Hi Robert, The PDFs I have generated from Finale files with embedded EPS graphics for percussion keys do not display correctly (they were highly pixellated) but printed correctly, at least on my printer. I never got the blank page problem etc.
Cheers, - DJA ----- WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On Nov 14, 2013, at 12:32 PM, Robert Patterson <[email protected]> wrote: > I had terrible problems with EPS when I tried to generate PDF files. First, > you have to generate PS, then use Preview to convert to PDF. Otherwise, you > just get the thumbnail of the EPS. > > But worse than that, I had situations where no matter what I did Finale > would generate blank pages, or pages with the wrong fonts, depending on > printer driver. This was a problem in Fin08. Do you not still encounter it? > > Bottom line is, it is a terrible annoyance that they did not include PDF > when they supposedly rewrote the Graphics Tool. > > > > On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Darcy James Argue <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi Robert, >> >> EPS still works for me in this situation in Fin2012. >> >> Cheers, >> >> - DJA >> ----- >> WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org >> >> On Nov 14, 2013, at 12:06 PM, Robert Patterson < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Does anyone have a suggestion for how to show a chart for a percussion >>> staff? I am specifically thinking about a drum set, but I'm assuming it >>> could be generalized to any mixed percussion on a single staff. >>> >>> I know what it should look like. The issue is how to put it in Finale. In >>> the past I exported an EPS graphic from a secondary Finale file, but it >>> turn out Finale's Graphics tool is sketchy on EPS support. I don't want >> to >>> use a raster graphic format like Tiff. Does anyone have a better idea? >>> >>> (If ONLY the Graphic Tool would import PDF files!) >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
