From: Owain Sutton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
That's some serious kludging you're doing there!...
Unless anybody here can give some insider knowledge on how to get TG Tools to work for this, I think you really need to cut your losses and create the tremolos manually.
Do you mean I should create the tremolo symbol in the shape designer and assign it as a metatool?
As for articulations on cross-staff notes, I've had that same problem before now. I ended up working-around by creating 'new' articulations which are copies of the originals, set up to either always be above or always below the stave, etc.
The duplicate articulation works fine...thanks!
From: Michael Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Use the "Beam Stem Adjust Tool" in Special Tools to change the length of that extra bit of stem.
TGtools creates a tremolo by first making beamed notes, then changing the noteheads. When necessary it also hides the stems or alters the length of the beams. (This is indeed how we always made tremolos in Finale: TGTools simply automated the process). So to change the appearance of a tremolo, you need to use a Special Tool that works on beamed notes.
It is the Special Tool>Beam Angle Tool that seems to have no effect.
I have now tried another couple of alternatives:
For instances like b.265 I created a extra piece of stem as an expression and assigned it by a metatool to hide the gap. That works, but they keep moving about which is very frustrating.
For the unnecessary extension (b.260) I created a borderless white box to hide the extra bit of stem. Again, that won't stay put.
Other solutions for consideration would be most welcome.
Stephen
Stephen Cronin wrote:
However, I have a related problem with quarter- and eighth-note cross-staff tremolandi as illustrated by the examples below:
http://www.stephen.cronin.name/example/b260.tif http://www.stephen.cronin.name/example/b265.tif
In bar 260 the extra bit of stem on the third beat seems unmovable, at least the Stem Length Tool doesn't recognise it.
In bar 265 the loose piece of stem on the first beat is similarly unresponsive.
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