At 04:20 PM 2/27/04 -0500, Darcy James Argue wrote: >[I should add that I don't know if this is supported -- or even >possible -- on the Windows side of things. It's possible in OS X >because OpenGL is such an integral part of the OS. The OpenGL >integration is not supported in Sibelius for OS 9, which means that the >OS 9 version of Sibelius is actually *slower* than the OS X version (if >you can believe that!). Maybe Sibelius for Windows uses DirectX >instead of OpenGL, or maybe there's no 3D acceleration in the Windows >version at all. Perhaps someone could download the WinSib demo and >tell me if there's a "Smoothing..." item in the View menu?]
At your urging, I downloaded the demo. I'm always reluctant to do anything with these copy-protected programs, but since the demo doesn't include the NI Kontakt (which I will never allow on my system, nothing by NI, ever), I installed it. The display does have smoothing, and even at highest quality, the display shows no lag at any magnification. It is a faster display than most graphics-heavy programs. I have a DirectX 9 system under Win98se with a 1.4GHz Athlon and Matrox 450 dual-head card. Sibelius was rock solid and without any anomalies. And I whalloped through clicking notes into place as fast as I could, dragging beams everywhere, and just trying to crash it or fool the display. Not a whimper. I'll run the demo some more. Unfortunately, the demo does not load Finale files, and many of those I tried to load come up with a 'fatal error' dialog box, saying I have to update the layout. With my graphics-heavy scores, updating layout is exactly what must never be done. :) Thanks for the suggestion. I'll see if I can actually enter a short score with it. Dennis _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
