• Downloading and Installing
• Ordering Info
• How to create a sketch map
• How to create a text-on-path effect
• How to create an EPS file
• Settings
• Program History
• Upgrading
• Contact

Bixelangelo requires DirectX version June 2007 or later. DirectX is available as a free download from Microsoft:

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If the web installer refuses to work (or if you would like to install DirectX on an offline computer) you can download the DirectX end-user redistributable.

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If you don't like installers you can download the program as a ZIP file.

Bixelangelo requires DirectX version June 2007 or later. If the program complains about not being able to find D3DX9_34.dll you will have to install the latest version of DirectX.

A single user license of Bixelangelo costs € 19.95

What you get

When you buy Bixelangelo you will receive your own personal license keys. Entering them into the program with the menu item Settings > Enter License Keys... will turn the evaluation version into the fully functional version.

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• Start the application
• Choose File > Start Recording Sketch
• Use your mouse to make a sketch
• When you're finished press <Esc> to save your sketch and quit the application

When you've named your sketch "test", the following 5 files have been generated:

• The texture file: SketchMap_test.PNG
• The BluffTitler show file using this texture: test_TEXTURE.BT
• The effect file: SketchMap.FX (this effect file is always the same)
• The EPS file: test.EPS
• The BluffTitler show file using this EPS file: test_EPS.BT

You can view the animation by double clicking the test_TEXTURE.BT file.

To create a sketch map animation from scratch, create a new picture layer with the menu item Layer > Add Picture Layer, select the texture you've created with Bixelangelo and select the effect file SketchMap.FX with the menu item Media > Change Effect. You can animate your sketch with the Transparency property and you can set the colour of your sketch with the Colour property

• Start the application
• Choose File > Start Recording Path
• Press your left mouse button and draw a path
• When you release the mouse button your path is saved and the application quits

When you've named your path "test", the following 2 files have been generated:

• The BluffTitler show file: test.BT
• The effect file: TextOnPath_test.FX

You can view the animation by double clicking the test.BT file.

To create a text-on-path animation from scratch, create a new text layer with the menu item Layer > Add Text Layer and select the effect file you've created with Bixelangelo with the menu item Media > Change Effect. You can make your text follow the path by animating the Text Position property. You can change the spacing of the text with the Spacing property and you can change the font size with the Font Size property

• Start the application
• Choose File > Start Recording Sketch
• Use your mouse to make a sketch
• When you're finished press <Esc> to save your sketch and quit the application

When you've named your sketch "test", the following 5 files have been generated:

• The texture file: SketchMap_test.PNG
• The BluffTitler show file using this texture: test_TEXTURE.BT
• The effect file: SketchMap.FX (this effect file is always the same)
• The EPS file: test.EPS
• The BluffTitler show file using this EPS file: test_EPS.BT

You can view the animation by double clicking the test_EPS.BT file.

To create an EPS animation from scratch, create a new sketch layer with the menu item Layer > Add Sketch Layer and select the EPS file you've created with Bixelangelo. You can animate the sketch layer with the Writer property.

Brush size

You can set the brush size with the menu item Brush Size, or with the 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,- and + keys.

Bezier splines

Use the menu item Settings > Bezier Spline to turn on/off the bezier splines. When this option is turned on your drawings are automatically turned into smooth curves.

High resolution

Mark the menu item Settings > High-Res to turn on high resolution.

Glow

Use the menu item Settings > Glow to turn on the glow effect. Note that the glow effect generates a different effect file: SketchMapGlow.fx.

Shadow

Use the menu item Settings > Shadow to turn on the shadow effect. The shadow is implemented as an extra, black picture layer behind the sketch map picture layer.

How do I upgrade to the latest version?

Version 1.4

Released: Monday, December 1st, 2008
Price: € 19.95, free upgrade for registered users!

Rebuild. No new features.

Version 1.31

Released: Friday, April 11th, 2008
Price: € 19.95, free upgrade for registered users!

• Optimized spline rendering
• bugfix: background picture no longes scales down unnecessary
• bugfix: Bixelangelo can now handle filenames with spaces
• Nice big Vista application icon

Version 1.1

Released: 2007-1-18
Price: € 19.95, free upgrade for registered users!

• Full unicode support
• Exports the sketch also as an EPS file for use in the sketch layer of BluffTitler.

Version 1.02

Released: 2006-10-6
Price: € 19.95, free upgrade for registered users!

• New menu item: Settings > Shadow
• Splash screen not used in registered version

Version 1.01

Released: 2006-9-16
Price: € 19.95, free upgrade for registered users!

• Menu item File > Start Recording Sketch fixed

Version 1.0

Released: 2006-9-15
Price: € 19.95

• First release!

How do I upgrade to the latest version?

• Carefully read the release notes in the program history.
• Check the new system requirements and upgrade DirectX if necessary.
• Download the latest version from the download page.
• Install the new version.
• Activate the application by entering your license keys into the program with the menu item Settings > Enter License Keys....

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