Instead of setting the layer volume to 0 you could set it not to playback (in the Layer options). I do this for cues.
On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 1:18 PM, David Froom <dfr...@smcm.edu> wrote: > On 28 Jun 2017, at 1:00 PM, jef chippewa <shirl...@newmusicnotation.com> > wrote: > > > > regarding the spacing, you might find it useful > > to integrate {DocOptions/Music Spacing/Avoid > > Collision of: Hidden Notes} into what robert > > already mentioned. > > Another useful trick. Thanks! > > > > if you use a specific layer ONLY for those hidden > > notes and nowhere else in the score, then > > DocOptions/Layers and uncheck "affects spacing" > > for that layer. > > Actually, this doesn’t work for my situation, as I am hiding my main layer > in these measures. For example, when I use a string of running piano 16th > notes that are to be held with the hands and tied to a sustained chord (so > a tie extends from each 16th note, then those ties are stretched with > special tools so all of them reach the chord), the playback is messed up > because the notes don’t sustain and the chord sounds. So, I put the > notation the way I want it to look in layer 4, set layer 4 to have a volume > of 0 in the score manager, then use a staff style to hide layer 1, which is > written the way I’d write it to get playback correct. > > > > even more geeky, in speedy entry, in the hidden > > layer, opt-click (mac) on the measure and you can > > define which notes affect the music spacing. > > note i have not had 100% success with this in > > other contexts (collisions of layers where i want > > an abnormal positioning of one or both of the > > layers), seems to be only a problem on the 1st > > note in the measure. > > This seems like overkill, but nice to know about for special situations. > > > > you could use a value like 15% or something for > > the "hidden object shading" (prefs/view). this > > is a global setting, but 15% is faded enough to > > not really disturb and you can still read any > > text that is hidden (e.g., i use a category > > defined with hidden text to make notes in the > > score for myself about workarounds or quirky > > approaches to notating things). > > I set the value to 0% here. What I was looking for, however, was a > transparency setting. Even having these pale disturbs me, and at 0% I see > the opaque white blobs where the notes were. > > Thanks for these tips! > > David > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu