Re: Long slurs -- Re: [Finale] Finale's output quality

2005-07-24 Thread Mark D Lew
On Jul 24, 2005, at 9:43 PM, John Howell wrote: Keeping in mind that there was an awful lot that Mosaic couldn't and still can't do, and that MOTU has stopped development, they had this feature from the very beginning. Every slur has not 3 but 4 adjustment points and is almost infinitely adju

Re: Long slurs -- Re: [Finale] Finale's output quality

2005-07-24 Thread John Howell
At 4:34 PM -0700 7/24/05, Mark D Lew wrote: It doesn't seem like it'd be that hard to fix. As I understand it, slurs are current drawn as a Bezier curve (actually, the space enclosed by two almost-parallel Bezier curves) and the slur tool gives the user access to the control points. Why not

Long slurs -- Re: [Finale] Finale's output quality

2005-07-24 Thread Mark D Lew
On Jul 24, 2005, at 7:21 AM, Robert Patterson wrote: Finale's quality of output is capable of meeting the most rigorous engraving standards I know of, with only one exception. Finale cannot produce a proper long slur mark. (Neither can Sibelius, nor any other program except the now defunct SCO