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| PDF Example Collection |  69 pages with many before/after comparisons: download here |
| Interactive Example: Dynamics and Hairpin Alignment |
 Click image to get the interactive overview. Download Before/After PDF Before .musx file After Tight Spacing .musx file After Loose Spacing .musx file (Done in Finale 2014) |
| Example 7: A score and its linked parts, before/after Perfect Layout 4.0 |
 Click image to enlarge This is a demo of Perfect Layout 4.0 with its defaults settings on a chamber orchestra scora. Download PDF (42 pages, all pages before and after Perfect Layout) Download Finale 27 .musx file before and after Perfect Layout 4.0. Watch real-time video on Youtube of creating these example PDFs. |
| Example 6: Staff System Layout in the Score (Perfect Layout 4.0) |
 This is a demo of all three score layout algorithms in Perfect Layout v4.0. Finale's default look (same distances between all staves): Download PDF Option 1: "Prefer Identical Staff Distances on all Pages" (New default in PL4.0): Download PDF Option 2: "Prefer Flexible Staff Distances" (Old default in PL3.0): Download PDF Option 3: "Optimize System Distances Only, and Keep Staff Distances if Possible: Download PDF Watch real-time video on Youtube of creating these example PDFs. |
| Example 5: Cue Notes and Cue Text Automation |  Click image to enlarge (Get Before/After PDF) / Before .musx file / After .musx file Watch real-time video of processing this example with Perfect Layout (Done in Finale 2014.5. Note: the test files have one more scenario than the video) |
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Example 4: Some Features Before/After | Get Before/After PDF (All Examples Created with the Default Settings of the Plug-in) Example 4 Articulation Stacking: Before .musx file / After .musx file Example 4 Measure Counting: Before .musx file / After .musx file Example 4 Tupets Optimization (new!): Before .musx file / After .musx file Example 4 Note Spacing: Before .musx file / After .musx file Example 4 Split and Merge Rests: Before .musx file / After .musx file Example 4 Chord and Slash Style Spacing: Before .musx file / After .musx file Example 4 Measure Number Placement: Before .musx file / After .musx file Example 4 Rehearsal Marks with Collisions: Before .musx file / After .musx file Example 4 Repeat Brackets Horizontal Adjustment: Before .musx file / After .musx file Example 4 Niente and Exponential Hairpins: Before .musx file / After .musx file Example 4 Articulations + Steep Slurs Set to "Inside Slurs": Before .musx file / After .musx file Note: Make sure to have all necessary music and text fonts installed for these examples. Otherwise they may look different than in the PDFs. All example 4 files were processed in Finale v25. |
| Example 3: Feature Overview |  Click image to enlarge (Get PDF) / Before .musx file / After .musx file (Done in Finale 2014) |
| Example 2: Schubert, Winterreise |  Click image to enlarge (Get PDF) / Before .musx file / After .musx file (Done in Finale 2014) |
| Example 1: Mahler 5th Symphony (MusicXML imported) |
 Click image to enlarge (Get PDF) / Before .musx file / After .musx file (Done in Finale 2014) |
| Example A: Alignment of Coda and Segno Symbols with Expressions |
Instead of using Repeat Text elements, you can use expressions for Coda and Segno. Make sure they use "Left Barline" or "Right Barline" alignment and put them in an expression category called "Tempo Marks" - either the original "Tempo Marks" category or a user-defined category with that includes the words "Tempo Marks".  Click image to enlarge. Get the example .musx file |
