My process is very similar to Johannes', but I combine 1,3,4 into the first step whenever possible, using Simple Entry. The only thing I'd add is that between steps 3 and 4 I do lyric entry.
I also save libraries out of everything, and at the end of the project, I make sure that anything that was a PITA to create goes into my default file and libraries for that client. I have a sort of a "clean up period" after a project where if I decided that one of my settings needs to be changed, that it percolate into my other templates. HTH, Allen On 6/7/05 3:26 PM, "Johannes Gebauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said this: > It very much depends. > > Here is what I do most often: > 1) Note entry > 2) Slurs and other smart shapes > 3) Artics > 4) Expressions. > 5) Layout > 6) Score preparation for parts (on a copy of the score) > 7) part extraction > 8) part layout. > > 2)-4) I either do for the whole piece/movement, per part or even per > screen, depending on how many markings there are. It also depends on > whether I am working from a score or from parts. > > With contemporary music with lots of markings I usually work by > manuscript pages, or sometimes by measure. > > Johannes > > Brennon C. Bortz schrieb: >> Hi All, >> >> I've been lurking on the list for quite some time now, and have been using >> Finale for about 7 years. To this point, every Finale file I have created >> has been done in a different way. I've never had time to sit down and >> create templates, etc. I know that in the long run, this could be costing >> me a lot of time. I'd like to ask if there is a standard, or most >> efficient, order of "doing things" when creating a Finale file from scratch. >> I am always finding myself going back to reinvent the wheel every time I >> create and fine-tune each file. Has any type of checklist been created for >> this use? >> >> I appreciate any help you all can give, and I respect your collective wisdom >> quite thoroughly. >> >> Kindest regards, >> Brennon Bortz >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> -- Allen J. Fisher Quality Assurance Developer MakeMusic! Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.makemusic.com "I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to." - Elvis Presley _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
