Thanks for the tip, Darcy.
I tend avoid changing the filter settings because then it can be a bit
of a hassle changing it all back i.e. if it's more than "All" or "None".
If there were programmable Filter presets available of course, that
would help things.
Interesting also re. the align vertically command. I presume that this
is in Finale 2011?
In an ideal world, one would be able to option-arrow to copy smart
shapes from one staff to another, as is the case with expressions.
Maybe in Finale 2012.
Thanks
Matthew
F2010 OS X
On 29/12/10 11:08 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
I definitely second this request -- adding identical hairpins to multiple
staves at once would be *extremely* useful.
However, I should point out that in the interim, it's not necessary to use Mass
Copy to copy hairpins between staves. You can simply use the Filter to select
only measure-attached smart shapes. (Of course, this assumes that the source
and destination staves do not use any *other* measure-attached smart shapes --
but if you're careful about the order in which you add Smart Shapes, this
usually isn't too much of a problem.)
You can also select a group of hairpins and make them all the same length by choosing
"Align vertically" from the contextual menu.
Cheers,
- DJA
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On 28 Dec 2010, at 3:26 PM, Matthew Hindson (gmail) wrote:
Thanks Jari for your latest plugins - I look forward to using them when they
get to OS X. It's very generous of you.
In case you are looking for any further ideas:
How feasible (or not) would be a plugin that adds a smart shape for the
duration of the selected region?
e.g. have a section selected, and then it adds a smart shape to that.
The reasons why this would be useful:
- it would enable adding e.g. crescendos to multiple selected staves at once.
Furthermore these would presumably be the same length, which is not easily
possible to achieve at present (it's necessary to use Robert Patterson's Mass
Copy plugin). The result would be better, visually.
- it would make it easier to apply smart shapes to longer regions that go
across pages in Scroll View. At present as you would know, it's necessary to
scroll across, reselect the smart shape, click and drag the end of it to the
edge of the page, repeat as necessary.
- it would avoid the dreaded unwanted smart shape artifact when, by adding
smart shapes manually, the smart shape inadvertently extends into the start of
the following bar and thus onto the following system across a system break.
Anyway, just for your consideration,
Matthew
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