Creating and Editing Effects

Creating and Editing Effects (20)

How to Create an Effect & Save My Effects

This video demonstrates how to create a simple effect and save it to the 'My effects' collection.
Editing in the Effects Window and Script window

This video demonstrates some of the functionality for directly entering and editing data in the Finale 3D Effects and Script windows.
How to Create a Cake from Single Shots

This video demonstrates how to create a 13 shot, single-row slice cake using a VDL, the effect editor, and the awesome 'combine as cake' feature. You can use this same technique to create almost any kind of cake.
How to Store Your Effects Offline (using fdb effect files)

This video demonstrates how to store your effect collection offline by making a Finale 3D (.fdb) effect file.
Sharing an effect by copying the VDL input description

How to create a new effect using a shared input description

Creating finale chains (two different ways)

This video tutorial demonstrates two methods of making chains. The first method is for chaining shells stored individually in inventory, and the second method for chains that are pre-made by a manufacturer.
Creating a straight-up 100 shot gold & blue & crackle cake

Creating a cake – 90 shot W shaped red, silver, & blue

Creating a cake – Demons Fury 500g by Pyro Demon

Creating a cake – Mammoth Ring of Fire by Dominator

Creating a cake – Skull King by Sunwing Fireworks

Creating a cake – Sparta 500g by Sunwing Fireworks

Creating a cake – Touch of Gold 500g by Dominator

Creating a cake – Anxiety Attack by Lynch Imports

Creating a lance set piece

This tutorial demonstrates how to create a lance set piece by importing a PNG image file.
Breaking apart a cake and using the cake shots in a show

How to create a multi-break Italian style fermata shell

This video demonstrates how to use VDL and the Effect Editor to create an 8-break Italian style cylinder shell, also called a fermata.
Creating a 3-break Maltese style beraq shell

Creating Matrix Letters and Vertical Letters

This tutorial demonstrates how to use scripting features to create letter patterns with comets and mines.