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Make your first score-follow video
From a PDF and a recording to a finished video in four steps, the whole flow, start to finish.
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What you’ll needin Make your first score-follow video
A PDF of the score, engraved or cleanly scanned works best. A recording of the piece: MP3, WAV, or M4A. That pair is your project . Re-export it as…
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The four stepsin Make your first score-follow video
1. Import Open the studio and drop in your PDF and your audio. Score to Video reads the score and gets it ready to slice, all locally. 2. Crop Every…
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1. Importin Make your first score-follow video
Open the studio and drop in your PDF and your audio. Score to Video reads the score and gets it ready to slice, all locally.
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2. Cropin Make your first score-follow video
Every page is scanned and split into systems , the individual lines of music, with titles and margins discarded automatically. Skim the detected…
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3. Syncin Make your first score-follow video
Play the recording and tap once at the start of each line. If the piece moves fast, slow the playback down, the timing you tap stays exact at full…
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4. Exportin Make your first score-follow video
A calm camera glides line to line with a progress mark under the active system. Export free in 720p , or spend a credit for a watermark-free master…
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Tips for a clean resultin Make your first score-follow video
Trim silence from the very start of your recording so the first line lands on the downbeat. If a system looks mis-detected, fix it in the crop step…
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Guide to Using Score to Video Studio
A walkthrough of the Score to Video studio: importing files, cropping systems, syncing to a recording, and exporting your video.
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The four stepsin Guide to Using Score to Video Studio
1. Files Open the studio and bring in two things: A PDF of the score, engraved or cleanly scanned pages work best. A recording of the piece: MP3,…
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1. Filesin Guide to Using Score to Video Studio
Open the studio and bring in two things: A PDF of the score, engraved or cleanly scanned pages work best. A recording of the piece: MP3, WAV, or M4A.…
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2. Cropin Guide to Using Score to Video Studio
Each page is scanned and split into systems , the individual lines of music, with titles, page numbers, and margins discarded automatically. Staves…
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3. Syncin Guide to Using Score to Video Studio
Play the recording and place a line at the start of each system as it begins. A few controls make this painless: Space places a line at the current…
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4. Exportin Guide to Using Score to Video Studio
A calm camera follows the music line to line with a progress mark under the active system. Export free in 720p with a watermark, or spend a credit…
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Make it look the way you wantin Guide to Using Score to Video Studio
The video-style options shape how the finished video moves and reads: Motion : choose how the score advances: Scroll glides continuously line to…
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Keyboard shortcuts at a glancein Guide to Using Score to Video Studio
Key Action Space Place a line at the playhead K Play / pause Ctrl/⌘ + Z Undo your last change on this step Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + Z Redo it Ctrl + Y Redo…
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When you get stuckin Guide to Using Score to Video Studio
Every studio screen has a help panel , the ? button in the bottom-right corner. It explains the controls for whatever step you’re on, so you rarely…
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A clean-result checklistin Guide to Using Score to Video Studio
Trim silence from the very start of your recording so the first line lands on the downbeat. Fix mis-detected systems in Crop , not by re-importing.…
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Studio reference
Every control in Score to Video Studio, step by step: files, crop, sync, and export.
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Step 1 · Filesin Studio reference
Add a PDF of your score and a recording of the piece. You can also add a MusicXML file to improve auto-sync.
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Score file (MusicXML)in Studio reference
Optional: the MusicXML export of this score. With it, every line's start time is placed automatically and the sync step becomes a quick review. If…
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Step 2 · Cropin Studio reference
Each page is split into systems (lines of music). Click a box to select it, drag its edges to resize, and use the plate number to include or exclude…
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The page and its boxesin Studio reference
The page with its detected boxes. Overlapping boxes combine: move or resize a box over another (or draw across several) to merge them into one. With…
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A crop boxin Studio reference
Click a box to select it. Drag to move, drop it onto another box to combine them into one.
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The order platein Studio reference
The line’s play order. Click the plate to include or exclude this box from the video.
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Delete a boxin Studio reference
Delete this box. (Delete or Backspace does the same.)
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Resize gripsin Studio reference
Drag an edge or corner grip to resize the selected box, stretch it over another box to combine them.
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Previous page arrowin Studio reference
Flip to the previous page. Keyboard: ← or [.
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Next page arrowin Studio reference
Flip to the next page. Keyboard: → or ].
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Page navigationin Studio reference
Step through the pages of your score. Keyboard: ← and →.
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Page stripin Studio reference
One square per page, outlined squares hold included lines. Click a square to jump to that page.
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Selected box typein Studio reference
Reclassify the selected box. Music lines get timed in the sync step; a title rides above the next line, a title page is a full cover shown over…
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Split boxin Studio reference
Cut the selected box in two. The cut lands on the emptiest gap nearest the middle, never through connected music if a clean gap exists. Keyboard: S.
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Reset this pagein Studio reference
Put this page's boxes back to what the detector found. Manual edits and tapped times on this page are discarded, you'll be asked to confirm.
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Reset all pagesin Studio reference
Put every page's boxes back to the auto-detected layout. All manual edits and tapped times are discarded, you'll be asked to confirm.
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Snap box to inkin Studio reference
Tighten the selected box to the ink inside it, trimming empty margins in one click.
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Snap drawn boxesin Studio reference
New boxes you draw tighten to the ink they contain when you release. Turn off to keep exactly the rectangle you drew.
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Include: title pagesin Studio reference
Include detected title pages (full covers). They show over the intro/outro silence; set each one's length on the sync step.
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Include: titlesin Studio reference
Include inline titles: headings that ride above the next music line, untimed and outside the highlight box.
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Include: page headersin Studio reference
Include the running head above the first line of each page (title block, composer).
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Include: page footersin Studio reference
Include the text below the last line of each page (page numbers, copyright).
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Included line countin Studio reference
How many lines are included in the video, out of everything detected across all pages.
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Continue to syncin Studio reference
Happy with the crops? If a score was supplied or read off the PDF, this press aligns the recording to it, so the sync step opens with every line…
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Step 3 · Syncin Studio reference
Play the recording and tap at the start of each slide; its marker lands on the waveform. Slide 1 is pinned to the start, and a tap never moves a…
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Live previewin Studio reference
A live preview of your video at the current playhead, it updates as you place and adjust lines.
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Playback barin Studio reference
Scrub through the recording straight under the preview: drag the handle, or click anywhere on the bar, to move the playhead. The same play button,…
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Up-next cuein Studio reference
A thumbnail of the next line waiting to be placed, and how many lines you've timed so far.
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Tap buttonin Studio reference
Press at the start of each line as the recording plays to place its marker. Keyboard shortcut: the space bar.
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Go to startin Studio reference
Jump the playhead back to the very beginning of the recording.
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Play / pausein Studio reference
Play or pause the recording. Keyboard shortcut: K.
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Playback speedin Studio reference
Slow the recording down to tap fast passages accurately, or speed it up. Timing stays exact at any speed.
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Timeline zoomin Studio reference
Zoom the timeline in and out for finer placement. Tip: ⌘/Ctrl + scroll over the waveform.
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The waveformin Studio reference
The recording's waveform. Click to seek; drag a numbered marker to retime its line; drag the dark end handles to trim the clip.
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Clear all timesin Studio reference
Remove every placed time and start the sync over. Line 1 stays pinned to the start.
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Auto-syncin Studio reference
Align the recording to the score and place every line's start time automatically. Lines you've adjusted by hand stay pinned. The score it aligns…
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Review flaggedin Studio reference
Step through the auto-placed times that need a check. The playhead jumps to each flagged line in turn.
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Up next cardin Studio reference
A preview of the slide that will show next: the first placed slide past the playhead, or the next one waiting to be tapped.
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The ? beside “Slides”in Studio reference
Open the help panel and explain every slide type: music line, title, title page, and page header/footer.
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Add repeatin Studio reference
Mark a repeated section: pick its first and last line, and the video plays those lines again. Each pass gets its own taps. A repeat can sit fully…
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The slide railin Studio reference
Every slide in play order. Click a placed slide to jump the playhead to it; repeated sections show one entry per pass.
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A slide’s type pickerin Studio reference
Change what this slide is: a music line, a title, a full title page, or a page header/footer. The ? by “Slides” explains each type.
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A slide’s ⋮ settingsin Studio reference
Open this slide’s settings to change its type, and for a title page how long it shows.
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A title-page rowin Studio reference
A full title-page cover. Open its ⋮ settings to set how long it shows; intro covers play before the music, outro covers after.
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Slide typesin Studio reference
Every box you kept has a type. Change it with the picker on any slide:
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Music linein Studio reference
A line of the score. It’s timed on the waveform and highlighted as it plays.
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Titlein Studio reference
A heading (the piece or a section title). It takes no time of its own; it appears above the next music line when that line plays, but stays outside…
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Title pagein Studio reference
A full cover shown on its own over silence. Set how many seconds it stays up. Intro title pages play before the music and outro ones after; add as…
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Page headerin Studio reference
A running head (title block, composer) at the top of a page. It rides along above the music, untimed.
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Page footerin Studio reference
A page number or copyright line at the foot of a page. It rides along below the music, untimed.
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Step 4 · Exportin Studio reference
Choose your video style: camera motion, highlight color, paper background, and contrast, then render. Free exports are 720p and carry a small…
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Aspectin Studio reference
The shape of the video frame: 16:9 widescreen, 4:3 squarer, or Vertical for Shorts, Reels and TikTok. Vertical can't use the Book layout.
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Motionin Studio reference
How the camera moves: Scroll glides down one page, Page cuts screenful to screenful, Book sets two pages side by side for tall scores. Book isn't…
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Transitions in Scroll modein Studio reference
Ease the camera down to the next line as it approaches. Turn off to jump line to line instead.
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Transitions in Page modein Studio reference
Cross-fade to the next page just before its first line plays. Turn off for a hard cut, like a page flip.
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Transitions in Book modein Studio reference
Cross-fade to the next two-page spread just before its first line plays. Turn off for a hard cut, like a page turn.
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Transition durationin Studio reference
How long each glide or cross-fade takes. Shorter is snappier; longer is slower and more cinematic. Only applies while Transitions are on.
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First page (Book mode)in Studio reference
Book mode only: whether the piece opens on the left or right page of the first spread. “Right” leaves the first left page blank, like a score that…
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Highlightin Studio reference
Draw an outline and a progress bar around the line currently playing. Turn off for a clean, unmarked score.
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Highlight colorin Studio reference
The color of the highlight outline and progress bar under the active line.
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Paperin Studio reference
The page background the score sits on. The score is isolated to ink and laid on your chosen background, no white plates floating on cream. Black…
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Contrastin Studio reference
Cranks contrast and drops the paper out of the page. Raise it to clean up grey or low-contrast scans; clean PDFs need little.
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Preview playbackin Studio reference
Play the preview at the top of the export step, or drag the handle to jump to any moment. It runs the same player the sync step uses, so the frame…
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Free 720p exportin Studio reference
Render an unlimited 720p video with a small ScoreToVideo.com badge in the corner, free, no account needed.
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Export masterin Studio reference
Spend one credit to unlock this project for watermark-free 720p, 1080p and 4K exports, forever, including re-renders.
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Your watermarkin Studio reference
Unlock this project to remove the Score to Video watermark and add your own: a diagonal line of text laid across the frame, a logo in a corner, or…
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Watermark switchin Studio reference
Burn your own branding into this project's exports. Off renders a clean video with no marks at all.
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Diagonal textin Studio reference
A faint line of text laid diagonally across the whole frame: an imprint, a copyright line, or “perusal only”. Leave empty for no text.
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Diagonal strengthin Studio reference
How strongly the diagonal text sits on the page. Low is a ghost; high is hard to crop out or ignore.
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Diagonal text colorin Studio reference
The ink the diagonal text is drawn in. Pick something that reads on your chosen paper.
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Logoin Studio reference
A PNG, JPEG, WebP or SVG logo drawn in a corner of every frame. Drop one on the tile or click it to browse. It stays in this browser and is reused by…
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Show logoin Studio reference
Draw your logo on this project's video. Off keeps the logo saved for other projects without burning it into this one.
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Logo cornerin Studio reference
Which corner the logo sits in. Keep it clear of the score's own margins and page numbers.
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Logo sizein Studio reference
How big the logo is drawn, as a share of the frame. A tall logo is held to the same box as a wide one, so it can't run off the edge. It scales with…
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Logo opacityin Studio reference
How solid the logo is drawn. Full strength for a house mark; lower for a subtle sign-off.
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What counts as one project
Score to Video bills per project, not per export. Here's exactly what that means, and why every re-export is free.
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A project is a pair of filesin What counts as one project
A project is the one PDF + one recording you imported. Spend a credit on that pair once, and it’s unlocked permanently : Every re-export of that pair…
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When does it become a new project?in What counts as one project
Swapping in a different PDF or a different recording starts a fresh project, and that’s a new credit. We always warn you before that happens, so you…
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Why it works this wayin What counts as one project
It keeps the pricing honest: what you’re paying for is the master , the watermark-free 1080p or 4K render of a specific performance. Once you’ve paid…
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Billing and Credits
What a credit buys and where receipts come from.
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What a credit buysin Billing and Credits
A credit unlocks one project forever. Once a project is unlocked you can re-render it as often as you like, at any resolution, with no Score to Video…
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Where receipts come fromin Billing and Credits
Checkout is handled by our payments provider, and the receipt arrives from them by email as soon as the charge clears. If it hasn’t shown up, check…
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Following cadenzas
A guide to following cadenzas in making your videos.
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