Cost/Price Budget Target wish to have a field in the Set Show information dialog where i am able to save my budget target (for costs and total price). With this Variable we can show the "left over budget" in the design window optionally.

Hey there, We have a cake that I need help with in regards to VDL. The cake is Sky Treats. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbeKJA-jFl4   I cannot figure out what that white/silver "horsetail/bouquet" like effect is that happens after the mine.   Thanks! Kristine

Hello everybody! My name is Benjamin, and I work at a company called Multi FX in Denmark, which specializes in sfx and pyrotechnics. I'm the lead-designer, and quite new to Finale 3D. We're have developed our own firing system, and are currently working on Silkeborg Regatta, which is 6 shows over the course of 4 days, with 1200-3000 cues per show.

Thank you Drew.  I figured that was the answer but thought it worth asking.  I would bet that option for the community would be popular, especially if each cake that was made was given permanent credit to the creator(ex. Made possible by DrewFinale). Add a competition to it, whoever makes the most cakes that are accurate gets a year of free license.   The drawing factor to finale for me was being able to pull the premade fireworks and drop them into the show with the visual.  I'm not telling you anything you don't already know, just hoping to encourage the movement to draw on your free support of your customers to make the program even stronger.  The setup at CobraCon where you had premade the effects and we were able to make a small show in hours was great. Was very attractive, especially true for guys like me that have very little free time but enjoy this hobby.

Thanks for the great question. We don't have a shared community effect collection yet but this definitely something we plan to implement in the future. To alleviate any privacy or security concerns, we would not pull effects from users' private "My Effects" collections, instead we plan to add a feature that allows users to selectively upload effects of their choosing to the community catalog. In the meantime, one of the best things you can do is encourage your suppliers, like the folks at American, to join the Finale 3D supplier catalog program. We are constantly adding more effects, at the same time, suppliers are able to develop and maintain their own catalogs and we are here to support any company interested in joining the program.

Thanks Drew! I will have dad update his version and see what happens!

Hi Kristine Ernzen, your screenshots show that your computers are running different versions of Finale 3D. The 'Edit Effect' dialog in your second screenshot has a middle section titled, 'Optional inputs', this represents a recent "BETA" release of Finale 3D. In contrast, your first screenshot shows an older version of the edit effect dialog, and therefore an older release of Finale 3D. You can check which "Build" you're running on each computer by going to 'File > View account details'.   Normally, I would expect effects to be identical between different software builds, but in this case the BETA version represents the culmination of a large effect improvement project. The only question is, which version is working correctly? If the height is correct in the old version, then we have bug to fix before we do our next build. On the other hand, if you think the newer, BETA version is better, then the solution is to update the computer running the older version to the latest BETA.

I'm not sure if this is the right place to put this question or not but it is "kinda, sorta" a cake question.  My dad and I are working on our 4th of July show and as we were adding cakes to our script, we noticed that there are some discrepancies with what we were each seeing (on two separate laptops, each running finale.)  We tested this on two different cakes but I'm adding pictures of "Backyard King" to give an example.  Not all the information matches when it's the same cake - the height output is different.

Hello all,   I have just begun to use Finale 3D this week.  My first exposer was at Cobra Con this year.   I received a shipment from American two weeks ago and finally have time to go through and start making a show for the 4th.  I have cakes that are not in the companies that have catalogs on Finale, which I believe is common.  I am assuming that many users have made a copious amount of cakes and they may have even made the cakes I have bought.   The question:   Does Finale have a data base of the cakes and products that people have made on their individual programs to download for making a show?   Thank you for the input in advance.

Great! Thanks so much!