Robert, deal breaker for me regarding linked parts is that you cannot copy certain things from measure to measure in linked parts. For instance, I often fine tune measure layouts in parts and if I have a part that repeats measures that individual edit cannot be copied to other measures - instead I have to try to make them look alike. If I remember correctly the same is true for things like trying to copy a slur shape from one measure to another. That complicates trying to achieve a professional look tremendously.
Has that been addressed as well? Thanks, Thomas Schaller On Aug 24, 2016, at 8:11 AM, Robert Patterson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
