problem with PDF file opening where files contained fonts

  • Various other minor fixes/improvements

 Changes for v5.0.1

  • Mac OS X: Fixed problem where hanged on clicking the voice buttons on the keypad

  • Mac OS X: Fixed problem where 8s and 15s not displayed on clefs

  • Mac OS X: Fixed problem where sometimes used to crash after clicking Read this page.

  • Fixed problem where could crash if read started and cancelled many times

 Changes for v5.0.0

  • Added handwritten score recognition

  • Integrated an improved OmniScore (PhotoScore 4 engine) and the Liszt engine (as used in SharpEye 2) for dual-engine printed music recognition

  • Recognition now runs in a separate thread so user can edit output whilst PhotoScore reads

  • Replaced the view pages dialog with the pages pane for much improved scanned page management

  • Repeat ending, Coda and Segno recognition and editing

  • Cross-staff note and beam recognition and editing

  • Recognition and editing of ornaments such as trills, mordants and turns, in addition to pedal on and off markings

  • Upgraded text recognition engine to iDRS with 120 languages possible

  • Now a Universal Binary application so runs natively on both Intel and PowerPC Macs

  • Can now save PhotoScore files for Sibelius 3 and 4 and G7 to keep compatibility

  • Much improved automatic grayscale thresholding

  • Simplified user interface

  • Various bug fixes, interface and accuracy improvements

 Changes for v4.2.0

  • Added a 'performance mode' where the score is specially formatted so that a user can read it from the screen and play an instrument. It also supports foot controlled page turning hardware such as Bili Footime

  • Improved voice recognition

  • Improved key signature recognition on non treble and bass clefs, and after double barlines

  • Fixed bug in MusicXML and NIFF saving where notes/rests played at the same time as others were sometimes not output correctly

  • Various other bug fixes

 Changes for v4.1.2

  • Fixed bug in MIDI playback where sometimes notes were not played

  • Fixed bug where clefs and key signatures not placed correctly before first notes when there is more than one voice

  • Fixed bug with red ‘bad timing’ lines being drawn when no timing error exists

  • Improved algorithm further dealing with voices for better playback and ‘bad timing’ reporting

  • Various minor improvements

 Changes for v4.1.1

  • Improved voice timing handling

  • Improved alto clef recognition

  • Improved key signature recognition

  • Improved barline recognition

  • Various other recognition improvements

  • Guitar chord symbols within systems now recognised

  • Fixed bug where some staff relative text was lost

  • Open and save folders now remembered from previous session

  • Fixed problem on Mac where PhotoScore could not always find the scan produced by the PhotoScore Scan application

 Changes for v4.10

  • Reads text in 100 different languages including Latin

  • Opens password protected PDF files

  • Mac OS X: Updated supplied Ghostscript version to GPL v8.15 which is much more effective

  • To set number of lines in a stave before reading, select the stave and key the number 1 to 6

  • Hold down Ctrl/Command when editing staves to stop PhotoScore automatically updating the number of lines

  • Windows: Processing/reading dialogs now no longer stay in front of all running applications

  • Fixed a bug in text recognition which caused PhotoScore to sometimes crash during reading

  • Improved MusicXML and NIFF saving

  • Windows: PhotoScore now chooses TWAIN as the default scanning interface if WIA drivers cannot be found (scanner needs to be powered on and connected to computer for WIA drivers to become active)

  • Windows: Fixed problem with some HP scanners and Automatic scanning interface

  • Mac OS: Fixed problem where some users experienced text being read as digits when upgrading from PhotoScore 3

  • Added single rhythmic dot to F9 keypad

  • Improved algorithm dealing with voices for better playback and ‘bad timing’ reporting

  • Improved page angle calculation algorithm

  • Improved small/normal stave recognition algorithm

  • Various other minor bug fixes

  • Now runs on non-administrator accounts by storing scanned images etc in Application Data folder

  • Default save and open folder now ‘Documents:Scanned Music’ (Mac) or ’My Documents/My Scanned Music’ (Windows)
     

 Changes for v4.00

  • Extensive scanning improvements:

    • Automatic scanning (including automatic resolution, cropping etc) – it is now possible to click ‘Scan pages’ and leave PhotoScore to scan and read pages (multiple ones if using a sheetfed scanner) and automatically come up with the output.

    • Windows: WIA driver support

    • Mac OS X driver support

    • Much improved easier-to-use interface

    • Automatic ‘Read pages’ after scanning/opening option.

    • GPL Ghostscript 8.15 now supported for PDF importing.

    • Auto-rotate on PDF files

    • Windows: Now opens and saves TIFF files

    • TIFF files containing multiple images can now be opened

  • Extensive stave selection improvements in scanned image window:

    • Real time update of where PhotoScore thinks a stave is, and how many lines (1 to 6) it has as it is dragged around/resized.

    • PhotoScore clearly displays staves that do not fit exactly, and clearly alerts the user during dragging to when it has ‘locked on’

    • Shows warning message if some staves cannot be located exactly

    • Undo/redo on stave editing in scanned page (also delete and deselect all on Edit menu).

    • Handles 64 staves (previously 32)

    • ‘Notehead size reference’ editing when all staves on a page are one line.

    • When many pages are opened or scanned at once, PhotoScore keeps a record of pages in which it had difficulty locating staves and gives the user the option to go through them (holding down Ctrl/Command while using previous/next buttons) before reading.

  • Extensive recognition improvements:

    • Incredible general recognition engine improvements allowing PhotoScore Professional to accurately deal with a far wider range of scores of varying qualities

    • 4 voices per staff recognition

    • More accurate voice recognition algorithm

    • 1, 2, 3 and 5 line percussion stave recognition

    • Recognition of appoggiaturas and cue-sized notes

  • Extensive editing improvements:

    • Magnified display and less on-screen clutter for a quicker, easier, much less fiddly editing session.

    • Automatically resizes scanned image bar at top of output window.

    • Automatically resizes editing area of highlighted stave in real-time.

    • Tab etc now cause window to scroll if new object is off screen.

    • Full editing of virtually all musical objects – now guitar chord diagrams & symbols, slurs, hairpins, fingering can be created and edited

    • Right-click/Double-click on most musical objects now brings up the appropriate dialog box or menu for quick editing.

    • Double-clicking on a chord adds a note to it.

    • Selection of more than one note in a chord

    • Individual notes in a chord can be changed to different voices by selecting them and selecting the appropriate voice from the keypad

    • Timing for bars over two systems now correctly shown on latter system. A warning vertical red dashed line is now displayed at the end of the former system

    • Paste replaces current selection and only goes into paste mode if nothing selected.

    • Ctrl + Cursor up/down now moves note by octave

    • Shift + Cursor left/right now adds previous/next objects to current selection

    • Ctrl + Cursor left/right now selects object at start of previous/next bar

    • Ctrl + Shift + Cursor left/right now adds objects up to previous/next barline to current selection

    • Sibelius 4 skin for keypad

    • Escape while dragging reverts to original state.

    • Removed problem of not being able to highlight a stave in output when they are very close together.

    • If no time signature present, PhotoScore now assumes 4/4 when calculating and drawing bad timing errors.

    • Various other improvements/fixes

  • Playback\saving improvements:

    • Saving of .wav (Windows) or .aif (Mac OS X) files for burning to CD.

    • Playback of percussion staves with instruments selected for each staveline based on instrument name

    • Correct playback of bars going over two systems

    • MusicXML/NIFF bug fixes and improvements, and support for 4 voices, appoggiaturas and percussion staves

    • Auto-saving of current document to back up file.

  • Miscellaneous improvements:

    • Windows: Separate preferences now stored for multiple user accounts on a machine

    • User guide now more in-depth and in PDF format

    • Fixed memory leak

    • Various other improvements leading to a more streamlined and less-stressful user experience.

     

 Changes for v3.10

  • Mac version: Now opens PDF files.

  • Improved note and accidental recognition.

  • Improved method of naming instruments. A convenient new dialog box allows all instruments in a score to be renamed and new ones to be added. This makes it easier to allocate the correct instrument to each staff in a score.

  • Logic of instrument allocation improved. Instruments attached to staves above or below the stave being reallocated are automatically reallocated to make room.

  • PhotoScore now recognizes text in up to 40 different languages. Windows version can also read Greek and Russian languages. Download the appropriate data files and place in the Resources:DRS folder.

  • Fixed a couple of bugs which caused incorrect positioning of objects and staves.

  • Fixed a bug that caused a ‘black areas infringing on staves’ error.

  • Fixed a bug that could potentially crash PhotoScore during reading.

  • Grouped instruments introduced after first system now displayed abbreviated.

  • Fixed a bug where slurs between two notes were always recognized as ties, regardless of the pitch of the two notes.

  • Windows version: Made toolbars clearer

  • Mac version: Fixed a problem with initial v3.00 release where ‘Transfers’ folder was not created inside ‘MusicPages’ folder causing scans to not be transferred to PhotoScore from TWAIN driver.

  • Fixed bug where more than one tie could be drawn per chord.

  • Fixed bug where attaching text to first note in a staff caused it to be attached to the wrong object.

  • Mac version: Fixed bug where PhotoScore would only open TIFF files with the .tif suffix, and would ignore those with the .tiff suffix.

  • MusicXML exporting improvements: Forces each bar to add up to time signature by removing notes or adding rests to improve compatibility with notation software; stores small noteheads; exports instrument transposition information; exports guitar chord text descriptions; more tolerance of missing barlines at ends of staves, repeat barlines at starts of staves and missing staves.

  • NIFF exporting improvements: Forces each bar to add up to time signature by removing notes or adding rests to improve compatibility with notation software; stores small noteheads, cross noteheads, guitar chord diagrams and chord text descriptions; fixed bug where note stem direction was stored incorrectly; exports instrument transposition information; more tolerance of missing barlines at ends of staves, repeat barlines at starts of staves and missing staves.

  • Improved voice allocation to rests played at the same time as notes.

  • Windows version: Fixed bug where ‘Ctrl+D’ and ‘Ctrl+G’ stopped working for sending scores to Sibelius and G7.

  • Dialog boxes now open centered over the cursor and do not go off screen.

  • Windows version: Fixed two bugs in PhotoScore’s own scanner interface. One where the name of the scanner was corrupted in the title bar and another where preview scans were sometimes not displayed.

  • Tuplets are now picked up even when two voices are present.

  • Improved joining of hairpins to staves.

  • Fixed bug where PhotoScore could crash if adding an interval to a chord using the keyboard and then immediately editing it afterwards.

  • Stopped current stave becoming grayed when placing objects with ‘Attach scanned staff panel to current staff’ selected.

  • Improved barline recognition.

  • Mac version: On Mac OS X, the mouse wheel is now functional in PhotoScore’s windows and list boxes.

  • Mac version: On Mac OS X, when editing the output it is now possible to bring up the Create menu by clicking the right button on a mouse. It is also possible to copy objects by clicking the middle button on a mouse.

  • Now reads and outputs text under bottom staff as page relative miscellaneous text.

  • Less incorrect duplicated notes found (played at same pitch in different voices)

  • Improved articulation recognition.

  • Improved removal of black dots from scan.

  • Improved recognition of dots on notes, particularly where they are joined to a staff line.

  • Fixed problem where PhotoScore sometimes ignored staves if there was a large amount of black to left or right of scan (from the scanner lid being left open).

  • Copes better with narrow beams.

 

 Changes for v3.00

  • 4 and 6 line guitar tab recognition with fret numbers and crosses, with automatic note duration calculation and rest insertion, and option to print rests and stems or not.

  • Guitar chord diagram recognition.

  • General reading accuracy vastly improved.

  • Guitar chord text recognition much improved.

  • Advanced rhythm correction and tuplet detection improved.

  • Automatically handles pick-up and irregular bars.

  • Text recognition improved.

  • Automatically cleans up image on scanning/opening, improving accuracy on lower quality scans.

  • Output display zoomable.

  • Prints scores.

  • Saves music (inc. tab) in MusicXML and NIFF formats.

  • Windows version: Opens PDF files (requires Ghostscript 7.05 or higher to be installed).

  • Transposing of output score, including guitar chord diagrams and tablature.

  • Automatic page margins.

  • Automatic page text justification.

  • Supports editing of small (not recognized) and cross noteheads (only recognized in guitar tablature).

  • Windows version: Supports dual monitors.

  • Create dialog boxes remember last selection.

  • Extra keyboard short cuts – X to invert tail, and numbered keys to add intervals.

  • Full score playback – goes to next page when reaches end of current page.

  • Espressivo, Swing and Reverb playback features added to Professional version.

  • Playback/save repeats in MIDI files.

  • Plays guitar tab.

  • Dragging of objects to change their page position.

  • Multiple opening of bmp/TIFF, opt and pdf files.

  • Reeditable .opt files even if original scan missing.

  • G7 skin design option with ‘send to’ feature.

  • Draws brackets and lines between staves of same name.

  • Draws small staves to scale.

  • Improved copying and creation of notes and rests.

  • Adjustable full detail view window.

  • Improved editing interface.

  • Various bug fixes and other small enhancements.

 

 Changes for v2.10

  • Mac version: Scanning now works with TWAIN drivers under Mac OS X 10.1.3 and above. Scanning also much improved for Mac OS 8.6 & 9.

  • Various bug fixes.

 

 Changes for v2.09

  • Transposing instruments played and saved as MIDI files at correct pitch.

  • Scanning and Accuracy Tips added to Help menu, and given when a page is read with low accuracy.

  • Mac version: Works correctly with Mac OS 8.6.

  • Mac version: Works correctly with CarbonLib 1.6.

  • Mac version: Various bug fixes.

 

 Changes for v2.08

  • Mac version now rewritten in Carbon, and compatible with Mac OS 9.0 onwards, and Mac OS X 10.1 onwards.

  • Fixed a bug that caused PhotoScore to use up lots of memory and slow the machine down when Advanced Rhythm Correction is switched on.

  • Increased the speed of Advanced Rhythm Correction and made it more effective.

  • Fixed a bug where user could not copy notes to chords correctly.

  • Various other minor bug fixes.

 

 Changes for v2.07

  • Fixed a bug from v2.06 that prevented some scanner drivers from working correctly.
     

 Changes for v2.06

  • Added the ability to scan multiple pages from sheet feeder scanners.
     

 Changes for v2.05

  • Fixed bug that caused PhotoScore to crash when reading guitar chords.

  • Changed color of single voice button to dark gray to distinguish it from voice 1 button.

  • The delete scans message when closing a saved score now offers to keep the scans as the default option.

  • Fixed bug to allow Sibelius 1.xx to read PhotoScore 2 files.

  • Improved accuracy of note selection and placing.

  • When playing back, PhotoScore now looks at previous pages to calculate initial playback tempo and expression.

  • Added option to make keypad translucent.

  • Improved voice recognition.

  • Improved Advanced Rhythm Correction.

  • Various other minor fixes and improvements.
     

 Changes for v2.01

  • Greatly improved text recognition, using special technology licensed from one of the world's leading OCR companies.

  • Fingerings, chord symbols, bold and italic are all now detected.

  • Tuplet/triplet recognition added. PhotoScore 2 even finds these when the number is not written.

  • Improved Advanced Rhythm Correction algorithm to more effectively correct rhythmic inaccuracies.

  • Improved proof reading tools to allow faster and easier editing of scores.

  • Updated with Sibelius 2 style editing interface.

  • Various bug fixes and reading algorithm improvements.
     

 Changes for v1.85

  • Windows® version: Sibelius plug-in versions of PhotoScore discontinued and replaced by standalone versions. All current PhotoScore Professional Sibelius plug-in owners can upgrade to the version 1.xx standalone versions for free.

  • On PhotoScore Professional standalone version, if Sibelius is installed, a ‘Send to’ Sibelius button is now available.

  • Windows® version: If Sibelius is installed, the PhotoScore installer also installs a small Sibelius plug-in that launches PhotoScore when clicked. The installer also uninstalls any previous Sibelius plug-in versions of PhotoScore.

  • Windows® version: Double-clicking an .opt file now opens it in PhotoScore.

  • Recognition of ties improved, and fixed a bug where they were sometimes not displayed properly and could cause PhotoScore to crash.

  • Mac® version: Scrolling is now smoother for the output window.

  • Fixed a bug from v1.82 where barlines could not be deleted.

  • Mac® version: Increased default memory allocation to avoid crashing.

  • Mac® version: Solved a problem where the DeskScan II scanner driver used to illegally overwrite PhotoScore’s menus and causing instability.

  • PhotoScore now displays instrument abbreviations correctly when numbered players are used.

  • Increased stability of PhotoScore.

  • Made note dragging faster.

  • Now displays name of scanned page in title bar of processing dialog.

  • Scanned page now remains open after scanning.

 Changes for v1.82

  • Fixed bug where MIDI playback could sometimes be inaccurate.

  • It is now possible to create ties on notes at ends of staves. Also fixed a bug where ties could not always be added to notes close together, and where they could sometimes disappear for no apparent reason.

  • Fixed bug where object was not always drawn when copied from another staff.

  • When copying and pasting text, original text is now used. When copying and pasting staff text, the relative position is also now kept.

  • Mac® version: When opening and saving PICT files, the system grayscale/b&w palette is now used.

  • When deleting key signatures, default behavior is now to delete all on a system, and to delete single ones only if Ctrl (or Command on Mac) is held down.

  • Updated online help. On Windows, this now uses HtmlHelp, as opposed to WinHelp (MSIE 4.0 needs to be installed on system), and on the Mac the help system now uses frames, with the contents on the left-hand side.

  • When clicking ‘Select scanner’ PhotoScore now asks user to close current scanning interface if one is already open. This helps to avoid crashes from buggy scanner drivers.

  • Uses more stable way of redisplaying scanning interface when scanning multiple pages.

  • Mac® version: If user cancels while scanning, error message is no longer displayed.

  • Mac® version: Fixed bug that caused the palette of 256 gray scale scans to be processed incorrectly with some scanners.

  • Updated version of TWAIN used to v1.9.

  • MIDI playback and saving: PhotoScore now chooses correct MIDI instrument even if the instrument string contains other information. E.g. ‘Solo Violin’ will use ‘Violin’.

  • Now only queries whether to delete scanned pages when a score is closed if all the pages have the ‘Finished’ status.

  • Fixed a bug where individual time signatures near barlines were sometimes removed, leaving an uneven distribution of them in a system.

  • Fixed bug where PhotoScore could crash when reading lyrics.

  • Fixed a bug where individual barlines near clefs were sometimes removed, leaving an uneven distribution of them in a system.

  • Windows® version: Fixed bug from v1.81 where instrument names would not be displayed after opening a new score, when the previous score’s display was scrolled.

  • C major and A minor key signatures can now be created, saved and played back.

  • Fixed bug from v1.81 where ‘Finished’ status was not stored after PhotoScore quit, so that at next session, it reverted back to ‘Read’.

  • Beats Per Minute information now used in ‘Tempo’ markings to alter playback and MIDI saving tempo.

  • Newly created tempo markings are now positioned above the attached staff (as opposed to below).

  • Edit text dialog box now shows how the entered text marking will affect MIDI files saved and playback.

  • Output ‘Save As’ dialog box now has a ‘Optimize for playback’ option for MIDI files. If this is switched on MIDI files sound better when played back, otherwise they are more easily imported into notation packages.

  • MIDI version: Implemented Sibelius’ Espressivo, Swing and Reverb algorithms for realistic playback.

  • In MIDI playback and saving, slurs are now used to make notes sound for longer.

  • In MIDI playback and saving, many more text expressions are now recognized and implemented.

  • In MIDI playback and saving: When a time signature or key signature appears after the last barline in a staff, the extra ‘bar’ is no longer played.

  • Added optional dialog box warning that appears if the timing in bars does not match the time signature when the user attempts to save the score.

  • Fixed a bug that could cause output to be displayed incorrectly.

 Changes for v1.81

  • Fixed bug where tuplets starting on rests were not played back or saved properly in MIDI files.

  • Fixed bug where PhotoScore crashed if About dialog box was opened when splash screen at startup was turned off (bug appeared in v1.80).

  • Windows® version: Due to a bug in ATI Rage 128 graphics driver for Windows 2000, PhotoScore cannot display output in 256 color displays without producing a fatal blue screen crash, so gives warning message saying so.

  • Added keyboard short cuts Ctrl/Cmd+W for ‘Scan page’, Ctrl/Cmd+E for ‘View Pages’, and Ctrl/Cmd+R for ‘Read Pages’. (For ease of use, these are adjacent to each other on the top row of QWERTY keyboard.) Also added Cmd+D (MacOS®) or Ctrl+Shift+R (Windows®) for ‘Read->Place at end of score’.

  • Output window now scrolls to the top-left when a new page is read and displayed.

  • Windows® version: If user attempts to use PhotoScore’s scanning dialog box and the scanner driver does not support this, the user’s preferences are automatically changed so that the standard TWAIN dialog box is used in future.

  • Mac® version: Fixed bug from v1.80 that caused the wrong message to appear when importing a scanned page that was not scanned in shades of gray.

  • PhotoScore now offers to delete any scanned pages associated with a score when that score is closed.

  • Added an extra status category for scanned pages – ‘Finished’. This is set once an associated score has been saved to disk or sent to Sibelius. When deleting scans, the warning message now only appears if one of the selected scans does not have this status.

  • Fixed a bug where PhotoScore sometimes crashed during reading.

  • Changed main ‘Scan page’ to ‘Scan pages’, so that after scanning the first page and entering the name, the scan dialog box reappears to allow scanning of new pages without name entry. Also added an option in preferences to toggle whether a prompt appears for user to press OK when scanner has reset.

  • Added ‘Scan one page’ to the File menu for scanning one page.

  • Standalone versions: Added ‘Scan one page’ and ‘Select scanner’ to a menu button attached to ‘Scan pages’.

  • Made improvements to toolbar interface.

  • Improved incrementing of scanned page name numbering.

  • Mac version: When sending score to Sibelius without an initial time signature, the ‘unknown problem’ error no longer comes up if transfer is aborted.

 Changes for v1.80

  • Windows® version: Now supports mouse wheel scrolling.

  • Fixed bug where a crash would sometimes occur if a staff was too close to the bottom of the page.

  • Stopped red timing appearing before first repeat start barline of staff.

  • Stopped blank bar playing before first repeat start barline of staff.

  • Small improvements to user interface, including tidying use of words such as ‘scanned page’ instead of image, and ‘view’ instead of display.

  • Closing output window now deletes document, and options to view output window when not present removed from menus and toolbars.

  • In MIDI playback and saving, the key signature is now set to C major if one is not found at start of new staff.

  • Saved MIDI files now contain <REPEAT> and <END REPEAT> marker text for associated barlines.

  • Updated application and file icons.

  • Mac® version: Doubled speed of text recognition.

  • Windows version: Fixed problem where not all buttons grayed out in PhotoScore scanned preview, improved displayed of highlighted preview area, and improved selection of preview area.

  • Windows® version: Cleaned up PhotoScore scan dialog box.

  • Standardized some error/warning/information messages.

  • The default language in the Instrument dialog box now changes to the language selected from the Text recognition preferences.

  • Made ‘View’ the default button in the ‘Scanned pages’ dialog box.

  • When scanned page opened from double-clicking on output toolbar, it is now correctly sized to fit window.

  • Windows® version: Fixed memory leakage problem where PhotoScore would sometimes seize up during output editing, perhaps with corrupted screen redraw.

  • Windows® version: Fixed memory leakage when moving/editing staves in scanned page window.

  • Windows® version: Now uses correct system colored text in toolbar buttons.

  • Windows® version: Clicking on toolbars now activates main application window.

  • Added information dialog when closing scanned page window.

  • Fixed bug where output could become corrupted when entering an object at the very start of a staff.

  • Windows version: Stopped main application window disappearing behind others on loading.

  • Graphics added to About dialog box.

  • Improved quality of scanned page display when scaled below 100%.

 Changes for v1.76

  • Fixed a bug that caused PhotoScore to lock up the computer (Mac) or cause a corrupted display (Windows), when redrawing the output.

  • Now prevents the keypad and detailed image window getting lost off screen after spurious window resizing and moving

  • Fixed a bug where time signatures did not always continue from one page to the next, affecting the 'bad timing' display in the output window

 Changes between v1.69 and v1.75

  • Playback added

  • MIDI file saving added (& QuickTime Movie file saving on Mac)

  • Creation of tuplets/triplets, text, crescendos and diminuendos now possible

  • Reading options can now be chosen at beginning of read

  • Next/Previous buttons added for sorting through scanned images

  • Ability to turn off splash screen at start-up

  • Various bug fixes, including one where voices used to get confused when saving files

  • Various other minor improvements