At 12:47 PM 11/22/05 +0100, Barbara Touburg wrote: >Could you tell us how you achieved that?
Keep in mnd that this is not a friendly solution if you have to do a lot of them, because you'll need a new shape for every occasion. Here's how I do it -- best to use page view with the spacing already finished (this is Finale 2K5): 1. Using the expression tool, go into the shape designer and follow the sequence to create a new shape. 2. Use the slur shape tool, which is set up to be the correct tapered thickness to match the regular Finale slurs. This shape has 3 or 4 handles (click once or twice) so you can adjust the angle, height and curve you need in the score. 3. Once you have the shape set approximately, go back to the score to place the slur and finish its height and curve. 4. With a high magnification, measure the stems or other objects you need to break through. Return to edit the shape. 5. Create a rectangle with the rectangle tool, and put it where you need the break. Don't make it too tall, as it will cover up staff lines. Use just enough height of the rectangle to cover the slur. (Make sure, if you adjust the slur, that the block is in front -- select slur, Shape Designer|Send to Back; or select block, Shape Designer|Bring to Front.) 6. Select the rectangle. Change the line thickness to "none" and the fill to white. The block will 'disappear' and the shape will now look like a broken slur. 7. Repeat with more blocks if you need multiple breaks on a long slur. 8. Return to the score and make final adjustments. You may have to go back and forth a few times with the shape designer, because the white block covers staff lines. You might also use the ellipse tool instead of the rectangle if that's works better getting around things in the score. 9. Edit|Select all, and Shape Designer|Group (no essential, but helps in not making mistakes with it later). 10. In my experience, do NOT use a metatool to place these. For some reason, every time I do this, the white block covers *everything* below it -- stems and staff lines. This is information worth knowing if you *do* need to cover everything!) This method is a about as difficult as any fine adjustments in Finale, except that you can't use the shape designer while looking at the changes in the score. :( Here's an example with various slur placements and pitfalls: http://maltedmedia.com/images/brokenslur3.gif I put up a little QT movie of how I do it (with mistakes!). It's hard to read the menu labels, but you can get the idea: http://maltedmedia.com/images/brokenslur.mov (If you can't read the menu items, there is a 21MB mpeg movie at http://maltedmedia.com/images/brokenslur.mpg) Dennis _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
