Re: [Finale] Finale Digest, Vol 102, Issue 4
You may want to consider some of the open source alternatives to Illustrator and Photoshop. Here is a link to an article presenting 35 free programs: http://mashable.com/2007/10/27/graphics-toolbox/ Gimp is a good choice as a Photoshop alternative and InkSpace for vector graphics like what Illustrator does. Bernard Savoie Montréal, QC, Canada b.sav...@videotron.ca On Jan 6, 2012, at 1:00 PM, finale-requ...@shsu.edu wrote: Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 07:35:06 -0500 From: Dennis Bathory-Kitsz bath...@maltedmedia.com Subject: Re: [Finale] OT - Graphic Score Tools To: finale@shsu.edu Message-ID: e52183e4680066b255afe7e38a3d2fa4.squir...@sm.webmail.pair.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 On Fri, January 6, 2012 3:50 am, Michael Lawlor wrote: I wonder if anyone has experience of tools to create graphic scores. The current problem I have is that, although much of the notation could be done in Finale, it will involve so much jumping through hoops to modify virtually every aspect of the notation that I would prefer to use pen paper. Has anyone used other tools to create graphic or hybrid (part graphic, part conventional) scores and have any recommendations? I do it all in Finale at the moment. But I believe Jef Chippewa might jump in here; I think he uses a vector graphics program for some things. I believe that Michael Manion used to do all his work in a vector graphics program (I think Freehand). I could use an occasional vector editor that can import eps, ps or pdf files produced by Finale. But with Adobe Illustrator priced at $600 (and no academic version anymore ... trying to take advantage of my short-term academic status!), I'm happy to take recommendations as well. Dennis ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Finale Digest, Vol 102, Issue 4
On Sat, January 7, 2012 9:01 am, Bernard Savoie wrote: You may want to consider some of the open source alternatives to Illustrator and Photoshop. Here is a link to an article presenting 35 free programs: http://mashable.com/2007/10/27/graphics-toolbox/ Gimp is a good choice as a Photoshop alternative and InkSpace for vector graphics like what Illustrator does. Much as I like and use a lot of open source software (especially ImgBurn, OpenOffice, VLC Media Player, Exact Audio Copy), The Gimp and InkSpace are both very weak. I have them and neither one does proper imports. I updated InkSpace yesterday just in case, but its vector work still does not use embedded fonts, but rather looks them up on the system. And since Finale renames and embeds the fonts with temporary names (depending on the version of Finale and the Postscript output method), it won't find the fonts of the system and you end up with the famous Finale gobbledygook. It also has no option to edit text and reflows it -- you have to hand move each character. Gimp is generally unable to do easy and effective handling of vectors. It's a programmer's version of a graphics program rather than a graphics designer's version; Photoshop and even the old Paint Shop Pro were far more advanced. Dennis ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Fin2011 and Finale Garritan Percussion
Hi all, This is my first time using the Finale Garritan instruments, and I'm a little confused by the percussion maps. I take it that we're supposed to use the Orchestral Percussion map, but that doesn't include entries for side drum or for several of the susp. cymbal options. Does anyone have any suggestions for easy ways to add all of the instruments available in Basic Orchestral Percussion? Or is there a pre-built map that I'm missing? Thanks, Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] More on percusison in Fin11
Hi all, So now that I think about it, this is my first time doing *any* percussion in 2011, though I've done a fair bit in previous versions. I always enter music in Speedy, using the computer keyboard. It used to be that in percussion maps you could specify not only what sound you wanted (i.e., MIDI out) and where you wanted that instrument to display on the staff, but also what MIDI note you wanted to play to get that pitch (i.e., MIDI in). So I could tell Finale that I wanted to play treble clef third line to get a snare drum, and the map would place that on the third line (or somewhere else) and output the GM midi note to get a snare. In Fin2011, it looks like you can no longer specify the MIDI in pitch. You just tell the map I want a snare sound, and I want it to display here. But now it's not clear what I need to enter to produce that snare sound. The help file says I can do percussion entry using all the usual tools of Speedy Entry, but that doesn't seem to be true. I can cursor up and cursor down, and the Speedy frame now helpfully tells me what sound will result, but it appears that I can no longer type a specify pitch (again, using the old-style 3-octave Speedy) to get a certain note. In fact, if I repeatedly press the same pitch, the Speedy cursor appears to cycle through all of the available percussion notes in the map. Am I missing something here? I admit to feeling thwarted not just by the program, but by the help file as well; I can usually find what I need in there, if it's not a paradigm of organization. I'd be grateful for a few pointers, or even a suggestion of where to look in the help. Thanks, Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
