Re: engraving comparisons and other "promotional" materials

[Janek Warchoł]

2013/12/6 Joseph Rushton Wakeling <address@hidden
> What Finale version are you using to generate these examples?

They weren't created by me; i don't know the version (but the Eja
Mater is probably 2003 or 2005).

> I hate to say this, but from my point of view (as a Lilypond user and
> enthusiast) I think that rather than favouring Lilypond, this rather
> supports the contention that in general Finale's output is "good enough".  I
> presume what you have there is untweaked Finale engraving, and many of the
> issues you identify are very minor or most likely easily fixed.

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Have you looked at "Eja Mater awful Finale.pdf"?  Do you consider the
issues marked in red minor?  They actually make it very difficult to
sing the rhythm correctly!

> If you want a real comparison, give two expert users -- one of Finale, one
> of Lilypond -- the same score and give them an hour to engrave as much as
> they can, with the goal that every single bar they engrave is perfect.  Then
> compare what they achieve.

Do you have a spare expert Finale user?  Because the problem is that
on the *LilyPond* mailing list it's hard to find expert Finale users.
We'd have to hire someone, and that costs money.

Janek