Leaving Finale behind
The last in a series of several articles about the end of Finale's support. How to archive your work, update the Finale files, and exporting to MusicXML and PDF. And, some thoughts about alternatives to Finale.
Using Finale in the unsupported era
The second in a series of several articles about the end of Finale's support. This focuses on how to use Finale for at least a while longer, after the period of official support has ended.
Finale’s twilight zone: Ensuring a smooth ride into the sunset
The first in a series of several articles about the end of Finale's support. This focuses on what to expect as the support period comes to an end, how to use your Finale license to obtain other software (including other versions of Finale), and how you can continue to download and authorize Finale.
Untangling ties in Finale
Ties in Finale can be a knotty endeavor, but we won't string you along. Untangle them, and their methods of entry, editing, and manipulation, in this installment of the Conquering Finale video tutorial series.
Grappling with graphics in Finale
Picture yourself using the Graphics tool in Finale. We draw out its highlights and illustrate some functions lurking in the shadows that might be more useful than you first think.
Music spacing: the Finale frontier
Finale's possibilities are truly astronomical, and its settings can seem like a black hole. Jason Loffredo boldly navigates the Finale frontier of space — music space, that is — with a down-to-Earth explanation of its constellation of features to help you reach for the stars.
Be wise, resize, in Finale
Finale has a dedicated tool for resizing the noteheads, notes, staves, systems, or pages of your score. We'll show you all the ways to use it, plus other ways to scale the size of items like accidentals, mid-measure clefs, grace notes, lyrics, and chord symbols.
A Special Tools investigation in Finale
Detective Jason Loffredo is back with the Conquering Finale video series. His "Special Tools Investigation" will dissect each one of these tools, perform forensic analysis, and present evidence that you have access to a powerful array of engraving tools for individual notes and measures.
The missing link(ed) parts in Finale
"Part"-y on with this installment of the Conquering Finale video tutorial series, where we discuss linked parts, how they work, and how to manage them effectively within your Finale documents.
RGP Lua is a powerful plug-in for Finale
Finale has long been at its most powerful when combined with third-party tools. If you have basic coding skills and have ever wished you could automate Finale yourself, check out RGP Lua, a free plug-in that uses Lua scripts to interact with Finale documents.
