Getting Finale files at the correct size for publishing in a PhD dissertation?
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 11:52 am
Hello everyone,
I'm about to submit my PhD dissertation in music, and I'm in the process of inserting some musical examples (that I've done in Finale) into my thesis. These are a mix of some orchestral/ensemble written by me, as well as music written by other composers.
I've noticed that the musical examples of other composer's works that I've notated from scratch seem to be a lot bigger than the ones that I've extracted from my own ensemble scores. Given that I've got quite a few examples to put in, I wanted to find out how I can get the examples from my own pieces at the same size as the other ones.
The process that I'm using for extracting examples from my own works is:
1. hiding any unrequired staves on a particular page in the orchestral score (in Page View)
2. using the graphics tool to select a group of staves and then exporting them as a .jpeg file.
3. I'm also checking that the page size is set at 100%.
I'm really hoping that I can avoid copying out the required bars into new Finale files, as that will slow me down considerably. If anyone has any suggestions, that would be appreciated! I've attached a PDF of a couple of pages from the dissertation to demonstrate what I mean. You'll see that one example is quite a lot bigger than the other.
Many thanks,
Regards,
Andrew Harrison
PS. I have had to make the .png's very small to fit the requirements for attaching files. They may need to be zoomed to see what I am describing. Thanks!
I'm about to submit my PhD dissertation in music, and I'm in the process of inserting some musical examples (that I've done in Finale) into my thesis. These are a mix of some orchestral/ensemble written by me, as well as music written by other composers.
I've noticed that the musical examples of other composer's works that I've notated from scratch seem to be a lot bigger than the ones that I've extracted from my own ensemble scores. Given that I've got quite a few examples to put in, I wanted to find out how I can get the examples from my own pieces at the same size as the other ones.
The process that I'm using for extracting examples from my own works is:
1. hiding any unrequired staves on a particular page in the orchestral score (in Page View)
2. using the graphics tool to select a group of staves and then exporting them as a .jpeg file.
3. I'm also checking that the page size is set at 100%.
I'm really hoping that I can avoid copying out the required bars into new Finale files, as that will slow me down considerably. If anyone has any suggestions, that would be appreciated! I've attached a PDF of a couple of pages from the dissertation to demonstrate what I mean. You'll see that one example is quite a lot bigger than the other.
Many thanks,
Regards,
Andrew Harrison
PS. I have had to make the .png's very small to fit the requirements for attaching files. They may need to be zoomed to see what I am describing. Thanks!