Jim, I use Finale to transpose orchestra parts from tenor sax or bass clarinet to English Horn (when there is no original EH part available, or play 2nd oboe if none of the three are scored, or sometimes double on the 1st oboe part).
The spacing of notes and staves, and printing of pages of music are all automatic without my having any concern with either millimeters or inches. However, I'll look at the hidden details, and try to answer your questions. Gene. ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:12:24 -0500 >From: "James R. Frysinger" <[email protected]> >Subject: [USMA:50006] Sibelius 6 graphics >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > >I use Sibelius 6 to notate and publish music (as a printable score with >lyrics and also as a sound file). > >I've just noticed that if I "export graphics" as a Microsoft TIFF file, >the default dot density is 254 dots per inch. What an incredible >coincidence! That's exactly 10 dots per millimeter! > >If I export as a Sun StarOffice TIFF the default is 300 dots per inch. >Curious! > >By the way, I have Sibelius set up on my computer to work in metric >units for layout, etc. So far, this "dots per inch" bit is the only >non-metric indication I have seen on it. I happen to know that Sibelius >is quite popular in Europe so I wonder if Europeans have to wrestle with >"dots per inch" in all their computer graphics programs. > >One other oddity occurs in Sibelius with metric settings. If I move >objects, their distances from the appropriate reference point is given >in millimeters, but in increments of 1/8 of a millimeter! > >If anyone here uses Finale's Allegro instead of Sibelius please let us >know if it, too, can be set up in metric units. And, if so, does it >retain that "legacy" bit of "dots per inch". > >Jim > >-- >James R. Frysinger >632 Stony Point Mountain Road >Doyle, TN 38559-3030 > >(C) 931.212.0267 >(H) 931.657.3107 >(F) 931.657.3108 >
