Hi there,
I’m fairly new to Dorico was using Finale before.
I’m trying to print notation and tablature as png files. The process works, but the result shows white background behind numbers. It’s not the elegant solution i’m aiming for since the png files will be used in videos
Is there a way to fix this?
thanks
Welcome to the forum, @elixirmusiques!
How are you producing these PNG files? As graphic slices? With Print > Graphics? Some other way?
Thanks @asherber !
I’m using the French version. I produce those files through the print panel-graphiques-png transparent background
Thanks @benwiggy !
I tried your answer.
But I do want a transparent background - that’s the main issue. If I select mono, and uncheck transparent background, the file is printed with a white background.
I want everything with a transparent background.
The thing is, those png files should have a transparent background since they will be combined with different elements in a video.
For example, here I printed a png file with transparent background that i applied over a beige background.
As we can see here, the numbers still have a white background. I would like them to have none.
Tablature numbers are configured by a Font Style, which has no setting for background colour/opacity.
If you export as a vector PDF, then you should be able to edit the contents in a drawing package, where you can set transparency of the objects. It would also be easier to set colours for noteheads using vector graphics, rather than a bitmap PNG.
Thanks for your answer.
I don’t understand why the notes have no background, but the numbers do
The workaround suggested here seems great, but quite time consuming.
I’ll look into it.
I think the numbers need some kind of background so that the staff lines don’t run though them.
It makes sense
Found it
Library menu > Engraving options > Tablature > uncheck the erase background options around fret numbers. Then Apply and close.
Thanks again
You’re right… again 
FWIW, I think it’s quite common for published tab to have the string lines go through the numbers. I just looked through several books with guitar tab published by Hal Leonard, and this is the case for every one of them. Speaking as a player, it has never bothered me. I’ve only published a couple guitar scores with tab (in magazines); they were notated this way and the publisher didn’t complain. As I recall, this is the default behavior in Finale (what I used at the time).
That said, in the Hal Leonard books I just looked at, and my own scores, the appearance is better than in your example because the string lines are quite thin compared to the font strokes for the fret numbers. For the HL books, it looks like the numbers are in a bold or light-bold font (and I think that’s something I customized in my Finale scores).
The only tab book example I could quickly find with white behind the numbers is Pierre Bensusan’s “The Guitar Book.” Everything about that book is lovely; it appears fairly customized. The scores have the tab staff above the standard notation treble staff (with a lovely customized tab clef). The fret numbers are in a lovely serif font that has an almost caligraphic feel to it, but still somehow informal.
One way to achieve this might be to print your score as a pdf and the save it as a png or jpg.
