The system seems to recognize the term "cracking tail" and renders a decent visual, but without the crackling sound effect.   Should I be using a different term to get an audibly crackling tail?   Thanks!

Hi NoéMaamar, if you edit your report title, and then don't see that exact title when you export a PDF, you must be editing a different report than the one you are exporting. If you like, send your show FIN file to support@finale3d.com. In the email, please also attach your PDF report and a screenshot or phots that shows exactly which report you are selecting from the File menu.

Hello Drew, thank you for this answer, however by modifying the title in the report parameters there is always "My Report" when I export my shooting plan in PDF.     Sincerely

  Hi bozie8823, you can bring in empty cues by making a spreadsheet with just two columns - see example below. This format will allow you to add as many empty cues as you like simply using copy/paste, you don't need to seed the script window with anything in advance. You can actually bring in empty cues with just the eventTime column, but the ##scriptHeader column is nice to have because it is needed in order for the blank cues to be added to the script window when the design window is selected.   If you do 'Edit > Paste', the first empty cue will be added at the play head time and the remaining cues will be added based on their relative time offsets from the first cue. To create the empty cues using the times exactly as they appear in your spreadsheet (regardless of where the play head is positioned on the timeline), do 'Edit > Paste special > Paste events at original times*'. Wondering how I came up with this format? I just created a few empty cues in Finale 3D, then copied the rows and pasted them in Excel. Once in Excel, I used trial and error to get rid of as many columns as possible and this is what remained.   bozie8823,  you mentioned that you already tried copy/paste but you didn't get a good result, can you tell me what you did differently?         *'Paste special' menu options are not available in Finale 3D Lite.

If I have timing data handy (where I want cues in my script) before I ever set foot in finale (Min:Sec data formatted in the standard X:X.XXX format), what would be the best way to import that data into Finale and have finale generate nothing but empty cues at those specified times?   I’ve played around with the “Do-it-yourself” CSV importer, but Finale seems to be wanting to do a lot more lifting than the simple task I really want it to do.  I’ve also tried simply copying and pasting the data from external sources (spreadsheets) into the script window with no success.   Only “roundabout” way I’ve found so far is to create a number of empty cues in the script (equaling the number of individual values I’d like to import), Import the CSV time values in to a Finale3D Generic table, and then copy/paste them from that table into the event times of my prior created cues.   Wondering if there’s an easier more streamlined way to do this.

Position Window:   Wish a column to define a hazard group for Positions.   For example: In Explo System every device gets an upper Letter to define a security Group for a group of devices. In F3d we already have hazard column for scriptRows which is also used via explo. But in addition it would be helpful to define a hazard info to positions(an automatically to the devices where they used for). We dont need it as data in the exported firings system file. Its only a information in the reports for collegues who configure the ignition system.   As Note and custom position field are already used by me for other informations i wish and hope that you also see that a harzard column as string type makes sense at all.

Missing columns in sorting dropdown of report configuration. Please add them asap.   NEQ, Weigh, UnNumber, Ce Number, Ex Number are missing here(maybe some others also):        

  Pyrorororo wrote: lock timing. I love lock addressing. Could that be done with event time column?   Time locking of scriptRows would be a great feature but from my opinion it should be a seperate locking function. Cause we so often rearrange something on the timeline where the addresses still should be protected in moments where a part of preproduction is alredy done.   Also i think that if there is something locked we should stop the possibility of manual editing or deleting a row in the script window.

lock timing. I love lock addressing. Could that be done with event time column?

Has anyone had experience and or issues importing into Show Director?   I cant seem to figure this out..