Hi All, now that the PyroJam competition is over (congrats to the winners, looking forward to being there in person), I wanted to share some of my thought on using Finale 3D, now that I finally got them down on paper. This was really my first time seriously using Finale and first and foremost, I found it a great piece of software to use. It is…Read More

Thank Tim!

Hi Drew and Tim, I added JY5-0276 to my show and it looks like the actual break in the simulation happens about 300 ms later than what is shown on the timeline. Is the timeline correct or is the simulation correct? In the picture, the break happens at 5.000 seconds on the timeline but the control head is at 5.310 when the break actually…Read More

WP-FX Pyrodesign wrote:
Hi Drew and Tim, is it possible that the ”JY4-C-04-RC” effect has been removed from the catalog? If it was even in the catalog in the first place haha. Cause i’ve already submitted my display and this effect had quite a part in it. And if it has been removed, am i able to change it?

WP-FX Pyrodesign, I just looked and I…Read More

Thanks Neil and DrewFinale, you are right, updating to the Beta release fixes it.

Tim

Drew, thanks for getting back to me. You are right, I don’t see it on your video. I added them to a new show and I get the same results. As long as I know that it is just a “me” problem, I’ll keep it in my show. Could it be a GPU setting issue? BTW, I am running build 2023.10.02-5d6e6ec44.

Tim

Hi Tim and Drew, I’m using PFX50MN-RS and it seems that all the stars flicker on and off simultaneously when it first launches.  The pics are of PFX50MN-RS (lower left), MN551 (lower right), and JY4-0190 (top shells) and I stepped thru a few sequential time codes with 10 ms spacing. These are with random turned on. Hopefully, the pics make sense.…Read More

Thanks Drew, that looks much better now!

Tim

Hi Tim and Drew, I’m using the PFX50MN-B and the randomness of the height on it seems excessive. Is the sim correct? The first pic is a screen shot of the sim with randomness turned off. The second is with randomness turned on at the same exact time code. The red mine is WPL30SS-01 for comparison. I’m using build 2023.10.02-5d6e6ec44. The way I’m…Read More

DrewFinale wrote:
 

 

Hi Tim, how about Ctrl+C (Copy) > Ctrl+V (Paste) > Y (Replace).

Hi Drew, yeah, that works, but I was hoping for a single key press, like “A” for add.

Tim

Hi, not sure this is the right place to put this but here goes….. Is there a keyboard short cut that allows you to quickly add a second effect over top the first? This would keep the positions, timing, and angles of the original effect and just add the second effect. Similar to pressing “Y” but instead, it would keep the original effect. If not…Read More

Thanks Tim, that just about covers everything!

Tim

Drew and Tim, thank you for setting up this year’s competition. I’m sure it is a lot of work to do this. Here are a few questions to get started…..

– What is the minimum angle increment? I’m assuming 5 deg. i.e. You can’t have an angle of 22.5 deg.

– In last year’s Pyrojam thread, there was mention of allowing flame pots/fountains/etc. in…Read More