Here are some suggestions that I’ve come across while working in Finale (Apologies if some have already been named):

– Utilization of “Fullscreen” with Lite so the script bar is removed.

– I’m sure this verbiage will become utilized, but when a shell has “Falling Leaves” in it, make the break either silent or quiet… secondary, add the term…Read More

Hey Drew, thanks!

The popping was ONLY with the mp3 file, not the WAV file (although it does sometimes make a “pop” sound when I hit play).

I was using the menu item, but I’m not sure why it wasn’t working. Now that I have the music file loaded and it is playing properly, no need to delete.

I could see if I can recreate the issue if…Read More

DrewFinale wrote:
 

 

Make the cake the same way you would any other – arrange the shots of the cake on the timeline with the desired timing and angles > select the shots > go to the Effects menu > Combine as cake. If Finale 3D can’t simulate the cake using a standard firing pattern, it will automatically switch to the exact syntax. The exa…

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Next question then as it relates to what we are talking about:

If I want to make 2 parts of a full cake have varying degrees, how would I go about doing this? Say Rows 1,3,5 are a 60 degree cake and rows 2,4,6 are a 40 degree cake… as in Rows 1,3,5 have degrees from -30 to 30 and 2,4,6 have degrees from -20 to 20.

If we have language like this { (30a86/15a81/0a76/-15a96/-30a6678/-20b100/0b/20b4469/30c100/15c/0c/-15c/-30c4759/-20d100/0d/20d4945/30e100/15e/0e/-15e/-30e5052/-20f100/0f/20f/CAK) } at the end of our VDL, will we be disqualified?

This is from combining things on a timeline and then using the “Combine as Cake Effect”. Just making sure so I…Read More

DrewFinale wrote:
Hi Curtis B, try using the VDL term ‘Ragged’ to make a break pattern less spherical. Conversely, you can use ‘Uniform’ to make a break pattern more spherical. See VDL effect adjustment terms.

Yeah, I’ve used both in the VDL but it doesn’t make the stars “spit” out of the shell vs “burst” out of the shell… its a horseta…Read More

Not for any cake in particular, but is there a way to notate a break being more of a “canister” versus a “ball shell” by chance? I’m looking at the spread on some of these effects and it doesn’t seem like I can really get the break to do what I want due to the VDL software to imagine things as ball shells versus canister shells? Maybe I’m missing…Read More

Hey, thanks Drew! That works like a charm!!!

For anyone who just wants to copy and paste, here is the VDL for the aforementioned…Read More

For reference, here is the cake from the product manufacturer’s website: https://pyroplanet.com/product/sky-comet