Here's the ScoringNotes article. Read it to get the graphics and examples
https://www.scoringnotes.com/news/finale-version-27-4/
Per yesterday's email, the 35th Anniversary sale on Finale 27, including upgrades, ends today.
The updates
Symbols and elision slurs in lyrics
It’s easier now on Mac to insert a symbol in the Lyrics Window (Tools > Lyrics > Lyrics Window…). When you’re in the Lyrics Window, simply choose Insert Symbol… from the menu, to bring up the full Symbol Selection dialog, which will give you access to the entire range of Unicode characters.
A practical implementation of this improvement is the ability to add elision slurs when typing directly into the score. (Longtime Finale users will know the tortuous method of typing a capital I and switching to the Engraver Font Set to achieve this result). There is a specific Insert Elision menu item now, with a corresponding shortcut, Option+Shift+Command+-, to do this easily.
Behind the scenes, Finale inserts the elision symbol in the Finale Lyrics font and then switches back to the font you’re using for lyric entry (Academico in this example).
Print to true black
Nearly all music is printed in black and white — but with Finale, it was more like a dark shade of grey for some Mac users, for many years. Documented on Scoring Notes with workarounds, the current Finale forum, and the old Finale forum, this truly qualifies as a longstanding issue, and it is very nice to see it addressed.
In Finale v27.4, there is a new option in the Print dialog that should hopefully solve this problem once and for all. In Finale Print Options, in the Print: section, there is a new Use RGB option. Uncheck this box to ensure that the PDFs that you generate from Finale are output in true black.
Of course, for PDFs made prior to Finale v27.4, you’ll still need to check to see if the PDFs are true black, and, if not, apply the post-production fix via Adobe Acrobat we documented on Scoring Notes, if this is important to you.
Improved (?) music spacing when layers cross or overlap
There is a new option, Stems, in Document Options > Music Spacing > Avoid Collisions. As best we can tell, this option might be checked when starting a new score from one of Finale’s default document styles, but not when starting from a third-party document style (like Scoring Express), template, or existing file, although your own experience may vary depending upon what your default settings are.
What it should do is improve situations like this, where the stems collide with notes in an unsightly manner:
And indeed, after respacing the music, the spacing of the music in the fourth and fifth bars is improved:
Unfortunately, the music in the other bars is unchanged, and moreover, the order of the voices (Finale “layers”) is reversed in the first bar. Although this is an acceptable alternative, if this is done, one would expect this to be applied consistently, such as in bar 2 and 3 in this example, but instead, those bars are treated differently than the first bar.
If you would like a complete explanation of this issue, we highly recommend you consult pages 52 and 53 of Behind Bars; as usual, Elaine Gould has explained the rules, conventions, and exceptions very well. For now, the curious workaround is to space the music with the option with the Stems option checked, and then again with it unchecked, if Manual Positioning is set to Ignore. Hopefully this can be refined in the future.
Ties on chords that have pairs of seconds no longer collide
A nice fix here: This unsightly issue with colliding ties…
…has been fixed in v27.4:
Sonoma-specific fixes
An issue in which the Add Instrument button and Instrument column within ScoreManager do not respond to mouse clicks has been resolved in Finale v27.4. This had blocked users from adding instruments to existing scores, requiring an interim workaround.
Tooltips for palettes now work properly on macOS Sonoma when changing the palettes shape.
Other fixes
Mac only:
- Among this list of other fixes may well be one or two items that you’ve been waiting for:
- Fixed an issue where grace notes can cause the screen to go blank. (Mac only)
- Tool palettes now retain their location when entering and exiting full screen mode and using a second monitor. (Mac only)
- The Times font no longer incorrectly populates font lists. (Mac only)
- Tuplet handles can now be moved without issue while in Page View. (Mac only)
- Fixed an issue where Edit System Margins and Edit Page Margins dialog boxes can display off screen. (Windows only)
Windows only:
- Playback controls no longer change settings after adding measures to a document. (Windows only)
- Fixed an issue where lyrics can disappear from the lyrics menu. (Windows only)
- When printing to PDF, the saved name of the document is retained in the export window and part names are automatically populated with each part. (Windows only)
Both Mac and Windows:
- Copyable staff styles are now copied to parts when copy and pasting in the score.
- Back ending brackets and repeat text endings are now added to the score and parts properly.
- Ties at the start of a system now draw correctly and do not disappear.
- Fixed an issue where removing staves from a linked part can create duplicate staves.
- Augmentation dots are now placed correctly on notes with flipped stems.
- Measure numbers are now aligned correctly in measures with key signatures and time signatures.
- The All Channels option for Hyperscribe now remains selected.
- It is now possible to flip the stems of a beamed group with a shortcut while any note of that group is selected.
- Fixed an issue where deleting the first staff of a document can prevent Human Playback from playing back expressions.
Availability
Finale v27.4 is a free update for anyone who has already purchased Finale v27, and can be downloaded from your MakeMusic account, or directly through Finale, if Check for Update is selected.
If you don’t already have Finale v27.4, now is the best time to get it — last year, MakeMusic permanently reduced prices on both new licenses and on upgrades, and there is a sale going on right now which runs through December 1, for even further discounts by using the promo code FINALE35 at checkout. New retail licenses are 70% off, bringing the cost of Finale down to $89; upgrades from previous versions of Finale and new academic licenses are 35% off, bringing the cost down to $65. (Check out our massive Black Friday post for lots of other deals on music notation software and related technology going on right now.)
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