The fastest way to scan music
PhotoScore Ultimate is the fastest way to scan music for transpositions, arrangements, and editions. You can use it to scan in, play back, transpose, and print scores, and even save audio files. PhotoScore Ultimate reads printed and handwritten music or PDFs in seconds—not just the notes, but also printed slurs, dynamics, lyrics, guitar tab, chord diagrams, and more. You can then edit or transpose the music, play it back, extract the parts and print—just as if you'd input it yourself.
Minimum requirements for PhotoScore Ultimate
Windows - IBM-compatible Pentium III (or equivalent AMD processor) or higher PC with at least 512 MB RAM
- Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7
- At least 40 MB available hard disk space
- Adobe Reader 6.0 or later should be installed to view PhotoScore’s PDF help.
- Sibelius users note: Although PhotoScore will work with Sibelius 3 or later, it is recommended that you use Sibelius 5 or later, as it has greatly improved PhotoScore importing capabilities.
- A scanner (connected to your computer via a USB, Printer or SCSI port), and installed TWAIN or WIA driver software.
Mac - Intel-powered Apple Mac with Mac OS X 10.4 or higher
- At least 512 MB RAM (more than 512 MB RAM may be desirable if you need to scan many small staves, or photos and graphics)
- At least 40 MB available hard disk space
- Apple Preview or Adobe Reader 6.0 or later should be installed to view PhotoScore’s PDF help.
- Sibelius users note: Although PhotoScore will work with Sibelius 3 or later, It is recommended that you use Sibelius 5 or later as it has greatly improved PhotoScore importing capabilities.
- A scanner (connected to your computer via a USB, Printer or SCSI port), and installed Mac OS X TWAIN driver software
Please Note: It is highly recommended you visit your scanner manufacturer’s website and download the latest version of the driver software. You may need to contact your scanner manufacturer for information on installing a suitable TWAIN driver. If a Mac OS X TWAIN driver is not available for your scanner, you will need to scan using separate software, save suitable TIFF files, and open these in PhotoScore.
What’s in the box?
- PhotoScore Ultimate 7 installation CD-ROM
- Installation guide
PhotoScore 7 is in English only, with on-screen documentation additionally in French and German.