Hi Dennis, I apologize, I'd assumed the Smart Line Designer allowed you to create customized hairpins, and not just solid, dashed, and character lines! But now that I look at it, I see the tool is much more limited than I'd realized, and won't actually help with your problem.
I've seen these "from niente" and "to niente" hairpins-with-circles quite frequently in Finale-engraved scores and always assumed they were made using the Smart Line Designer! But clearly that is not the case. Sorry for the incorrect information. As to your problem -- what tool are you using to place the "niente" circles. If they are expressions, does it help if you use an opaque enclosure? Cheers, - DJA ----- WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 28 Jun 2012, at 8:27 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: > On Thu, June 28, 2012 6:38 pm, Darcy James Argue wrote: >> Create two custom smart shapes, a crescendo haripin beginning with the small >> circle glyph, and a decrescendo hairpin ending with one. >> >> Of course, you'll have to replace all of the ones you added in your score >> with >> these new custom smart shapes, but positioning is automatic and consistent, >> every time, and printing, PDFs, and display will be identical. > > Hey Darcy, > > I've never made a custom smart shape, and can't find a tool to do it. I can > find a custom smart line. Is it in the shape designer somewhere? > > Dennis > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
