Brett, have you checked out the video gallery in the Finale 3D Help Center? There you’ll find a playlist titled ‘Creating and Editing Effects’ with 25 videos. I’m absolutely not saying more videos aren’t needed, but if you’re only looking on YouTube, then you’re missing a lot of good content. I’ve moved away from YouTube somewhat because I’ve found other tools that make publishing videos much quicker. I’m also focused on our Help Center continuing to grown as the one-stop-shop for searchable Finale 3D support content including documentation, videos, and forum posts.

thanks, Drew – that’s super helpful. Looking forward to learning more tips and tricks.  You should consider a more advanced cake building class or set of tutorials that can be built up into a you tube playlist!

Hi Pyro_216450000, welcome to the Finale 3D forums! Be sure to head over to your My Profile page to customize your display name and profile picture.   We’re not planning to add any more items to the Raccoon catalog in the next few days. What we’ve done so far is add all the items that were on the product list we received. I’ll need to get an updated list that includes the new items, and then I can get those in the queue. I’d like to get them done soon, but realistically it will take some time and definitely not in the next few days.

  Barehm wrote: thanks – that was helpful to read. Two other questions: 1) is there a library of effects somewhere to review? 2) Is there a way to combine two different effects in a comet? In the example video below, I was assuming I’d use some type of straight comet to go getter, but can’t seem to replicate it effectively.   1) We don’t have an effect glossy just yet, but we’re working on it. 2) You can create the go-getter effect in your video using a combination of VDL and the custom effect editor. Here’s a quick video tutorial:    

Thank you for updating the raccoon catalog! Quick question…. are you still uploading more or is this all that you plan on uploading? There are some slices that I ordered that are missing and I also have some pro cakes. If you plan on loading them in the next couple of days I will not create a place holder in my inventory. If you do not plan on uploading any more I will finish my inventory and start scripting my show. Thanks!

thanks – that was helpful to read.  Two other questions: 1) is there a library of effects somewhere to review? 2) Is there a way to combine two different effects in a comet?  In the example video below, I was assuming I’d use some type of straight comet to go getter, but can’t seem to replicate it effectively.    

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Glad to hear it! If you’re interested in reading the full list of VDL improvements, click the ‘+’ to expand the release notes on the Download page.  

That worked excellent – thank you for the advice. Looking forward to playing more with the new effects!

Perfect, thanks!