Re: [Finale] Resetting articulation positioning / Retranscribe
On 29 Dec 2009, at 6:42 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: > > I think Fn-Delete works as a Clear key as well on Mac laptops, doesn't it? Nope -- at least, not on my 2006 MacBook Pro. I'm not sure about the newer laptops without the embedded numpad. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://secretsociety.typepad.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Resetting articulation positioning / Retranscribe
On Tue Dec 29, at TuesdayDec 29 8:44 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 29 Dec 2009 at 11:22, Stephen Lamb wrote: I'm editing a file in Mac Fin09 that was started in an earlier version. Because a lot of the articulations are not properly aligned, I'm having to go through, select each one (or in batches), and type "Fn"+6. This is on my mac laptop. Maybe the revisions to the selection tool have made this obsolete, but in my WinFin2003 (and earlier versions), I select a region, and from the MassEdit menu, choose CHANGE and then ARTICULATION ASSIGNMENTS. One of the options is to reposition the selected articulation. You have to do it one articulation at a time, but you can select the entire document and do all instances of that articulation at once. Is this gone from current versions of Finale? Or am I misunderstanding the question? No, you haven't misunderstood. Your way is great, too, but the Clear key (or backspace on PC) clears the positioning of all selected articulations only (or other items in other tools, if you so choose.) He was worried about finding the Clear key on new Mac keyboards, I think. I think Fn-Delete works as a Clear key as well on Mac laptops, doesn't it? Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] compile postscript listing with image
Unfortunately, Finale shows onscreen a poor quality preview of the EPS. But it should print at full resolution. When it was first changed from the previous high-quality preview (I think I remember that happening in 2003!) I complained, and was told it was because of the way Apple handled it. I sometimes can't even see what the EPS is onscreen! Christopher On Tue Dec 29, at TuesdayDec 29 5:57 PM, Minke Hylarides wrote: Yes, EPS! I didn't try that, because it doesn't look well in Finale. But you're right, it looks fine in the PDF after Compile PS Listing. How do I get the EPS to look right in the Finale-file itself? But on the other hand, while trying this Compile-method, I come across some other things: like fonts that won't come through right, even though I tell Finale to include them (but when I turn that thingie(?) off, the text blocks look better, strangely enough). And another thing: the EPS-images appear too high on the page... I reckon this is the usual fiddling around to get things working with Finale - or with computers on the whole, but for the time being I think I'll just stick to the print as PDF method. Maybe I sort it all out one day. (Today it just doesn't seem the right moment: too many distractions, up to a roof that started leaking a few minutes ago!) But Dennis, thanks a lot for thinking with me anyway! Minke -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] Namens Dennis Bathory-Kitsz Verzonden: dinsdag 29 december 2009 0:12 Aan: finale@shsu.edu Onderwerp: Re: [Finale] compile postscript listing with image On Mon, December 28, 2009 5:14 pm, Barbara Touburg wrote: Jij en Dennis ook alvast gelukkig nieuwjaar! Hartelijk dank, & jij ook een gelukkig nieuwjaar! As to the compile problem, the images will compile beautifully if they're in EPS format. Be sure to include a preview in the EPS file so it's nice looking in the Finale file itself, and it works. I can send an example if you'd like. Dennis ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Resetting articulation positioning / Retranscribe
On 29 Dec 2009 at 11:22, Stephen Lamb wrote: > I'm editing a file in Mac Fin09 that was started in an earlier > version. Because a lot of the articulations are not properly > aligned, I'm having to go through, select each one (or in batches), > and type "Fn"+6. This is on my mac laptop. Maybe the revisions to the selection tool have made this obsolete, but in my WinFin2003 (and earlier versions), I select a region, and from the MassEdit menu, choose CHANGE and then ARTICULATION ASSIGNMENTS. One of the options is to reposition the selected articulation. You have to do it one articulation at a time, but you can select the entire document and do all instances of that articulation at once. Is this gone from current versions of Finale? Or am I misunderstanding the question? -- David W. Fentonhttp://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Resetting articulation positioning / Retranscribe
This is a big problem -- newer Mac laptops don't have the embedded numeric keypad (accessed via function key), and neither does the current Apple Wireless Keyboard. No numeric keypad = no clear key. This also makes it impossible to access the TGTools Align-Move shortcuts. If you have an iPhone, there is a great app called NumberKey that allows you to use the phone as a numeric keypad: http://www.balmuda.com/en/laboratory/numberkey Otherwise, you will need to get an external keyboard of some kind. (The Apple Wireless Keyboard won't work, but the USB version will, and there are also some third-party keyboards that are just the numeric keypad.) Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://secretsociety.typepad.com On 29 Dec 2009, at 9:22 AM, Stephen Lamb wrote: > How is this accomplished on a Mac machine that does not have the "Function" > key? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
RE: [Finale] compile postscript listing with image
Yes, EPS! I didn't try that, because it doesn't look well in Finale. But you're right, it looks fine in the PDF after Compile PS Listing. How do I get the EPS to look right in the Finale-file itself? But on the other hand, while trying this Compile-method, I come across some other things: like fonts that won't come through right, even though I tell Finale to include them (but when I turn that thingie(?) off, the text blocks look better, strangely enough). And another thing: the EPS-images appear too high on the page... I reckon this is the usual fiddling around to get things working with Finale - or with computers on the whole, but for the time being I think I'll just stick to the print as PDF method. Maybe I sort it all out one day. (Today it just doesn't seem the right moment: too many distractions, up to a roof that started leaking a few minutes ago!) But Dennis, thanks a lot for thinking with me anyway! Minke -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] Namens Dennis Bathory-Kitsz Verzonden: dinsdag 29 december 2009 0:12 Aan: finale@shsu.edu Onderwerp: Re: [Finale] compile postscript listing with image On Mon, December 28, 2009 5:14 pm, Barbara Touburg wrote: > Jij en Dennis ook alvast gelukkig nieuwjaar! Hartelijk dank, & jij ook een gelukkig nieuwjaar! As to the compile problem, the images will compile beautifully if they're in EPS format. Be sure to include a preview in the EPS file so it's nice looking in the Finale file itself, and it works. I can send an example if you'd like. Dennis ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
RE: [Finale] importing pdf as graphic
Are your pdf pages in separate files or all in one big file? If they are all in one file with pages in the correct order (page 1, page 2, page 3, etc) then Acrobat Reader can print a booklet. It is an option in the Page Scaling drop down. George Brooke House of Hope Lutheran Church New Hope, MN -Original Message- From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of Andrew Stiller Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 1:56 PM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] importing pdf as graphic On Dec 28, 2009, at 3:44 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: > I'm with Dennis that it's better to try to get > Finale to print the desired final result, since that means you don't > have to futz with a separate graphics editing/PDF construction step. The problem is at base a Sibelius-->Finale one. The composer whose work I want to publish uses Sibelius, and he's been sending me pdfs which I can then print out for publication purposes. The problem is with the extracted parts: I need to be able to print them in booklet order, and that can't be done from Preview or Acrobat Reader. This could in theory be solved either of two ways: either by me importing the pdf pages into Finale and then print out in booklet order (2-up and duplexed on 11x17 paper) from Finale, or by having the composer create a pdf that is already in booklet order so that I could print it straight from Preview in the normal way. Last I looked, Sibelius could only print booklets by printing one set of pages and then refeeding them into the printer for a second pass. Do recent states of the program provide for single-pass print out (to pdf)? Any other suggestions? --And please don't recommend Dolet; the conversion is too lossy. --Andrew Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music Press http://www.kallistimusic.com/ ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] importing pdf as graphic
Andrew Stiller wrote: > The problem is at base a Sibelius-->Finale one. The composer whose work I > want to publish uses Sibelius, and he's been sending me pdfs which I can then > print out for publication purposes. The problem is with the extracted parts: > I need to be able to print them in booklet order, and that can't be done from > Preview or Acrobat Reader. This could in theory be solved either of two ways: > either by me importing the pdf pages into Finale and then print out in > booklet order (2-up and duplexed on 11x17 paper) from Finale, or by having > the composer create a pdf that is already in booklet order so that I could > print it straight from Preview in the normal way. > > Last I looked, Sibelius could only print booklets by printing one set of > pages and then refeeding them into the printer for a second pass. Do recent > states of the program provide for single-pass print out (to pdf)? Any other > suggestions? > CocoaBooklet is a great, free app that will do what you want. It doesn't work on Snow Leopard (Mac OS 10.6+) but I seem to recall that you aren't on that OS. All you do is take your letter sized pdf file and drop it onto CocoaBooklet and it will make a new pdf that is properly formatted for center-stapled booklets in tabloid size. (You can change those size parameters in the preferences.) http://www.iconus.ch/fabien/products/cbeng/cbeng.html Alternatively, you can try adding this free service to your Mac, and this one works in Snow Leopard: http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Word-Processing/Create-Booklet-PDF-Service.shtml -Randolph Peters ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] importing pdf as graphic
If you are not on OS X 10.6, use CocoaBooklet: http://www.iconus.ch/fabien/products/cbeng/cbeng.html If you are on OS X 10.6, use Create Booklet: http://web.mac.com/vogelbusch/Site/Programs/Einträge/2009/7/22_Create_Booklet_1.1_support_Snow_Leopard.html Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://secretsociety.typepad.com On 29 Dec 2009, at 11:56 AM, Andrew Stiller wrote: > The problem is at base a Sibelius-->Finale one. The composer whose work I > want to publish uses Sibelius, and he's been sending me pdfs which I can then > print out for publication purposes. The problem is with the extracted parts: > I need to be able to print them in booklet order, and that can't be done from > Preview or Acrobat Reader. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] importing pdf as graphic
On Dec 28, 2009, at 3:44 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: I'm with Dennis that it's better to try to get Finale to print the desired final result, since that means you don't have to futz with a separate graphics editing/PDF construction step. The problem is at base a Sibelius-->Finale one. The composer whose work I want to publish uses Sibelius, and he's been sending me pdfs which I can then print out for publication purposes. The problem is with the extracted parts: I need to be able to print them in booklet order, and that can't be done from Preview or Acrobat Reader. This could in theory be solved either of two ways: either by me importing the pdf pages into Finale and then print out in booklet order (2-up and duplexed on 11x17 paper) from Finale, or by having the composer create a pdf that is already in booklet order so that I could print it straight from Preview in the normal way. Last I looked, Sibelius could only print booklets by printing one set of pages and then refeeding them into the printer for a second pass. Do recent states of the program provide for single-pass print out (to pdf)? Any other suggestions? --And please don't recommend Dolet; the conversion is too lossy. --Andrew Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music Press http://www.kallistimusic.com/ ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Resetting articulation positioning / Retranscribe
Stephen Lamb wrote: On Windows, I remember the "delete" key resetting the positioning. It's backspace on Windows. On a related note, in previous versions of Finale, there was a "Retranscribe" option that would renter the notes in the selected measure, removing articulations and dynamics, but resetting manual positioning of notes. Is this option still in Fin09, or have they removed it? MIDI/Audio menu->Retranscribe Best regards, Jari Williamsson ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Resetting articulation positioning / Retranscribe
I believe it is the CLEAR key that does this On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Stephen Lamb wrote: > I'm editing a file in Mac Fin09 that was started in an earlier version. > Because a lot of the articulations are not properly aligned, I'm having to > go through, select each one (or in batches), and type "Fn"+6. This is on my > mac laptop. On Windows, I remember the "delete" key resetting the > positioning. How is this accomplished on a Mac machine that does not have > the "Function" key? > > On a related note, in previous versions of Finale, there was a > "Retranscribe" option that would renter the notes in the selected measure, > removing articulations and dynamics, but resetting manual positioning of > notes. Is this option still in Fin09, or have they removed it? > > Thanks, > Stephen Lamb > jstephenl...@jslweb.com > > > > ___ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Resetting articulation positioning / Retranscribe
I'm editing a file in Mac Fin09 that was started in an earlier version. Because a lot of the articulations are not properly aligned, I'm having to go through, select each one (or in batches), and type "Fn"+6. This is on my mac laptop. On Windows, I remember the "delete" key resetting the positioning. How is this accomplished on a Mac machine that does not have the "Function" key? On a related note, in previous versions of Finale, there was a "Retranscribe" option that would renter the notes in the selected measure, removing articulations and dynamics, but resetting manual positioning of notes. Is this option still in Fin09, or have they removed it? Thanks, Stephen Lamb jstephenl...@jslweb.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
