[Finale] Angled crescendo
For all those years, I was holding Shift to draw a straight crescendo/ decrescendo. I didn't know straight is default now. When did it change? Now with FinMac2008b, I can't draw angled crescendo/ decrescendo. The manual sez 'Drag this handle to change angle but that handle changes pointer to horizontal stretch only. Any help would be appreciated. P.S. I feel I am in Finale 2.x. This piece has a lot of graphic instructions, and Finale crashes/SWOD so often, not to mention I already produced 2 damaged files of the same piece. Arrh! -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA http://a-no-ne.com http://anonemusic.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Angled crescendo
Randolph Peters / 08.4.4 / 0:08 AM wrote: Automatically Constrain Dragging (Press Shift to Temporarily Disable) is probably checked. Thanks for your quick response. Unfortunately this option is still off. Now I have to remember to use Shift when I want to go on a diagonal. This one doesn't work either. I trashed FinMac2008 pref file just in case but to no avail. This is the last thing preventing me to finish this piece :-( -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA http://a-no-ne.com http://anonemusic.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Angled crescendo
Hiro wrote: For all those years, I was holding Shift to draw a straight crescendo/ decrescendo. I didn't know straight is default now. When did it change? Now with FinMac2008b, I can't draw angled crescendo/ decrescendo. The manual sez 'Drag this handle to change angle but that handle changes pointer to horizontal stretch only. It is possible that your program options have changed. Go to Program Options (Command-,) and under the Edit settings, look at the Moveable Items section of the dialogue box. Automatically Constrain Dragging (Press Shift to Temporarily Disable) is probably checked. I like this setting, but it might not be what you are used to. I used to hold down the Shift key for all my horizontal shapes and lines, but when Robert Patterson told me many years ago that he used the automatic constraints, I realized that most of the time that is also what I wanted. Now I have to remember to use Shift when I want to go on a diagonal. -Randolph Peters ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Angled crescendo
Hiro, Smart Shape tool - Smart Shape menu - Smart Shape Options - uncheck Make Horizontal by Default. To unlock existing crescendos, right-click on the handle and uncheck Make Horizontal from the contextual menu. Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 5 Apr 2008, at 1:09 AM, A-NO-NE Music wrote: Randolph Peters / 08.4.4 / 0:08 AM wrote: Automatically Constrain Dragging (Press Shift to Temporarily Disable) is probably checked. Thanks for your quick response. Unfortunately this option is still off. Now I have to remember to use Shift when I want to go on a diagonal. This one doesn't work either. I trashed FinMac2008 pref file just in case but to no avail. This is the last thing preventing me to finish this piece :-( -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA http://a-no-ne.com http://anonemusic.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Angled crescendo
I just checked with both G5 and MBP2.4, both trashed pref, and I found no way to create angled decrescendo under FinMac2008b under OS X 10.5.2. Can anyone confirm this or it's happening only in my house? I am loosing! :-( -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA http://a-no-ne.com http://anonemusic.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Angled crescendo
Darcy James Argue / 08.4.5 / 1:16 AM wrote: Smart Shape tool - Smart Shape menu - Smart Shape Options - uncheck Make Horizontal by Default. To unlock existing crescendos, right-click on the handle and uncheck Make Horizontal from the contextual menu. Once again, you are da man! I am curious, where in the manual shows this? I still can't find this. Man, I really miss printed manual. I used to sleep with it so I can memorize everything. Remember these 3 huge Finale v1 manuals? When Finale manual went to PDF, I used to pay for printed manual on each versions but they weren't the same so I stop buying them. -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA http://a-no-ne.com http://anonemusic.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
