> On 21 Apr 2018, at 13:33, Robert Patterson <rob...@robertgpatterson.com > <mailto:rob...@robertgpatterson.com>> wrote: > > Wait. Is Dorico at the truly professional level? All I've heard is that it > has the potential to be but isn't there yet. I mean, one of the Dorico > users in this thread even said they export to Finale for the finished > product. (Which surprised me.)
This may have been me? I don’t export to Finale. I do everything in Dorico, then start again in Finale. This is a method of learning Dorico. At this point (after maybe 3 months proper use), I’m way quicker in Dorico than after decades of Finale. The only reason I’m still re-doing in Finale is that I bought an educational licence for Dorico (I’m a postgrad…). When the next paid upgrade comes, I will move to a full licence. I don’t want to be on the Finale forum as a fan-boy for Dorico, but it is at a professional level. Some things need workarounds at the moment—temporarily I’m sure. But I use workarounds in Finale every day. Even mixed metres with aligned bars can be achieved. For contemporary music, using music frames which can have any music assigned to them, allows things to be achieved within Dorico that would require cutting up in a graphics program. Pedalling, cues, lyrics, instrument changes—all take significant fiddling in Finale, but none in Dorico. Steve P. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
