I don't think 2012 is faster than 25. It may be roughly comparable. Where 25 really blows away the earlier versions is in starting up human playback.
I also wouldn't let the print dialog issues stop you from upgrading. Though the issues are annoying and glaring, there are workarounds. The actual print quality is fine. (I'm pretty sure the print dialog issues are Mac only.) There are a number of significant improvements between Fin12 and Fin25. The two big ones are 1) beat-attached smart shapes replaced meas-attached smart shapes. This allows for much more precise placement in both score and parts. 2) Special tool edits are unlinkable in parts. With these two changes, linked parts are basically 98% fully functional. Especially on Windows, I would not hesitate to upgrade from Fin12 to Fin25. FWIW: The "2%" that's still missing from linked parts: unlinkable horizontal offsets for mid-measure clefs, unlinkable vertical offsets for rests, voiced parts recognize special tools edits, plugin edits in part view unlink anything that can be unlinked manually. On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 6:46 AM, Christopher Smith < [email protected]> wrote: > There are complaints in every version. The question is whether you can > live with them. If 2012 works for you (it won’t install on my new Mac) it > apparently is quicker than 2014, 2014.5 or v. 25, so you could stick with > it. The files can be shared with other users of newer versions, and they > can save in 2012 file format, so that issue is taken care of. > > Christopher > > > > On Aug 24, 2016, at 6:08 AM, Martin Nickless <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > Hi from what I've read I definitely won't be upgrading > > May I ask what the consensus is as to which is the best version of finale > > I seem to remember many complaints about 2014 > > I'm currently still on finale 2012 using Windows 10 > > Would be good to know > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Finale mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > > [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
