Giovanni Andreani writes:
Look's like a serious problem:
3/8, bass clef: layer one start's with a 16th F note; layer two start's with a dotted quarter same F note.
Problem one: the unison between the two layers is not colliding; I want it to look like one single notehead: Document Options > Music Spacing > Avoid Collisions of Unisons: none is selected, but the two noteheads don't overlay.
Problem two: Document Options > Layers: Layer 1 is set to freeze stems down and layer two is set to freeze stems up; Apply Adjustments Only if Notes Are in Other Layers is selected for both layer 1 and 2 options, but the two layers still freeze downwards.
Can anyone explain this? Thank you Giovanni
Dear Giovanni,
Using FinMac2k4b I tried to duplicate your problem, but neither one occurred: Both Fs shared the notehead, and the stems were opposed. Is "Manual Positioning" set to "Incoporate"? If so, and you had for some reason moved the note heads apart, then they would remain so after a spacing command.
However, I see two things in your example to comment on: 1) Shouldn't the noteheads be separated when one is dotted and the other isn't? I would always separate them when one is a quarter and the other a dotted quarter. When one is a dotted note and the other is a beamed note, I suppose few would ascribe the dot to it. 2) It must be a special consideration when Layer 1 notes have stems down and Layer 2 notes have stems up.
I was really pleased to find that Finale now allows you to avoid the collision of unisons only when the noteheads are different. That solved the problem of half notes and quarter notes sharing the notehead position. However, there should be a way to have noteheads with dots separated from those that don't - especially quarters/dotted quarters and half notes/dotted half notes. The way to do it would be to have Finale consider dotted noteheads different from un-dotted noteheads.
What think you, collected Wizdom?
Hal
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