That is a HUGE improvement over earlier versions. Thanks for detailing that. Would we expect similar results between files from different Finale versions?
Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Jari Williamsson <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2012-08-09 15:26, Craig Parmerlee wrote: > >> With MusicXML, you lose everything but the notes, basically. > > You have to define "MusicXML", which to me sounds like 1.0 in your case. > Not like 3.0 that I suggested. > > I just tried to convert a fairly complex score to MusicXML 3 and back to > Fin2012 again, and the following things didn't convert correctly: > * Measure number positioning and font > * The imported MusicXML file was respaced, resulting in different > measure widths > * The "Score in C" setting wasn't preserved. > * The vertical height settings around expression enclosures were not > identical. > * Whiteouts didn't convert > * Shape articulations and shape expression didn't convert > > But most of the music formatting is preserved, such as page format, text > fonts, staff sizes and distance, expressions positioning, smart shape > positioning, etc etc. > > What is NOT preserved with MusicXML at all is how the document is > organized internally, such as metatools, categories, etc. > > > Best regards, > > Jari Williamsson > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
