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by wessmusic
Tue Mar 05, 2024 11:46 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Niente decrescendo hairpin
Replies: 5
Views: 207

Re: Niente decrescendo hairpin

Some time ago this topic was already discussed:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=20650&p=87908&hilit ... sic#p87908

There's also a link to a short youtube footage with some solution.
by wessmusic
Sat Mar 02, 2024 1:21 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Export Manuscript Texture Setting to PDF????
Replies: 26
Views: 991

Re: Export Manuscript Texture Setting to PDF????

@BuonTempi, I ran tests a while ago using only Illustrator to save the vector image for similar purposes. What I found, however, was that the process as it stands is extremely time consuming, as all the intersections caused by the presence of white masks have to be corrected by hand, and this someti...
by wessmusic
Fri Mar 01, 2024 2:27 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Export Manuscript Texture Setting to PDF????
Replies: 26
Views: 991

Re: Export Manuscript Texture Setting to PDF????

To the question thus posed, assuming a direct export from Finale, the answer is probably NO. However, if additional software is used, (I mean Adobe Acrobat Pro DC and Photoshop) then YES. In recent years, almost every project I work on has to be presented this way - with a papyrus or other graphic t...
by wessmusic
Fri Jan 12, 2024 11:21 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Can we write text on top of a placed image?
Replies: 6
Views: 679

Re: Can we write text on top of a placed image?

Any way to add a block of text on top of a placed JPG image? Finale automatically sends the text to the back of the image. Hi Djard, Finale arranges individual elements - staff, clef, barlines, text attached to a page, etc. on top of each other on layers and in this case their sequence is important...
by wessmusic
Sun Dec 17, 2023 1:24 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Individual notehead colors
Replies: 20
Views: 10919

Re: Individual notehead colors

Hi Traveler, I'm glad you were able to keep up with the FAN, and thanks to Peter Thomsen for helping out (on my behalf) because I haven't logged into the forum for a few days. I realize that it was an oversight on my part to leave the font without its "description". That's why I'm currently uploadin...
by wessmusic
Thu Sep 28, 2023 2:53 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: "Create parenthesized accidentals using multiple characters"
Replies: 3
Views: 952

Re: "Create parenthesized accidentals using multiple characters"

Mac vs Windows? Thanks for clearing up the mystery. Enabling or disabling "Create parenthesized accidentals using multiple characters" makes sense if the particular font being used has alternative options for one or the other type of parenthesis or sq. brackets. Finale Maestro has only one type of ...
by wessmusic
Tue Aug 29, 2023 2:30 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Partially hiding ties so they don't go through notes
Replies: 9
Views: 2609

Re: Partially hiding ties so they don't go through notes

In this case, the solution is to create white mask(s) to attach to the previous bar as shown in the screenshot. Then they only hide the staff lines and nothing else. As you have already figured out, you should use slurs attached to the beats instead of ties. Here is the raw version where you can see...
by wessmusic
Wed Aug 23, 2023 11:38 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Is there any way to increase the size of these?
Replies: 6
Views: 2100

Re: Is there any way to increase the size of these?

Try working by switching the resolution to 1080p. Then you will have 4 pixels for 1, similar to retina display. For this you can use SwitchResX in HiPDI mode (if your monitor allows it). The picture quality will not suffer, on the contrary. BTW, I had a similar problem with my iMac 27" (my glasses h...
by wessmusic
Fri Aug 11, 2023 9:01 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: v27 Full of...Problems; v26?
Replies: 11
Views: 1499

Re: v27 Full of...Problems; v26?

I don't know if you'll feel any mental relief from what I'm about to share below, but I also quit actively using multiple uprade versions after Fin. 2012c (i.e. 2014 - 25.5) on several occasions. Currently I prefer to stay on 26.3. (27.3 I only use it for testing and to teach students.) F.2012 is in...
by wessmusic
Thu Aug 10, 2023 9:35 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Blank Boxes for Expressions / Techniques Etc.
Replies: 41
Views: 162836

Re: Blank Boxes for Expressions / Techniques Etc.

According to Score Manager, this file was created with Finale NotePad 2002.1. https://i.ibb.co/HrbBBdm/by-default-2023-08-11-at-0-18-28.png I suppose that could be the reason, though I'm only guessing. _______ ОТ Even with older files created 15 years ago (Finale 2008), there are no serious problems...
by wessmusic
Thu Aug 10, 2023 6:46 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Can You Scroll to the Bottom of a Full Orc Score in Scroll View?
Replies: 6
Views: 1086

Re: Can You Scroll to the Bottom of a Full Orc Score in Scroll View?

I've had similar problems opening older projects in 26.3 and 27.3. Here are a few options that may prove useful, though you may need to adjust the layout afterwards. 1. Try using Score Menagerie by going through some of the options shown in the screenshots. https://i.ibb.co/jywLHXy/by-default-2023-0...
by wessmusic
Mon Aug 07, 2023 3:07 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Copy parts of a bar without rebeaming
Replies: 3
Views: 668

Re: Copy parts of a bar without rebeaming

Hi RalphB, Finale is known for some of its quirks, but fortunately, a compromise solution is almost always found. I suggest you try these settings. https://i.ibb.co/Ch8DT8j/by-default-2023-08-07-at-17-45-53.png You still need to use a composite time signature, so you can copy what you've entered as ...
by wessmusic
Sun Aug 06, 2023 3:44 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Fin. 27.3 (Win.), Speedy entry tool: V1 inexplicably large at scaling (e.g. 750%)
Replies: 7
Views: 1084

Re: Fin. 27.3 (Win.), Speedy entry tool: V1 inexplicably large at scaling (e.g. 750%)

This is really positive. And I share that it is better to work on the version with which the projects were created. OS in this respect sometimes creates serious inconveniences - recently I had to edit material produced at the end of 2007, and apart from a virtual machine, there was no other way to u...
by wessmusic
Sun Aug 06, 2023 1:44 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Fin. 27.3 (Win.), Speedy entry tool: V1 inexplicably large at scaling (e.g. 750%)
Replies: 7
Views: 1084

Re: Fin. 27.3 (Win.), Speedy entry tool: V1 inexplicably large at scaling (e.g. 750%)

Motet, thank you for the update!

Obviously the problem is not the virtual machine.
BTW, it's downright amazing how you can still support the F.2005 version.
Is it running on Windows 11 or did you keep an older PC for this purpose?

Best,
Wess
by wessmusic
Sat Aug 05, 2023 3:18 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Fin. 27.3 (Win.), Speedy entry tool: V1 inexplicably large at scaling (e.g. 750%)
Replies: 7
Views: 1084

Fin. 27.3 (Win.), Speedy entry tool: V1 inexplicably large at scaling (e.g. 750%)

Hi everyone, During a short presentation to colleagues I had to use Speedy entry. As it turned out that they were all Window users, I used such a version. (I ran it on a Retina 15" Macbook via Parallels desktop 17. The video signal was sent via HDMI to a 50" (Full HD) TV.) I noticed that with relati...
by wessmusic
Wed Aug 02, 2023 10:09 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Remove flag leave stem?
Replies: 12
Views: 1423

Re: Remove flag leave stem?

Motet's suggestion is a good one, but if you had to put a quarter on voice 2 on less than 4 sixteenths (say at the end, as in two places seen in the manuscript), you'd have to agree every time by clicking OK, with the annoying reminder "There Are Too Many Beats In This Measure", not to mention that ...
by wessmusic
Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:28 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Harp glissando notation problem
Replies: 2
Views: 495

Re: Harp glissando notation problem

Here's a visual easy way to place a glissando. Since I am using shortcuts via Keyboard Maestro, I have indicated with a red rectangle the tools used.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd7uDmtgBL8
by wessmusic
Wed Jul 05, 2023 12:52 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Graphics disappear in Finale 27
Replies: 20
Views: 10738

Re: Graphics disappear in Finale 27

I've always been an apologist for the idea of editing graphics in an external editor. Last year, however, influenced by my Chilean colleague Oliver Reid's YouTube channel "Desafíos en Finale", I decided to try his method (again). More than 20 years ago I made the same attempt shown in the video http...
by wessmusic
Wed Jul 05, 2023 8:52 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Deleted
Replies: 13
Views: 3441

Re: When Ties over a system break

Yes, that's right, that clarification is important. Thanks Peter.
by wessmusic
Sun Jul 02, 2023 3:26 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Deleted
Replies: 13
Views: 3441

Re: When Ties over a system break

The problem you describe has existed for many years. Apart from using the aforementioned plugin, a solution would be to switch "from autopilot" to "manual control". Click on the handle, press Enter or Return and edit the tie. Turn "Outer Placement" to "off" (as shown). Then make the necessary settin...
by wessmusic
Sat Mar 18, 2023 4:57 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Issues with Finale 27.3
Replies: 13
Views: 3102

Re: Issues with Finale 27.3

Hi Peter, Unfortunately, your advice is not applicable to the Window version of the program, because the underline options in Lines & Curves are simply missing. Since I don't work under Windows, I don't know if these settings have been moved to another menu. I guess Win users could help better. http...
by wessmusic
Thu Jan 12, 2023 1:28 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Printing in grey
Replies: 1
Views: 456

Re: Printing in grey

Basically, what you're interested in is quite possible, with little effort at that. Here is a simple example: https://i.ibb.co/GsvDrT9/by-default-2023-01-12-at-15-18-59.png But if you mean this: https://www.baerenreiter.com/fileadmin/_processed_/csm_BA5935nb_500px_02_678854d97d.jpg i'm pretty sure i...
by wessmusic
Sun Nov 13, 2022 9:23 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Hiding brackets and clefs
Replies: 10
Views: 4437

Re: Hiding brackets and clefs

I sincerely apologize for only replying now, after 10 days, but as Peter Thomsen has shown, I used exactly the same method. As for the text elements for the hooks, in this case they are from a custom font called VintagePartirur and based on Score4's graphic-symbol library. However, they could easily...
by wessmusic
Sat Nov 05, 2022 3:49 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Note-head color for selected notes
Replies: 8
Views: 3823

Re: Note-head color for selected notes

There was a similar thread a little over 4 months ago and I replied in detail. As this case is very similar to the current one, I am attaching a link and hope the information posted will give you a solution to deal with the problem. However, let me clarify that this is only about coloring a specific...
by wessmusic
Tue Aug 16, 2022 11:19 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Hyperlinks don't work in PDF
Replies: 14
Views: 3580

Re: Hyperlinks don't work in PDF

Creating a hyperlink in Finale is not an ultimate solution, because for me (OS Mojave, Finale 26.3 - 27.2) only Preview and Safari can open such links (I assume the Mac version of Finale is optimized this way), but not Acrobat Pro DC, Chrome, etc. I would suggest an alternative that works successful...