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Make your first score-follow video
From a PDF and a recording to a finished video in four steps.
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What you’ll needin Make your first score-follow video
A PDF of the score. Engraved PDFs and clean scans work best. A recording of the piece: MP3, WAV, M4A, or OGG. Optionally, a MusicXML file of the…
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The four stepsin Make your first score-follow video
1. Files Open the studio and drop in your PDF and your recording. When you continue, the studio reads the score and finds every line of music, all on…
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1. Filesin Make your first score-follow video
Open the studio and drop in your PDF and your recording. When you continue, the studio reads the score and finds every line of music, all on your own…
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2. Cropin Make your first score-follow video
Each page is split into systems , the individual lines of music. Titles and page margins are left out by default. Look over the detected lines and…
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3. Syncin Make your first score-follow video
If the studio could read the notation (from your MusicXML file, or from a PDF exported by notation software), every line is already placed and you…
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4. Exportin Make your first score-follow video
Pick how the video moves and looks, then render. Exports are free in 720p with a small Score to Video badge, or you can spend a credit for a…
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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 line was detected wrong, fix it in the crop step.…
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Using the 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 Using the studio
1. Files Open the studio and add two files: A PDF of the score. Engraved PDFs and clean scans work best. A recording of the piece: MP3, WAV, M4A, or…
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1. Filesin Using the studio
Open the studio and add two files: A PDF of the score. Engraved PDFs and clean scans work best. A recording of the piece: MP3, WAV, M4A, or OGG. You…
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2. Cropin Using the studio
Each page is split into systems , the individual lines of music. Titles, page numbers, and margins are left out by default. Staves joined by a…
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3. Syncin Using the studio
If the studio could read the notation, from your MusicXML file or from a PDF exported by notation software, every line is already placed when you…
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4. Exportin Using the studio
Pick how the video moves and looks, then render. Exports are free in 720p with a small Score to Video badge, or you can spend a credit for a…
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Make it look the way you wantin Using the studio
The style options on the export step control how the finished video moves and looks: Motion sets how the score moves: Scroll glides continuously from…
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Keyboard shortcuts at a glancein Using the studio
Key Action Space Mark the next line at the playhead K Play / pause ← / → Previous / next page (Crop) S Split the selected box (Crop) Delete Delete…
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When you get stuckin Using the studio
Every step of the studio has a help panel , opened with the ? button in the bottom-right corner. It explains the controls on the step you’re on, so…
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Checklist for a clean resultin Using the studio
Trim silence from the very start of your recording so the first line lands on the downbeat. Fix wrongly detected lines in Crop instead of 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 make auto-sync more accurate.
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Score file (MusicXML)in Studio reference
Optional: the MusicXML export of this score. With it, the studio places every line's start time automatically, and the sync step becomes a quick…
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Continue to cropin Studio reference
Move on to cropping. This is where the studio reads your score: it scans every page, reads the notation, and finds the lines of music, all on your…
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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 it, and click its number plate to include or…
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The page and its boxesin Studio reference
The current page and its detected boxes. Boxes that overlap merge into one, so move or resize a box over another, or draw across several, to combine…
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A crop boxin Studio reference
Click a box to select it. Drag it to move it, or drop it onto another box to merge the two.
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The number platein Studio reference
This line's place in the play order. Click the plate to include or exclude the box from the video.
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Delete a boxin Studio reference
Delete this box. Keyboard: Delete or Backspace.
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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 merge the two.
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Previous page arrowin Studio reference
Go to the previous page. Keyboard: ← or [.
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Next page arrowin Studio reference
Go 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. An outlined square means that page has lines included in the video. Click a square to jump to that page.
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Selected box typein Studio reference
Change what the selected box is. Music lines are timed in the sync step. A title appears above the next music line, a title page is a full-screen…
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Split boxin Studio reference
Cut the selected box in two. The cut goes through the emptiest gap nearest the middle and avoids slicing through music whenever a clean gap exists.…
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Reset this pagein Studio reference
Return this page to the boxes the studio detected. This discards your crop edits and tapped times on this page, so you'll be asked to confirm first.
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Reset all pagesin Studio reference
Return every page to the boxes the studio detected. This discards all your crop edits and tapped times, so you'll be asked to confirm first.
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Snap box to inkin Studio reference
Shrink the selected box to fit the ink inside it, trimming empty margins in one click.
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Snap drawn boxesin Studio reference
When you finish drawing a new box, it shrinks to fit the ink inside it. Turn this off to keep exactly the rectangle you drew.
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Review flagged cropsin Studio reference
Step through the boxes that may be wrong: a box holding more than one line of music, one line split across two boxes, a line with no box at all, or a…
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Include: title pagesin Studio reference
Include detected title pages (full-page covers). They show before or after the music, and you set how long each one stays up in the sync step.
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Include: titlesin Studio reference
Include inline titles: headings that appear above the next music line. They aren't timed and sit outside the highlight box.
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Include: page headersin Studio reference
Include the text above the first line of each page, such as the title block and composer.
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Include: page footersin Studio reference
Include the text below the last line of each page, such as page numbers and copyright notices.
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Included line countin Studio reference
How many lines are included in the video, out of all the lines detected across every page.
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Continue to syncin Studio reference
Move on to syncing. If the studio has a score to work from (your MusicXML file, or notation read from the PDF), it aligns the recording first, so the…
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Step 3 · Syncin Studio reference
Play the recording and tap at the start of each slide to drop its marker 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 playhead. It updates as you place and adjust lines.
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Playback barin Studio reference
Scrub through the recording right under the preview: drag the handle, or click anywhere on the bar, to move the playhead. It shares its play button,…
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Up-next cuein Studio reference
A thumbnail of the next line to place, 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: Space.
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Go to startin Studio reference
Jump the playhead back to the start of the recording.
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Play / pausein Studio reference
Play or pause the recording. Keyboard: K.
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Playback speedin Studio reference
Slow the recording down to tap fast passages accurately, or speed it up. Your timing stays exact at any speed.
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Timeline zoomin Studio reference
Zoom the timeline in or out for finer placement. Tip: hold Ctrl/⌘ and scroll over the waveform.
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The waveformin Studio reference
The recording's waveform. Click to jump to a spot, or drag across it to scrub. Drag a numbered marker to retime its line, and drag the dark end…
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Clear all timesin Studio reference
Remove every placed time and start syncing 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 placed by hand stay where you put them. Auto-sync uses…
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Review flaggedin Studio reference
Step through the auto-placed times that need checking. The playhead jumps to each flagged line in turn.
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Up next cardin Studio reference
A preview of the next slide: the first placed slide after the playhead, or the next one waiting to be tapped.
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The ? beside “Slides”in Studio reference
Open the help panel with an explanation of every slide type: music line, title, title page, page header, and page footer.
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Add repeatin Studio reference
Mark a section the music plays again: pick its first and last line, and the video shows those lines a second time. Each pass gets its own taps, and…
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Mark unsurein Studio reference
Mark a passage auto-sync can't follow: pick its first and last line, the same way you mark a repeat. Auto-sync stops trying to match that passage,…
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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 title page, or a page header or footer. The ? next to “Slides” explains each type.
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A slide’s ⋮ settingsin Studio reference
Open this slide's settings to change its type or, for a title page, how long it shows.
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A title-page rowin Studio reference
A title-page cover. Open its ⋮ settings to set how long it shows. Intro covers play before the music and outro covers after.
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Slide typesin Studio reference
Every box you keep has a type, and you can 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 while it plays.
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Titlein Studio reference
A heading, such as the name of the piece or a section title. It has no time of its own: it appears above the next music line when that line plays,…
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Title pagein Studio reference
A full-screen cover shown on its own while no music plays. Intro title pages show before the music and outro ones after. Add as many as you like and…
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Page headerin Studio reference
A running head (title block, composer) at the top of a page. It appears above the music and isn't timed.
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Page footerin Studio reference
A page number or copyright line at the bottom of a page. It appears below the music and isn't timed.
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Step 4 · Exportin Studio reference
Choose your video style (camera motion, highlight color, paper, and contrast), then render. Free exports are 720p with a small ScoreToVideo.com badge…
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Aspectin Studio reference
The shape of the video: 16:9 widescreen, 4:3 (a squarer frame), or Vertical for Shorts, Reels, and TikTok. Vertical video can't use the Book layout.
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Motionin Studio reference
How the camera moves. Scroll glides down through the score line by line, Page cuts from one screenful to the next, and Book shows two pages side by…
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Transitions in Scroll modein Studio reference
Glide the camera down to the next line as it approaches. Turn it off to jump from 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 it off for a hard cut, like flipping a page.
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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 it off for a hard cut, like turning a page.
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Transition durationin Studio reference
How long each glide or cross-fade takes. Shorter feels snappier, and longer feels slower and more cinematic. Only applies when Transitions are on.
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First page (Book mode)in Studio reference
Book mode only: whether the piece starts on the left or right page of the first spread. “Right” leaves the first left page blank, like a printed…
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Highlightin Studio reference
Draw an outline and a progress bar around the line that's playing. Turn it off for a clean, unmarked score.
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Highlight colorin Studio reference
The color of the highlight outline and the progress bar under the active line.
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Paperin Studio reference
The background the score sits on. The studio keeps only the ink and lays it on the color you pick, so you never see white page scans floating on…
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Contrastin Studio reference
Darkens the ink and removes the paper tone from the page. Raise it to clean up gray or faint scans. Clean PDFs need little or none.
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Preview playbackin Studio reference
Play the preview, or drag the handle to jump to any moment. It uses the same player as the sync step, so the frame you see here is exactly what the…
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Free 720p exportin Studio reference
Render a 720p video with a small ScoreToVideo.com badge in the corner. It's free, unlimited, and needs no account.
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Export masterin Studio reference
Spend one credit to unlock this project for good: watermark-free 720p, 1080p, and 4K exports, re-renders included.
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Your watermarkin Studio reference
Unlock this project to remove the Score to Video badge and add your own watermark: a diagonal line of text across the frame, a logo in a corner, or…
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Watermark switchin Studio reference
Add your own branding to this project's exports. Turn it off to render a clean video with no marks at all.
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Diagonal textin Studio reference
A faint line of text across the whole frame, such as an imprint, a copyright line, or “perusal only”. Leave it empty for no text.
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Diagonal strengthin Studio reference
How strongly the diagonal text shows. Low is barely visible; high is hard to ignore or crop out.
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Diagonal text colorin Studio reference
The color of the diagonal text. Pick one that stands out against your paper.
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Logoin Studio reference
A PNG, JPEG, WebP, or SVG logo shown in a corner of every frame. Drop a file on the tile or click it to browse. The logo is saved in this browser and…
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Show logoin Studio reference
Show your logo in this project's video. Turn it off to leave the logo out of this project while keeping it saved for others.
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Logo cornerin Studio reference
Which corner the logo sits in. Pick one that stays clear of the score's margins and page numbers.
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Logo sizein Studio reference
How big the logo is, as a share of the frame. Tall logos fit the same box as wide ones, so they never run off the edge. The logo scales with the…
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Logo opacityin Studio reference
How solid the logo looks. Use full strength for a publisher's mark, or lower it for a subtle signature.
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What counts as one project
Score to Video charges per project, not per export. Here's what that means, and why re-exports never cost extra.
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A project is a pair of filesin What counts as one project
A project is the one PDF and one recording you imported. Spend a credit on that pair once, and it’s unlocked for good : Every export of that pair is…
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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 new project, which needs its own credit. The studio always warns you before that…
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Why it works this wayin What counts as one project
It keeps pricing fair. What you’re paying for is the master : the badge-free 1080p or 4K video of one specific performance. Once you’ve paid for that…
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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 for good. After that, you can export it as often as you like, in 720p, 1080p, or 4K, with no Score to Video badge in the…
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Where receipts come fromin Billing and credits
Our payments provider handles checkout and emails your receipt as soon as the charge goes through. If it hasn’t arrived, check your spam folder and…
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Scores with cadenzas
Why auto-sync struggles with cadenzas, and how to time them.
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Mark the cadenza as unsurein Scores with cadenzas
In the sync step, press Unsure and pick the first and last line of the cadenza. Auto-sync then leaves that passage alone, places the music on either…
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Check the lines inside itin Scores with cadenzas
The times inside a marked passage are only estimates. Play through the cadenza and drag each marker to where its line actually starts. The studio…
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How auto-sync worksLearn
How Score to Video listens to your recording, reads your score, and works out when every line starts, without you tapping a thing.
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