• Downloading and Installing
• Ordering Info
• How to create a sketch map (bitmap sketch)
• How to create an EPS file (vector sketch)
• How to create a text-on-path effect
• 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 do not 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 are finished press <Esc> to save your sketch and quit the application

When you have named your sketch "Test", the following 6 files have been generated:

• The texture file: SketchMap_Test.png
• The effect file: SketchMap.fx (this file is always the same)
• The EPS file: Test.eps
• 3 BluffTitler show files: Test_SketchMap.bt, Test_EPS.bt and Test_TextOnPath.bt

For the sketch map effect, run Test_SketchMap.bt. The media files needed are the .png and the .fx files.

To find out which layers and properties are being animated, look for layer and property names ending in a plus symbol (+).

To create this effect from scratch perform the following steps:

• Press the New Show button
• Press the Delete active Layer button
• Press the Add Picture Layer... button and select SketchMap_Test.png
• Press the Change Effect... button and select SketchMap.fx
• Set the Transparency property to 1
• Move the time slider all the way to the right
• Set the Transparency property to 0
• Press the Play button

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

When you have named your sketch "Test", the following 6 files have been generated:

• The texture file: SketchMap_Test.png
• The effect file: SketchMap.fx (this file is always the same)
• The EPS file: Test.eps
• 3 BluffTitler show files: Test_SketchMap.bt, Test_EPS.bt and Test_TextOnPath.bt

For the EPS effect, run Test_EPS.bt. The only media file needed is the .eps file.

To find out which layers and properties are being animated, look for layer and property names ending in a plus symbol (+).

To create this effect from scratch perform the following steps:

• Press the New Show button
• Press the Delete active Layer button
• Choose the menu item Layer > Add Layer > Add Sketch Layer... and select Test.eps
• Set the Writer property to 0
• Move the time slider all the way to the right
• Set the Writer property to 1
• Press the Play button

You can set the radius of the sketch layer with the Radius property.

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

When you have named your sketch "Test", the following 6 files have been generated:

• The texture file: SketchMap_Test.png
• The effect file: SketchMap.fx (this file is always the same)
• The EPS file: Test.eps
• 3 BluffTitler show files: Test_SketchMap.bt, Test_EPS.bt and Test_TextOnPath.bt

For the text-on-path effect, run Test_TextOnPath.bt. The only media file needed is the .eps file.

To find out which layers and properties are being animated, look for layer and property names ending in a plus symbol (+).

To create this effect from scratch perform the following steps:

• Press the New Show button
• Press the Delete active Layer button
• Choose the menu item Layer > Add Layer > Add Sketch Layer... and select Test.eps
• Choose the menu item Layer > Attach Layer > Attach Text to active Layer...
• Set the Writer property to 0
• Move the time slider all the way to the right
• Set the Writer property to 1
• Press the Play button

You can make the sketch layer invisible by pressing the Change Effect... button and selecting BluffTitler / Media / Effects / Invisible.fx.

You can make the text follow the orientation of the sketch by changing the second dropdown listbox below the textbox from Attached Layers point Upwards to Attached Layers follow Sketch.

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 1.6

Released: Thursday, Januari 14th, 2010
Price: € 19.95, free upgrade for registered users!

Rebuild. No new features.

Version 1.5.0

Released: 2009-3-16
Price: € 19.95, free upgrade for registered users!

• The text on path effect is now implemented as a text layer attached to a sketch layer and requires BluffTitler 7.6
• bugfix: export to paths containing dots (.) problem fixed!

Version 1.3.1

Released: 2008-4-11
Price: € 19.95, free upgrade for registered users!

• Optimized spline rendering
• bugfix: Bixelangelo can now handle filenames with spaces

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
• New menu item: Settings > Shadow
• 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.... (for most updates this is done automatically)

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