Re: [Finale] Re: Fin2006 first impressions

2005-07-29 Thread Phil Daley
At 7/28/2005 05:43 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: >Now, anti-aliasing, no the other hand, is a completely different >animal. There should be a choice there for non-ClearType anti- >aliasing, though I don't know what it is (and don't have an XP system >to check). Anti-aliasing has been supported in Wi

Re: [Finale] Re: Fin2006 first impressions

2005-07-29 Thread dhbailey
Brian Williams wrote: Darcy wrote: Fin2k6 is IMO very significant. It's not just GPO, it's Studio View, the mixer, the improved Human Playback, etc -- these are all very big changes -- plus the switch to CoreGraphics on the Mac side. Of course, if you don't care about playback, then these f

Re: [Finale] Re: Fin2006 first impressions

2005-07-28 Thread David W. Fenton
On 28 Jul 2005 at 20:27, Richard Yates wrote: > > > [quoting me, unattributed:] > > > > And ClearType really only has an effect with LCD displays -- > > > > that's what it was designed for. So, you really shouldn't use > > > > ClearType for anti-aliasing unless you're using an LCD display. > > >

Re: [Finale] Re: Fin2006 first impressions

2005-07-28 Thread Richard Yates
> [quoting me, unattributed:] > > > And ClearType really only has an effect with LCD displays -- that's > > > what it was designed for. So, you really shouldn't use ClearType for > > > anti-aliasing unless you're using an LCD display. > > > > Not so. I had not heard of ClearType in XP Display opti

Re: [Finale] Re: Fin2006 first impressions

2005-07-28 Thread David W. Fenton
On 28 Jul 2005 at 18:24, Richard Yates wrote: [quoting me, unattributed:] > > And ClearType really only has an effect with LCD displays -- that's > > what it was designed for. So, you really shouldn't use ClearType for > > anti-aliasing unless you're using an LCD display. > > Not so. I had not he

Re: [Finale] Re: Fin2006 first impressions

2005-07-28 Thread Richard Yates
> And ClearType really only has an effect with LCD displays -- that's > what it was designed for. So, you really shouldn't use ClearType for > anti-aliasing unless you're using an LCD display. Not so. I had not heard of ClearType in XP Display options until today. Tried in on my CRT at work. It im

[Finale] Re: Fin2006 first impressions

2005-07-28 Thread Brian Williams
Darcy wrote: > Fin2k6 is IMO very significant. It's not just GPO, it's Studio View, > the mixer, the improved Human Playback, etc -- these are all very big > changes -- plus the switch to CoreGraphics on the Mac side. Of course, > if you don't care about playback, then these features may not be

Re: [Finale] Re: Fin2006 first impressions

2005-07-28 Thread David W. Fenton
On 28 Jul 2005 at 10:34, Kevin Kastning wrote: > One tip for better font rendering in XP is as follows. > Right-click the desktop, and select Properties. (Or > go to Control Panel / Display.) On the Appearance > tab, click the Effects button. In the Effects window, > select, "Use the following

[Finale] Re: Fin2006 first impressions

2005-07-28 Thread Kevin Kastning
One tip for better font rendering in XP is as follows. Right-click the desktop, and select Properties. (Or go to Control Panel / Display.) On the Appearance tab, click the Effects button. In the Effects window, select, "Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts" (checkmark in sel