Re: Manual engraving video

2006-11-26 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Arjan Bos wrote: The interesting thing from the video that I took home from it is that the engraving of a piece is dependent on the tempo: an Andante piece should be typeset more dense than an Allegro piece. Is it possible to embed this rule into Lilypond? Perhaps driven via a new

Re: Manual engraving video

2006-11-24 Thread Arjan Bos
On 23 nov 2006, at 8:09, Martial wrote: The fact that they chose to switch to computer-engraving doesn't contradict that hand-engraving is far better; see: http://lilypond.org/web/about/automated-engraving/introduction.html And the Lilypond product is great ! The interesting thing from

Re: Manual engraving video

2006-11-24 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
Arvid Grøtting escreveu: The problem is twofold: This print shop doesn't stock any cream-colored A3 paper which would be nice, and the finished sheet music is almost *too* sharp. this is mainly due to the whiteness of the paper. Using yellow paper decreases the contrast a bit, and will

Re: Manual engraving video

2006-11-22 Thread Arvid Grøtting
Joseph Haig josephhaig at gmail.com writes: Note the second comment: It will be a long time before this beautiful process can be replicated by computers. Erm ... It took Henle three years, from the video was made in 1997 until they stopped hand-engraving in 2000. Three years should not be a

Re: Manual engraving video

2006-11-22 Thread Erik Sandberg
On Wednesday 22 November 2006 09:20, Arvid Grøtting wrote: Joseph Haig josephhaig at gmail.com writes: Note the second comment: It will be a long time before this beautiful process can be replicated by computers. Erm ... It took Henle three years, from the video was made in 1997 until they

Re: Manual engraving video

2006-11-22 Thread Arvid Grøtting
Erik Sandberg mandolaerik at gmail.com writes: The fact that they chose to switch to computer-engraving doesn't contradict that hand-engraving is far better; [...] True. On the other hand, hand-engraved doesn't always mean better. I've seen, sung from and copied hand-engraved scores (or

Re: Manual engraving video

2006-11-22 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hello, all! On another note, I'm looking for the paper quality, printing technique and printer that will best do LilyPond justice. I find the Rockland 70lb (140g), 11x17, cream-coloured paper lives up to Lilypond standards! Best, Kieren. ___

Re: Manual engraving video

2006-11-22 Thread Johan Vromans
Arvid Grøtting [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: and of course I dream of etching a LilyPond score into a plate and printing it in some kind of gravure printer ;-) Lilypond produces PostScript (or PDF) which means it has infinite sharpness. It is the reproduction device that controls how the result

Re: Manual engraving video

2006-11-22 Thread Arvid Grøtting
Johan Vromans jvromans at squirrel.nl writes: Lilypond produces PostScript (or PDF) which means it has infinite sharpness. It is the reproduction device that controls how the result looks. If you use a professional quality printer the result will be splendid. Maybe you can contact a real

Re: Manual engraving video

2006-11-22 Thread fiëé visuëlle
Am 2006-11-22 um 21:26 schrieb Arvid Grøtting: The problem is twofold: This print shop doesn't stock any cream- colored A3 paper which would be nice, and the finished sheet music is almost *too* sharp. So what I'm looking for is a bit more smudge, a bit of roughness, some printing

Re: Manual engraving video

2006-11-22 Thread Martial
The fact that they chose to switch to computer-engraving doesn't contradict that hand-engraving is far better; see: http://lilypond.org/web/about/automated-engraving/introduction.html And the Lilypond product is great ! http://cathemline.org/lily/fragment_typo.html

Re: Manual engraving video

2006-11-21 Thread Joseph Haig
On 21/11/06, Cesar Penagos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Lilyponders! I wan to advice you that is an excellent video of the art of manual engraving in You Toube; you have to take a look of this excellent work. You can see it, at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q8adEIMzbso Note the second

Manual engraving video

2006-11-21 Thread Cesar Penagos
Hi Lilyponders! I wan to advice you that is an excellent video of the art of manual engraving in You Toube; you have to take a look of this excellent work. You can see it, at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q8adEIMzbso Saludos!! -- Atentamente; César Penagos Tel:Of:(502)2253-7181, 2253-3826

Re: Manual engraving video

2006-11-21 Thread Werner LEMBERG
Cesar Penagos [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I wan to advice you that is an excellent video of the art of manual engraving in You Toube; you have to take a look of this excellent work. You can see it, at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q8adEIMzbso Impressive! Here the German version,

Re: Manual engraving video

2006-11-21 Thread Johan Vromans
Cesar Penagos [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I wan to advice you that is an excellent video of the art of manual engraving in You Toube; you have to take a look of this excellent work. You can see it, at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q8adEIMzbso Impressive! But did I miss something important?

Re: Manual engraving video

2006-11-21 Thread Matthias Kilian
On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 08:59:39PM +0100, Werner LEMBERG wrote: Here the German version, with a much better resolution: http://www.henle.de/video/vollversion/Notenstich_D.wmv Note that you can't directly fetch this, since they check the referer. But you can find it from Henle's download