On 17 Nov 2008 at 11:30, Christopher Smith wrote: > I have tried using the Smartscore for converting engraved parts for > transposition, and found it to be a major pain. There were so many note > errors and text items that I had to add that the additional proofreading > and editing required made it LONGER, not shorter, than entering it all > from zero. And that was once I got the scans down perfectly and > everything optimised for best reading! It was way worse before!
I recently tried the WinFin2K3 version of SmartScore Lite with TIFFs created from PDFs that were created from a music notation program (not one of the ones that trips off the tongue -- can't remember the exact name). In one case, I needed it just to create two parts in appropriate clefs for viols (the edition was created for recorders), and in another, the whole thing needed to be transposed down a step and viol-appropirate parts created. The only frustration was the fact that SmartScore interprets accidentals on a note right at the beginning of a measure as a key change (a Bb, changing to F Major, and an F#, changing to G Major). So, the result had independent key signatures, which are a royal pain to correct. It was still less work in terms of long-term value of the result than starting form scratch, but it was a lot of work. Fortunately, I had a good proofreader, and she found all the things I missed. I don't know if recent versions of SmartScore are less stupid in regard to accidentals at the beginnings of measures. If someone want's to give it a try, the first PDF I processed was this one: http://icking-music- archive.org/scores/altenburg/Intraden1/intrada_3.pdf If the lite version of SmartScore that ships with recent versions of Finale can import that without inserting the false key changes, that would make it very useful to me. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
