Richard Smith wrote: [snip]
I have seen both do it and any engraver who puts out something like that should be ashamed!
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That's really what it all boils down to -- the engraver should take the time to actually make all the parts legible and clear and easy to understand.
Most complaints come from people not taking the time to actually see if the music they use Finale or Sibelius to produce is clear -- many people who use the programs simply use the defaults and leave it at that, figuring "the music looks engraved, it must be good."
That's where Sibelius has had the edge over Finale -- the Sibelius programmers made sure that the defaults look better than Finale's defaults, so that for those who never get to changing the defaults, Sibelius output looks better.
But it all comes down to the engraver's skill, something that unfortunately both programs tend to make light of in their advertising, giving the impression that anybody can simply boot up the program, enter the music and Presto! they get professional looking output.
-- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
