Re: [Finale] EPS/PS/TIF/PIC to PDF questions

2010-02-20 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Am 20.02.10 00:35, schrieb Paul Hayden: 1. Why would the PS and EPS files be damaged? Bad font (Maestro)? I don't know, but it seems to work for some and not for others. I have used this method without problems in the past. 2. I know you can embed fonts in a PDF. Can you also do that in a

Re: [Finale] Spiral binding

2010-02-20 Thread dhbailey
John Howell wrote: At 11:01 AM -0500 2/19/10, Aaron Sherber wrote: I know there are people who have reasons for preferring a coil or some other type of binding to plastic combs, but I have found this to be a very workable and cost-effective solution. I have two problems with them, and I

Re: [Finale] cross-staff rests

2010-02-20 Thread Aaron Sherber
On 2/20/2010 6:57 AM, dc wrote: I have notes and rests that need to be moved from one staff to the other. With the Note Mover tool, I only get handles on the notes, but not on the rests. How do I move those? I don't think you can. What I usually do in this situation is go into the other staff

Re: [Finale] Da capo

2010-02-20 Thread Barbara Touburg
dc wrote: Where does the Da capo belong in piano music? Above the right hand staff? Thanks, Dennis Yes, to the right. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] cross-staff rests

2010-02-20 Thread Barbara Touburg
dc wrote: I have notes and rests that need to be moved from one staff to the other. With the Note Mover tool, I only get handles on the notes, but not on the rests. How do I move those? You can't, with the Note Mover. You have to pull them up (or dowm) until they are in their place on the

Re: [Finale] cross-staff rests

2010-02-20 Thread Aaron Sherber
On 2/20/2010 9:06 AM, dc wrote: Thanks, Aaron. No, I didn't know about that way of moving the notes. I'm using Fin2008. Yes, it's definitely in that version. Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] articulation position

2010-02-20 Thread SN jef chippewa
manual positioning, uncheck avoid stafflines, centre horizontally and always place outside staff. you will have to reset (clear) every single position adjustment in the piece, the manual positioning will attach in relation to where you click, not the real absolute default measurements you

Re: [Finale] cross-staff rests

2010-02-20 Thread Aaron Sherber
On 2/20/2010 12:07 PM, dc wrote: Is there any way to get the beam angle right in cross-staff beaming? All mine are slanted the wrong way, i.e. downwards from bass staff to treble staff instead of upwards? I'm not sure exactly what you're describing, but of course you can always adjust the

Re: [Finale] cross-staff rests

2010-02-20 Thread Aaron Sherber
On 2/20/2010 12:25 PM, dc wrote: I know I can adjust them by hand, but was wondering if there was any easy way to get them all right in the first place. I've never really used the Patterson Beams plugin, but it's possible that it might work here. Other than that, I don't know. Aaron.

Re: [Finale] Spiral binding

2010-02-20 Thread John Howell
At 6:21 AM -0500 2/20/10, dhbailey wrote: I've found one other shortcoming with coil binding over comb binding (although I prefer the elegance of coil binding to the brute force of comb binding) -- with a gold or silver pen (easily available from Staples) one can write info on the comb

Re: [Finale] articulation position

2010-02-20 Thread SN jef chippewa
eggzackly. this is why you have to reset. this can be done globally or individually. it's the only way to get 100% consistent placement beside the notehead SN jef chippewa écrit: manual positioning, uncheck avoid stafflines, centre horizontally and always place outside staff. you

Re: [Finale] cross-staff rests

2010-02-20 Thread Darcy James Argue
Using the opt/alt-arrow method gives you proper cross-staff beaming automatically. The Note Mover method requires you to use the Special Tools on every beam. It may be faster for you to delete the original Note Mover-created cross staff beaming and re-do it with opt/alt arrow. Cheers, - DJA

[Finale] Re: Spiral binding

2010-02-20 Thread Paul Hayden
J D and Lee, which models do you own? Paul Hayden J D Thomas wrote: This is what I like about the CoilMac machine. It has an open throat design that allows you to bind larger than letter. I do 11x17 all the time. That's why I bought it. But it's not inexpensive. Lee Actor wrote: I

Re: [Finale] cross-staff rests

2010-02-20 Thread Darcy James Argue
This strikes me as *much* more cumbersome than the usual solution, which is selectively hiding and showing the necessary rests. What if you need to adjust the difference between staves? You'd have to adjust all the dragged rests as well. Cheers, - DJA - WEB:

Re: [Finale] articulation position

2010-02-20 Thread Darcy James Argue
If you always assign articulations with the hold-metatool-and-drag-enclose method, the positioning is consistent and does not take into account click position (i.e., the same as if you'd selected the handle and hit the Clear key, or reset artic positions via Mass Edit). Cheers, - DJA -

RE: [Finale] Re: Spiral binding

2010-02-20 Thread Lee Actor
J D and Lee, which models do you own? Paul Hayden CoilMac-M, standard base unit. -Lee ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Re: Spiral binding

2010-02-20 Thread J D Thomas
On Feb 20, 2010, at 11:30 AM, Paul Hayden wrote: J D and Lee, which models do you own? Paul, I have the CoilMac 41 ECI. Find info here. J D Thomas ThomaStudios ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Re: Spiral binding

2010-02-20 Thread J D Thomas
Well, the url link apparently didn't take. Here's the whole url: http://www.akiles.com/products.php?category_id=1product_sub_category_id=2product_id=1003 On Feb 20, 2010, at 11:30 AM, Paul Hayden wrote: J D and Lee, which models do you own? Paul, I have the CoilMac 41 ECI. Find info