I'm trying to convert progressive jpg files for use in older tech that doesn't like progressive jpgs, but I can't find any documentation on how to specify non-progressive jpgs in ffmpeg. Anyone have any insight?
I figured out a handy trick in Dorico. Some lines or articulations require you to anchor them to a note (or multiple notes) which can be an issue if you want the element to appear floating or only want it connected to one single note and have the end of the line not connected to anything. This may be the case if you want to make whammy bar indications but are trying to connect notes in different voices (which at least Dorico 5 doesn't allow you to do), or perhaps you want to make a tie that goes backwards and doesn't connect to anything as would be the case if the first note of a second ending in a repeat is supposed to be tied to the previous measure but the 1st ending is getting in the way.
If you need to attach a line backwards, one trick is to create a grace note and attach whatever you need to that, then hide the notehead and stem. Those can both be hidden using the jump menu and looking for "hide notehead" or "hide stem". If there are ledger lines or an accidental you need to get rid of, go to the engraving window, open up the properties at the bottom, and you should see the options to hide the accidental and ledger lines there.
If you need to attach a line forwards, you'll need to use multiple voices. Unfortunately Dorico (as of v5) doesn't allow you to connect notes between different voices, so you essentially need to duplicate the notes into both voices, then once you make the lines you need to make, hide the notes that you don't want to be visible using the aforementioned method. This is a niche problem to have so if this sounds like ridiculous extra work, you probably haven't had a need for this specific hack yet.
I'm trying to figure out how to set up how Dorico beams notes by default. Right now, if I have a project in 4/4 and a measure contains eight 8th notes, the notes will be beamed 4 and 4. I want to make the location of the beat more obvious by beaming the 8th notes in pairs by default.
When I set up the time signature using the popover, I entered [1+1+1+1]/4 which I thought would have beamed a measure of eight 8th notes into four groups of two, however this doesn't seem to work.
Anyone happen to know what I'm doing wrong and/or how I can fix this?
EDIT: Of course as soon as I post about it, I figure it out. If anyone else is having this problem, the fix is to go into notation options (cmd/ctrl + Shift + N), go to the Beam Grouping heading, then "Quarter Note (Crotchet) Denominator Time Signatures With Half-bars" and change "Break beams at the half-bar" to "Break beams at beat boundaries".
I'm working on a piece and have already entered all the notes, however I decided one measure needed a few more beats to give the notes a bit more room to linger. I'd like to change just one bar of 4/4 to 6/4 and just fill the empty space with rests or something.
Right now when I change the bar to 6/4, the first two beats of the next measure get tacked onto the end of the 6/4 measure so entire rest of the score essentially gets pushed back two beats. Is there any way to avoid having to manually move everything so the following measure starts exactly like it used to?
I hope I'm explaining my issue clearly.
Edit: I'm on Dorico 5 in case that matters