SS-3 The Great SMuFL Divide

This video gets a little technical but is critical for anyone that uses Finale to collaborate with other people who may or may not have Finale 27. There are now two separate systems within Finale to handle SMuFL and non-SMuFL fonts and they’re somewhat incompatible with each other. So in this video, I will attempt to explain the differences and how to overcome the challenges of working between SMuFL and non-SMuFL files. It should be noted that forward compatibility is TOTALLY FINE in version 27! ANY file created before version 27 will open without issue within the non-SMuFL environment in Finale 27. It’s only backward (and sideways) compatibility that poses some new challenges. I’ll even show you a hack for using XML to overcome some of these backward compatibility issues (12:17). Finale V27.0 0:00 Introduction 0:11 The Great SMuFL Divide 12:17 Using XML for non-SMuFL/SMuFL Conversion