Hi,   We’re currently designing a large Fireone show containing over 100 modules; fired from multiple Fireone systems.   I’ve experimented with universes after reading the documentation but I’m struggling get clear Rail Cue reports generated which separate out the firing systems and relative module numbers (ie. currently the module 1s from the 4 universes are all muddled together in the report.)   Any help would be much appreciated.   Thanks,   Toby

Hi Pyro_87130000, I completely understand. This is definitely something we will improve in the long-term. In the meantime, one trick you can use to preserve your sanity is to hold the Ctrl key on your keyboard and then press the left and right arrow keys to move the cursor through your description. By going this, the cursor will jump one word at a time, instead of one character at a time. You can also use the Home and End keys on your keyboard to jump to the beginning or end of your description.         P.S. Don’t forget to head over to your My Profile page to update your display name to something personal instead of Pyro_87130000 and add a profile picture.

Being able to track timecode would be nice. Even if I had to purchase a device to get input, would be worth it. Better control of audio routing too, would be nice to have a toggle button to mute off one stereo channel.

Hi all,   Curious if it is possible to increase the VDL Input Description text box size?  Every time I’m testing and adjusting a new effect, I have to constantly scroll left and right in that single-line entry box.  Would be SO MUCH easier if this was an adjustable paragraph sized box you can see and edit the VDL input within.

Hi Will,   Thank you for these good news! We will test the beta version as soon as it is released.

Hello,   Some good news.   We have implemented support for importing position angles and effect angles along with position coordinates, all in the “Coordinates” column of an imported CSV file.  Documentation is here:   Importing shows basic instructions   The imported data is in the same format as the exported data in the Finale Generic CSV format, described in the Coordinates row of Table 3 of:   Finale Generic CSV (full show export format)   Since effect angles in the script window are in a PAN, TILT, SPIN representation, which is different from the imported and exported HEADING, PITCH, ROLL representation, we just added documentation on pan, tilt, spin here:   Effects coordinate system: pan, tilt, spin   For reference, the description of heading, pitch, roll is here:   Positions coordinate system: heading, pitch, roll   The new import feature will be available in a beta this week, by the end of the month (June).  It is actually in the current beta from two days ago, but the current beta has an unrelated angles but so I would suggest waiting for the update this week.   Will      

Perfect Will, I will make a list since I use several 3D software, animation for multimedia shows along with Finale 3D and I’m sure there are more colleagues who do the same. There are many options in these programs that can be included or are similar and help a lot to creativity and productivity. When I have some time I will comment on the forum. Thanks for your work and attention.

Hello Pyro_80200000, In Finale 3D Pro, you can customize the sort order of your labels by going to the blue gear icon in the script window, then choosing ‘Create or edit labels template’. You can edit an existing label template, create a new label template by starting with an existing template, or create a new label template from scratch. The first section of the Labels Configuration dialog allows you to specify the order in which the labels appear on the page.    

hello,   This year we had to take product where we could get it at the last minute, so I am running into a challenge trying to figure out how to print labels for a scripted show.  When we got the finale inventory file from our vendor it only contained the case description (18 different varieties of shells  72 total) I scripted the shells 3 at a time from 3 different positions using quickplug igniters.   Please tell me how I print labels using something such as sort by action time.  If the labels print this way I can sort shells by colors and then place a label on 3 of the same shell that shoot at the same time on the timeline.

I see, that’s great.  Hybrid multimedia/drone/lighting/pyro/sfx shows have so much potential.  Part of the vision of Finale is to enable designers to advance the artistic and creative state of the art.  Supporting hybrid shows is therefore key to the vision.  I am mentioning because of your comment that that is what you are doing, and I want you to know how important that is to us.   One of the cool things about authoring software for these domains is that the software tools in the various domains have their own UI ideas and authoring paradigms that sometimes can apply to other domains, which may bring some new life and innovation to the other domains that have settled into their own authoring paradigms.   If you have noticed UI ideas in other software you use, or design paradigms that you think might be usable within Finale, please post on the forums!  Screenshots from other authoring software and an explanation of how the UI works or what is innovative are a great way to initiate a productive conversation.   Will