As far as I can tell, Sibelius slurs have just three control points --
in other words, you can only adjust the distance of the tips from the
noteheads and the size of the arc. You can't really adjust the contour
of the arc at all. This is. Not. Acceptable.
Finale's slurs have five control points, which gives you *much* more
control over their appearance. There's no comparison. Sibelius
certainly has some areas where it is superior to Finale, but slurs are
definitely not one of them.
RE: gliss lines -- first off, they do not automatically attach to the
notes at they do in Finale. Well, technically, they are "attached,"
but they are also all horizontal by default, so they must be dragged
into position. The problem is that whenever you drag a control point
in Sibelius, you have to drag it *really far* before it actually
moves. (This is true of slurs as well.) So if you want to make a small
adjustment, you have to drag the line waaaaaaay further than you
actually want it, then back into the position you originally wanted.
The other problem is that the opposite end of the line does not stay
put when you do this -- so if you are trying to extend the left end of
the gliss line down a few pixels, the right end will start doing
something crazy like extending in the opposite direction. It's
infuriating. And even when you get one looking the way you like it,
copying it to another measure does not preserve its appearance
consistently, so if you have several glisses in a row that are
supposed to look exactly the same, you have to eyeball it with
endless, extremely frustrating manual tweaking.
- Darcy
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On 12 Mar 2008, at 12:20 PM, John Howell wrote:
At 8:04 AM -0700 3/12/08, ThomaStudios wrote:
I will admit that slurs in Sibelius 5 do need improvement.
Especially ties over system breaks and grabbing certain areas of
the arc for adjusting. I can never find those little handles.
As far as I can tell, you can grab them anyplace along the slur.
I'm not even sure I've seen any little handles! And I've had no
problems with ties OR slurs over system breaks, certainly nothing
like the ugly Finale ties and slurs humping up across those breaks
(which I assume have been improved, but which used to be a dead
giveaway of Finale engraving).
You can also adjust the default amount of curve to the ties/slurs.
I haven't done it, but I found that window when I was searching for
something else.
John
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