[Finale] Movie Window - setting the Sync Video Options

2006-12-17 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
Anyone have any luck with syncing Finale to a QuickTime for film scoring? It is not clear how to set the offsets so that the Finale knows what frame starts the beginning of the QuickTime movie, what SMPTE frame is the start of the cue on the QT and that Finale should start at bar 1. Thanks,

[Finale] re: Movie Window - setting the Sync Video Options

2006-12-17 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
With trial and error, I figured it out. Now I just wish that Finale could set tempos that are in fractions, not just whole number, for example 163.45 bpm. I chose the QuickTime film using Movie Window from the Window menu. In the document menu, I opened the Sync Video Options and set: I set

[Finale] 424 PCI card in Mac with Finale - compatibility?

2008-12-14 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
that with Finale 2009B you can make up to 8 staff lists but there are also another kind of expression list.  I usually upgrade quickly but have waited due to this issue. Thanks! Bonnie Janofsky Bonnie Ruth Janofsky 818-784-4466 composer / songwriter www.BonnieRuthJanofsky.com

[Finale] conflicts with Intel Macs

2009-01-04 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
I have the latest versions of Finale 2007, 2008 and 2009 on my new 2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo MacBookPro with OS 10.5.5 with 4 GB of ram. I have Finale 2006 2007 on my G4 dual 1 ghz desktop Mac with OS 10.3.9 with 1.5 GB of ram. My old G4 1.5 ghz PowerBook laptop had OS 10.4.11 with 1.5 GB

[Finale] Finale 2009 bugs?

2009-01-05 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
I started working in Finale 2009 since the apparent conflicts between earlier versions and my new Intel laptop - 2.5 ghz MacBook Pro 17 with 4gb ram on OS 10.5.5. In the percentage tool, when I click to the left of the staff, or wherever I click, it comes up for adjusting the page size, no

[Finale] re: Finale 2009 Bugs

2009-01-06 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
me in (was it Robert? Thanks!) Christopher On Jan 5, 2009, at 8:25 AM, Robert Patterson wrote: Click on the staff (inside the music). MM capriciously changed this behavior on purpose in Fin09. On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 2:39 AM, Bonnie Janofsky brjanof...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I started

[Finale] importing Score files into Finale

2009-04-25 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
There is an opera where the first third of it is already input in Score, the old notation program for PC. Has anyone tried inputting Score files into Finale? Was there much editing to do? In the import menu, Score is listed. I was given very old Score files which of course did not open in

[Finale] re: Importing Score files into Finale

2009-04-25 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
On Apr 25, 2009, at 6:45 AM, dhbailey wrote: Bonnie Janofsky wrote: There is an opera where the first third of it is already input in Score, the old notation program for PC. Has anyone tried inputting Score files into Finale? Was there much editing to do? In the import menu, Score is listed

RE: [Finale] Re: importing Score files into Finale

2009-04-27 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
Henry and all, The composer found someone who actually uses Score. If that person work out, then I'll only do new score into directly into Finale possibly in the future, none of this opera already 1/3rd input into Score. If I could have imported a Score file into Finale just to see how well

[Finale] Finale 2010A movie window syncing

2009-11-11 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
I am scoring a film in Finale 2010A to picture. I already know that if I open a new file, that Finale crashes if another file is open with the movie window open. And I have to be sure to move windows back to my primary monitor before disconnecting a 2nd monitor or I won't be able to access those

[Finale] Re: Finale 2010A movie window syncing

2009-11-12 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
in 10.6.2 for graphics cards using DVI or MiniPort http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3874 On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Bonnie Janofsky brjanof...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I am scoring a film in Finale 2010A to picture. I already know that if I open a new file, that Finale crashes if another file

[Finale] Re: Finale 2010A movie window syncing

2009-11-14 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
/ songwriter 818-784-4466 www.BonnieRuthJanofsky.com From: Bonnie Janofsky brjanof...@sbcglobal.net To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Thu, November 12, 2009 11:52:08 AM Subject: Re: Finale 2010A movie window syncing Eric, I am on Mac OSX 10.5.6. I've heard about some

[Finale] Re: Help with navigating on my Macbook pro

2009-11-18 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
There is another option - using an Apple ultra thin keyboard. I found needing 2 keys for enter on my MacBook Pro very frustrating. You can't hit note(s) on your MIDI keyboard plus the 2 keys on opposite ends of the Mac keyboard. There were 2 models - one was wireless but the wired keyboard

[Finale] cannot highlight in various tools

2010-01-29 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
Using Finale 2010B MacBook Pro OS 10.5.6 4mg ram On a fairly regular basis now, I have to quit and restart Finale after I am in various tools - key, selection, etc. I click on a bar or bars and Finale will not highlight anything. No region, not even a single bar. I finally see that I can

[Finale] Finale copying over existing music

2010-02-05 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
Yet another new bug in Finale 2010B OS 10.5.6 MacBook Pro 4gb ram I have stopped using 2 monitors as Finale does not seem to get along with that setup! I finished arrangements and find that all of sudden, music is copied at the end of the chart. This has happened on 4 out of 26 songs in the

[Finale] re: Finale copying over existing music

2010-02-06 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
, Feb 5, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Bonnie Janofsky brjanof...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Yet another new bug in Finale 2010B OS 10.5.6 MacBook Pro 4gb ram I have stopped using 2 monitors as Finale does not seem to get along with that setup! I finished arrangements and find that all of sudden, music is copied

[Finale] Re: Finale Digest, Vol 79, Issue 6

2010-02-06 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
Lately, I've had several problems crop up after things working fine! Working on a short film, going back and forth between 2 monitors at boyfriend's and my place at first was fine, then Finale kept crashing with 2 monitors. If I leave a window on the 2nd monitor and don't move it back to the

[Finale] re: Tuplets Default

2010-04-30 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
George, If you are entering with a MIDI keyboard and want to play in 8ths note triplets, use the caps key. I am on Mac 2010 but I would guess it would be the same. On Mac, I use the option key - use your key for windows but before you set the 3 for the triplet, set the caps lock and set the

[Finale] Sibelius to Finale?

2010-04-30 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
I do not see any way to move a Sibelius file into Finale via XML. There is no option to export or save as an XML. I have Sibelius 6 but haven't worked in it and someone gave me some files created in Sibelius 3. The file opens in Sibelius but no way to export in a format that Finale can read.

[Finale] page layout-systems-edit margins window gone

2011-06-22 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
. MakeMusic Customer Support Customer By Web Form (Bonnie Janofsky) 06/03/2011 03:00 PM When I use 2 monitors, when I disconnect one, the main tool palette disappears from view and there is no way to retrieve it. Today I disconnected my 27' external monitor to use my 17 external monitor

Re: [Finale] page layout-systems-edit margins window gone

2011-06-23 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
I have the main tool palette but no matter which monitor I hook up, the edit system margins in the page layout tool is nowhere to be found. Also, for some reason, the preferences folder will not open and I have been unable to trash the preferences. Finale tech support said they attached a file

[Finale] font problems with Mac OS 10.6.8

2011-07-01 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
Mac OS 10.6.8 17 MacBook Pro Finale 2011 I know about the compatibility issues with Finale and OS 10.6. Started with 10.6.7 and 10.6.8 was supposed to include a fix for this. Know how to load font books then restart and fonts are fine. I also have Sibelius but seldom even open it.

[Finale] fretboards blank

2011-07-13 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
Finale 2011 Mac OS 10.6.8 Haven't used fretboards in a long time but had worked in the past. In a file from several years ago selected Show Fretboards. All of the fretboards are blank - no dots anywhere, just blank grids. Fretboards are set for Seville 36 in Fonts in Document Options. I

Re: [Finale] fretboards blanik

2011-07-14 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
. Thanks, Bonnie Bonnie Ruth Janofsky composer / songwriter 818-784-4466 www.BonnieRuthJanofsky.com Message: 1 Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:53:57 -0700 From: Bonnie Janofsky brjanof...@sbcglobal.net Subject: [Finale] fretboards blank To: finale@shsu.edu Message-ID

Re: [Finale] Finale Digest, Vol 96, Issue 13

2011-07-15 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
in 10.6. Christopher On Thu Jul 14, at ThursdayJul 14 9:58 PM, Bonnie Janofsky wrote: Finale tech told me to export and save as an XML. Then to import as an XML. After doing so, the fretboards showed just fine. But then I saved to a PDF. In the PDF, the chord symbols still display just

[Finale] re Character names

2011-09-09 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
Mike, Use the expressions category Technique Text. You can create the expressions in that category or move them to that category. If you move them in Technique Text, you then choose Reset to Category and Fonts and Position. That category has the closest placement to where you would want

[Finale] Mac OS 10.7 and Finale 2011 2012

2011-12-08 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
I recently deleted a whole bunch of Finale digests so part of this I am sure has been answered previously. Are there any other problems other than listed on the MakeMusic.com site upgrading to OS X 10.7 Lion? I just had the logic board replaced on my 17 MacBook Pro for the 2nd time. Seemed

[Finale] Exporting to Audio File

2012-02-18 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
Finale 2012a.r3, Mac OS 10.6.8, MacBook Pro In Finale 2012, when I select Export to Audio File, I get this message - An error occurred while saving the audio file (Error -2) if Finale is set to Play Finale Through MIDI. If I set to Play Finale Through Audio Units, I can save as an AIFF file

Re: [Finale] instruments on exported audio file

2012-05-25 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
Harold, This option used to be in the Instrument Window. With the addition of the Score Manager, you now have to go to the Playback Controls window (use the arrow at the top left to be sure you are seeing the full playback controls window) and in Playback/Record options (on the bottom

[Finale] (no subject)

2012-06-26 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
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[Finale] sorry, my account has been hacked

2012-06-26 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
I've changed to a new password - a very difficult to break one at that! Usually those happen to PC's but I am on Mac! Bonnie Bonnie Ruth Janofsky composer / songwriter 818-784-4466 www.BonnieRuthJanofsky.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Finale mac 2012 HELP

2012-09-01 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
Linda, For changing the MIDI tracks - do you mean send patches before play that used to be in the Instrument Window and now is in the Playback/Record options Window in the Playback Controls Window? If that box is not checked, all your instruments will play piano only and not the individual

[Finale] Incorrect display of notes in 2006D Finale (on Mac)

2006-02-13 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
Just started using 2006d. Had the 2006 sitting here a long time since I didn't want to upgrade in the middle of projects. Overall, it is working well. In playback, if I start and stop too fast, it continues to play for another 30 to 50 bars past where I wanted to stop or the end of the piece

[Finale] Percussion Maps won't load

2006-02-16 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
I created a new percussion map for Finale 2006. I loaded it into one new file. Since then, it will NOT display. No matter how many times I say load file and even create new Percussion maps and hit load again, it will not see the file. One time I was able to get one of the copies of the perc

[Finale] Fw: audio file wrote over Finale file w/some additional info

2015-10-18 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
to notation.  Anyone heard of it?  I could try and download the demo tho it's probably just faster to redo my notation file.Thanks!Bonnie  Bonnie Ruth Janofsky composer / songwriter 818-784-4466 www.BonnieRuthJanofsky.com On Sunday, October 18, 2015 3:15 PM, Bonnie Janofsky <brja

[Finale] audio file wrote over Finale file

2015-10-18 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
I had a Finale file for which I created 2 versions - with and without piano - that I saved as mp3. For some reason, "send patches before play" was not on so I opened the file and saved two more mp3s after turning on "send patches before play". I was searching for the new audio files and then

Re: [Finale] audio file wrote over Finale file w/some additional info

2015-10-19 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
On Sun Oct 18, at SundayOct 18 6:57 PM, Bonnie Janofsky > <brjanof...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >  > Since the file size was about the same size as an mp3 file, I changed the > file type to mp3 and it plays back just fine.  Tho I still need to re-create > the notation file of t

[Finale] Finale movie window disappears with 2nd monitor

2016-07-18 Thread Bonnie Janofsky
Using Mac Finale 2012 - tho I have 2014.5 but find it buggy! At my studio, no problem.  It had been a long time since this issue had occurred. Took my MacBook Pro and large monitor to a filmmaker.  Worked fine until Finale crashed and when I restarted, the movie window was nowhere in sight.  I