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kt
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  		   Posted 10/3/2015 9:41 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
we're experimenting with using projection systems for displaying music, and black font on white page is a bit harsh visually

is there a way to control "print" color for fonts and background ?

if not, has anyone done this successfully with some of graphics editing tool (e.g. photoshop) ?

thanks!
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  		   Posted 10/3/2015 10:13 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Finale can not nativity do this. You will need to process the output image in another application.

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  		   Posted 10/3/2015 10:32 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
You could probably create a pdf file in finale, open it in photoshop and create a negative image.

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  		   Posted 10/3/2015 10:39 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
This can be done within MuseScore....it's free and quite handy for an educator and students.

Nothing lost in checking it out.

Finale 2010b, 2011b, 2012c, 2014d, TGTools Pro, Patterson plugins, JW plugins (current)
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M-Audio "Oxygen 25" Midi input keyboard (recent addition 2014)
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  		   Posted 10/3/2015 10:45 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
thanks for the advice !

I will look at both MuseScore and Elements (which I have a copy of)

Eventually need to get the clips into Powerpoint, but I can always use a screen-shot if I need to, I suppose
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  		   Posted 10/3/2015 11:41 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
MuseScore is a bit fiddly after importing from Music XML. Will see if I can find my old install for Elements . . .
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  		   Posted 10/4/2015 12:36 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.

You can save a page as a graphic in Finale then invert the color in Paint.

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  		   Posted 10/4/2015 1:20 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Ah -- forgot about olde paint (haha) -- had to figure out where the Invert control wandered off to :-)

I actually got a nice result using Elements creating a custom gradient that maps the white to a slate blue and black to a light aqua.

Appreciate all the suggestions !
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