Here is my workaround that I used in a newly finished project that included eps graphic exported from Finale 2003 in WinXP. I had to deliver the final result in pdf. Besides Finwin 2003a I used Illustrator 10, Acrobat 6 and Postscript fonts only, no use of ATM. I have posted this earlier on the list and checked that the same things apply to Finale 2004:
The following is a description of a successful use of eps in WinXP. (This was posted earlier on the Finale Forza-talk list.) It's a known fact that eps export doesn't work as it should in the Finale-WinXp combination. However I have found a way which makes this work - although there is a little glitch. After exporting the eps graphic from Finale (do not include fonts and preview) import this file in Illustrator (Adobe) and save it as an Illustrator eps file (version 3.0/3.2). This will include fonts for further Acrobat handling. The glitch is that I have found that a few chord symbols are badly aligned. But this is easily fixed in Illustrator. Mike Cholewa Btw. MakeMusic states that "Import and export of EPS files supported under Windows 98, NT 4.0 and ME only." See the Finale 2004 Upgrade Brochure (http://downloads.makemusic.com/dealers/finale/f2k4upgrade-mailer.pdf) page 19. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Kurt Gnos > Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 6:23 PM > To: Finale list > Subject: [Finale] Finale, EPS and PDF > > Yesterday I tried again to get Finale 2004 (WinXP) to produce EPS or PDF > files to import in Quark XPress. I don't want to use pixel formats (TIFF), > because I want the output scalable. > > First I tried EPS, using different settings and PS drivers. I only got > stems without noteheads, keys etc. This also happened when I tried to > print > a file on my PS printer. And, funny, after I deinstalled the maestro PS > font (using Adobe Type Manager), the fonts where there. > > Anyway Finale seems not to be able to embed fonts correctly, Ghostscript > for example shows lots of bugs and cannot even open a Finale EPS file with > embedded fonts. > > So I thought about PDF. It's less confortable, but I can change the page > size in Finale until I only have the part I want to export on my page and > save this page as PDF. > > I also can Import the file into QuarkXpress (Version 6, also acrobat pro > 6). However the file looks quite ugly on screen, but this may be a problem > of my not being very experienced in Quark Xpress. > HOWEVER, when I now printed the Quark Xpress File - the noteheads had > vanished again. > > So this is serious and very annoying - is there no way to get a scalable > vector output out of Finale, even with lots of workarounds? Or is there? > > Kurt > > > > -- > |\\ > |// > /| Kurt Gnos Tel. /Fax +41 41 320 67 41 > / |_ Hackenrainstr. 6 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ( (| \\ CH-6010 Kriens > \_|_// Switzerland > | http://www.gnos.org > \\/ ICQ 16526151 > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
