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| - Use [[http://www.hamrick.com/|Vuescan]] to scan automatically each 6 seconds a single a3 tiff page at 300 dpi 8-bit grayscale. Alternatively, if I receive from someone an unprocessed pdf file, I use [[software:pdfprocessing:pdf2tif_300dpi|pdf2tif_300dpi]] to convert it to single tiff pages with proper resolution and grayscaled. | - Use [[http://www.hamrick.com/|Vuescan]] to scan automatically each 6 seconds a single a3 tiff page at 300 dpi 8-bit grayscale. Alternatively, if I receive from someone an unprocessed pdf file, I use [[software:pdfprocessing:pdf2tif_300dpi|pdf2tif_300dpi]] to convert it to single tiff pages with proper resolution and grayscaled. |
| - Use [[http://scantailor.sourceforge.net/|scantailor]] to rotate, straighten, remove borders, filter and convert to black and white bitmaps. I tested extensively other software like [[software:unpaper_test|unpaper]] but I found that scantailor performs way faster and much more accurate then unpaper. Alternatively I have also experimented a lot with using the image processing features of [[http://www.neuratron.com/photoscore.htm|Neuratron Photoscore]] controlled externally by [[software:musicpdf|a script]], but found that scantailor is still much faster and gives better handling to fine-tune the output. | - Use [[http://scantailor.sourceforge.net/|scantailor]] to rotate, straighten, remove borders, filter and convert to black and white bitmaps. I tested extensively other software like [[software:unpaper_test|unpaper]] but I found that scantailor performs way faster and much more accurate then unpaper. Alternatively I have also experimented a lot with using the image processing features of [[http://www.neuratron.com/photoscore.htm|Neuratron Photoscore]] controlled externally by [[software:musicpdf|a script]], but found that scantailor is still much faster and gives better handling to fine-tune the output. |
| - Use [[software:pdfprocessing:FlattenANDCompactPDF_A4Size|FlattenANDCompactPDF_A4Size]] to autonomously resize and/or convert the previously generated tiff files to an a4 sized pdf file with exactly 2480x3508 (or 3508x2480) pixels with g4 encoding((I experienced that other, more efficient types of lossless coding may be better, but will put a much heavier load on the processor while viewing pdf files. This adversely influenced a smooth user experience.)). Select the tiff files, drag and drop them onto the exe file. The encoding results in pdf pages with an average of 60 kB per page. | - Use [[software:pdfprocessing:FlattenANDCompactPDF_A4Size|FlattenANDCompactPDF_A4Size]] to autonomously resize and/or convert the previously generated tiff files to an a4 sized pdf file with exactly 2480x3508 (or 3508x2480) pixels with g4 encoding((I experienced that other, more efficient types of lossless coding may result in smaller files, but will put a much heavier load on the processor while viewing pdf files. This adversely influenced a smooth user experience.)). Select the tiff files, drag and drop them onto the exe file. The encoding results in pdf pages with an average of 60 kB per page. |
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| * The FlattenANDCompactPDF_A4Size program accepts apart from tiff files also pdf files. This can be very useful if you have to convert one or more pdf file(s) with pages which are too small or too large for a pdf file with a4 sized pages. | * The FlattenANDCompactPDF_A4Size program accepts apart from tiff files also pdf files. This can be very useful if you have to convert one or more pdf file(s) with pages which are too small or too large for a pdf file with a4 sized pages. |
| * To correct wrong placing of odd and even pages, you can enable the -q option (by renaming the FlattenANDCompactPDF_A4Size.exe to FlattenANDCompactPDF_A4Size -q.exe). What it will do is add at the end of the document as many pages as necessary to create a document with a multiple of 4 pages. This can specifically be practical if your target format is a booklet. As a last step, empty pages need to be moved manually to the right location. | * To correct wrong placing of odd and even pages, you can enable the -q option (by renaming the FlattenANDCompactPDF_A4Size.exe to FlattenANDCompactPDF_A4Size -q.exe). What it will do is add at the end of the document as many pages as necessary to create a document with a multiple of 4 pages. This can specifically be practical if your target format is a booklet. As a last step, empty pages need to be moved manually to the right location. |
| * Annotations: Use [[http://www.ograhl.com/en/pdfannotator/|PDF Annotator]] with a pen tablet((I used a Wacom Intuous3 a5 tablet)) to write instructions (like bowings) directly into the pdf file. Afterwards use [[software:pdfprocessing:FlattenANDCompactPDF_A4Size|FlattenANDCompactPDF_A4Size]] a second time to merge these annotations with the music into one bitmap and produce again a compact pdf file. | * Annotations: Use [[http://www.ograhl.com/en/pdfannotator/|PDF Annotator]] with a pen tablet((I used a Wacom Intuous3 a5 tablet)) to write instructions (like bowings) directly into the pdf file. Afterwards use [[software:pdfprocessing:FlattenANDCompactPDF_A4Size|FlattenANDCompactPDF_A4Size]] a second time to merge these annotations with the music into one bitmap and produce again a compact pdf file. |
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| | ^ <flashplayer width="920" height="696" position="1">file=http://www.auditeon.com/xyz/vids/ScanSheetmusicDemo.swf</flashplayer> ^ |
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