At 14.53 01/12/2007, Robert Patterson wrote:
Unfortunately, copying entries is far beyond the scope of Mass Copy.
That's a pity, but thank you anyway, your plug-ins are invaluable.
I haven't messed much with Fin08. Is it better, worse, or the same
with respect to copying smart shapes?
I'm still on 2006, and I don't have plans to upgrade now, but if the
answer is "better" I'll probably do it (actually, I have bought the
2007 upgrade, but it's been uninstalled soon after discovering that
none of the major problems got fixed)
What I do instead is wait until I've entered the notes, then copy
the tuplets using Mass Copy. This works quickly and painlessly.
I can think of several situations where that would not be neither
quick nor painless, but indeed it would be in some cases (I have a
long experience with Finale - the first version I had was 1.1.1 - and
although I don't post on this list very much, I'm here almost from
the beginning...).
If the underlying "actual" meter is the longest meter in the
stack, you don't have to worry about speedy jumping or complaining
as you enter the notes.
Again, that's true, but sometimes the situation is different and you
have to deal with those annoyances.
I also make liberal use of my Beam Selection plugin, which allows
you to beam notes based on selecting them, including in stacks.
And this is a further step to do...
My point is that indeed you can obtain good results using workarounds
and plug-ins, but when speed is essential you may find yourself in trouble.
Thanks and all the best
Giuliano Forghieri
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