It is not a general collision avoidance system that checks all surrounding elements and calculates the best spacing solution. Not all slur parameters are currently supported, unsymmetric slurs may still have tiny collisions.Įach collision system just checks the collisions of two individual elements. Tremolo articulations on whole notes are corrected. Removes collision of glissando lines with accidentals and augmentation dots (together with optimized vertical alignment). Removes collision of Voice1/Layer1 dynamic expressions with Voice2/Layer2 notes). Removes collision of voice 1 note with voice 2 articulation. Removes collision of rehearsal mark letters, rehearsal mark texts and tempo mark text expressions with notes, articulations and left-aligned chord symbols. Removes collision of ottava and trill lines (not custom line trills) with notes, accidentals and articulations (on top of the staff only). Removes collision of text repeats and notes, articulations and multi-measure rest numbers (on top of the staff only). Removes collision of trill line smartshapes with up/down bow articulations. Removes collision of dynamic expressions with slurs, ties, repeat brackets, notes, accidentals and barlines (below staff only). Removes collision of (standard) articulations with (one!) other articulation on top of the staff, with slurs (only if connected with start or end note of slur), ties and dynamic expressions. , expressions, barlines and repeat brackets (below staff only). Removes collision of hairpins with slurs, ties, notes, articulations (except with articulations between the start/end note of top slurs) Image 3: The Perfect Layout User Interface (for details see here) The red and blue measure numbers were added afterwards to the image to help identifying the measures. Image 1: Before/after the Perfect Layout plug-in ( View in higher resolution) More before/after examples are available in the Example and Video section.įeature Overview with Before/After Images The images below show a few before and after the plug-in comparison.
FINALE 2014.5 DELETE MEASURE FULL
The plug-in works both as a " 1-click solution" with many intelligent algorithms that automatically set the best parameters as well as with a very flexible and versatile user dialog with more than 200 parameters in the Gold edition.Ī full feature list with references to the before/after images below is available at the bottom of this page. automatic rest splitting and merging according to the time signature automatic repeated measure numbering for percussion/drum staves improval of MusicXML imported files and old Finale files from the 90s (including automatic expression category assignment and alignemnt correction) automatic visual balancing and collision removal of staves and systems in score and extracted parts automatic alignment of expressions, articulations, hairpins, lyrics and many smart shapes -įeatures of "Perfect Layout" for Finale® Perfect Layout includes more than 100 automated layout processes for Finale® like:.I will post a demo of how that works soon.
FINALE 2014.5 DELETE MEASURE SERIES
I’ve set up a series of QuicKeys that let me create or duplicate an expression in a given category without spending time in menus. This allows you to set various default behaviors for different kinds of expressions (for example, if I want score text to attach to the left barline or click position).
Speaking of setting things up, in the second image below, you can see the various expression categories I’ve created to sort score markings. As always, you should have a template set up with ‘dummy’ entries you can duplicate when necessary, instead of having to create everything new each time. I also use 14 pt bold text (not fixed) for my normal expression indications.
Note that to do this, you will have to uncheck “Use Tempo Marks Category Fonts” and set these fonts manually. I also like the quarter note in the tempo indication to balance with the rest of the text, so I will set it at 12 pt (Engraver Text). The best way to accomplish this is to use fixed size fonts my standard is Times New Roman Bold, 14 pt. Tempo and other score indications should be large enough for the conductor to read easily.
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