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

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version	BluffTitler DX9 7.6.5
size	7 MB
date released	Saturday, June 6th, 2009

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If you do not like installers you can download the program as a ZIP file.

BluffTitler 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.

How do I upgrade to the latest version?

Version 7.6.5

Released: Saturday, June 6th, 2009
Price: € 39.95, free upgrade for registered users!

Changes since version 7.6:

• Optimization: exporting as a movie file is about 2.5 times faster
• New menu item: Layer > Attach Layer > Attach active Layer to a Container...
• New menu item: Layer > Detach active Layer from Container
• The Set Show Duration dialog now has options to add/remove time from the beginning
• All text compositions now take the Bounds property into account
• New particle layer property: Effect Size. This makes it easier scaling the whole effect
• New container layer property: Transparency
• New light layer property: Shadow Softness
• New text and picture layer bevel style: Single Sided
• bugfix: undo/redo problem fixed
• bugfix: particles are now correctly emitted perpendicular to the (rotated) launching surface
• bugfix: the top face of the cube is now correctly textured
• bugfix: the faces of the cube are now correctly sorted (required for transparent textures)

Changed and removed features:

• The scroller layer is now lightened: use the the effect NotLightened.fx to turn off lighting
• The field rendering option has been removed: double the framerate and let your NLE do the field rendering
• When using the Inverted text effect, all characters now have the same height
• Exporting with transparency info is no longer possible in combination with hardware antialiasing: use the software antialiasing option
• The following effect files have been removed from the installer: NotTextured_NotLightened.fx, Lightened_Additive.fx, Outline.fx, AntiLight.fx, Wireframe.fx, Fur.fx, NervousTic.fx, LostPixels.fx, Blobs.fx, GrayAndRed.fx and all fractal FXs. You can download them all from the gallery

Version 7.6

Released: 2009-3-16
Price: € 39.95, free upgrade for registered users!

• New layer type: the container layer
• When editing, the active layer is rendered with a local coordinate system. This can be turned on/off by pressing <F2> or by choosing Settings > Show safe Area + Arrows
• The possibility to attach picture, text, EPS and model layers to a sketch layer by choosing submenus of the Layer > Attach Layer menu item
• 2 new sketch layer effects: Attached Layers point Upwards and Attached Layers follow Sketch
• BluffTitler remembers the view as set in the File > Set Show Resolution... dialog
• New text layer flexibility effects: if the third slider of the Flexibility property is set to -1, the text is animated word based, instead of character based. If the third slider is set to a value lower than -1, the order of the words is random
• Space Width properties in the text and scroller layer
• Transparency property in the scroller layer
• Tab support in the text layer in the Left composition mode
• Standardized order of the properties: all layers use the following order (if available): position, rotation, size, colour, transparency, specularity and end with: explosion, bounds
• All demo shows that come with the installer have the widescreen (16/9) aspect ratio
• Optimized rendering for realtime applications
• Advanced IPC commands for system integration

Version 7.5.4

Released: 2009-1-20
Price: € 39.95, free upgrade for registered users!

• Option to export as compressed AVI with transparency info (compressed 32 bits RGBA)
• Settings and About buttons in the select encoder dialog
• Better support for DirectShow decoder filters
• 2 new passe-partout layer effects: Vertical Bars and Horizontal Bars
• New menu item: Settings > Auto mark All Keys Checkbox
• New menu item: Settings > Limit Texture Res to Show Res
• New menu item: Settings > Reset all Settings
• The Size property of the sketch layer is 3D

Version 7.5

Released: 2008-12-1
Price: € 39.95, free upgrade for registered users!

• Bitmap fonts: press the new Select Bitmap Font button in the <F6> font dialog
• New utility: bitmap fonts can be created with Alphabix
• Video layer can play animated GIF files
• New spline effect: Overhauser Spline
• New text layer property: Encrypt
• Layers dropdown listbox is better organized
• Move all property sliders at the same time by holding down the <Control> key
• Control mouse sensitivity by holding down the <Control> and <Shift> keys
• The <F2> information dialog displays more information
• removed feature: SWF

Version 7.2.5

Released: 2008-7-11
Price: € 39.95, free upgrade for registered users!

Changes since version 7:

• Vertical align effects in the text layer
• 6 new plasma layer effects: Vertical Gradient, Double Vertical Gradient, Horizontal Gradient, Radial Gradient, Horizontal Lines and Vertical Lines
• 3 new effects in the picture layer: Rounded, Abgeeckt and Star
• New effect in the sketch layer: Square
• Attach borders to picture, video and video capture layers (choose Layer > Attach Border to active Layer)
• New scroller mode: Filled
• 2 new menu items: Layer > Bring active Layer Backward and Forward
• Mouse-over effect in the picture, video and video capture layers with links
• Antialiasing Quality dropdown listbox in the File > Export as Movie... dialog
• Support for multi-monitor systems
• Possibility to link to HTML files
• Hyperlinks and attached particles take transparent pixels of the picture and video layer into account
• New particle layer property: Chameleon. With this property you can make the particle layer take over the colour of the parent layer
• Reading Order dropdown listbox in the font dialog
• 2 new bevel effects in the text layer: Convex Hull and Filled Holes
• The Explosion property in the text, picture, video and video capture layers is 2D: first slider controls the translation, second the rotation
• The Flexibility property of the text later is 3D: setting the third slider to a non-zero value gives every character its own random delay
• Maximum number of particles increased from 1.000 to 10.000
• Maximum number of characters in the text layer increased from 500 to 1000
• Maximum show duration increased from 3 to 60 minutes

Changed and removed features:

• The Cube effect in the picture, video and video capture layers is textured differently. It expects a horizontal strip containing the 6 cube faces
• The Model Repeat property in the picture, video and video capture layers works differently. The total volume of all the models together stays the same
• The Cubes, Cylinders and Spheres effects in the picture, video and video capture layers have been removed. Use the Model Repeat property to create those effects
• The following effects have been removed from the picture, video and video capture layers: Tetrahedron, Octahedron, Dodecahedron, Icosahedron, Pyramid and Cone. Use the model layer to create those shapes

Version 7

Released: 2007-7-24
Price: € 39.95, free upgrade for registered users!

• Software Antialiasing
  With software antialiasing your exported video and picture files always look super sharp, no matter what graphics card, video driver and hardware antialiasing settings you are using. A nice side effect is that you no longer have to keep the render window visible when exporting
• Create videos with resolutions bigger than your desktop
  For example you will be able to create the highest HD resolution of 1920 x 1080 on a 1024 x 768 desktop. Resolutions good enough for printing are also possible, like creating a 4000 x 4000 picture for use on a party flyer. In the File > Set Show Resolution... dialog you can select a view of 50%, 25% or 12.5% to indicate that the exported resolution should be 2, 4 or 8 times bigger than the render window
• Post-Processing
  In version 7 you can select an effect file in the camera layer. This effect is applied to the whole render window as a post-processing effect. All filter effects including blur, median and charcoal can be used
• Support for shader model 3
  Advanced effects like median filters, morphing effects and fractals are possible with shader model 3. Of course these effects will only work if your graphics card also supports shader model 3 (Geforce 6, ATI X1800 or better)
• Effect properties
  Effect files used to abuse existing properties to make them controllable by the GUI. In version 7 effect files can add properties to layers. For example it is possible to create a Mandelbrot fractal effect that adds the properties Max Iterations and Colour Cycling Speed to the picture layer. Another example is plane-to-donut morph effect that adds a Morp Stage property to the picture layer
• Subtle material effects
  Combine lighting, texture mapping and reflection mapping in any ratio: fine-tune your materials from dull to 100% reflective
• New file formats
  Stills and numbered frames can be exported in the following file formats: BMP(24 & 32 bits), TGA(24 & 32 bits), JPG(24 bits), GIF(8 bits), TIF(24 bits) and PNG(24 & 32 bits)

Version 6

Released: 2007-1-18
Price: € 39.95, free upgrade for registered users!

• Sketch layer: animate EPS files created with Bixelangelo
• Full unicode support: select the unicode character set in the Media > Change Font dialog
• Browser panel with Back, Forward, Refresh, Stop Loading and Home buttons, URL combo box and status bar
• All media files including textures, videos, models, effects and .BT show files can be downloaded from the internet by using paths starting with "http:"
• Hyperlinks: add links to layers with the new menu item: Layer > Active Layer Properties
• Successive shows: automatically open and start a new show when the current show ends with the menu item File > Show Properties
• Video and audio files can be streamed from the internet. Choose Settings > Internet Options to turn streaming on/off
• New menu item: File > Save Show + All Media files which is handy when copying shows to/from another computer or a web server
• New menu items: Favorites / Add to Favorites and Favorites / Organize Favorites
• New menu item: Settings > Internet Options
• Textures, meshes, models and pools are shared between layers and successive shows: shows load faster and use less memory
• Support for multiple webcams
• BluffTitler can create AVI files bigger than 2GB (OpenDML Extensions)
• New model layer property: Specularity
• Correct rendering of Hebrew, Farsi, Arabic, Thai and Khmer

Version 5

Released: 2006-5-1
Price: € 39.95, free upgrade for registered users!

• Smooth scroller layer
• Support for DirectX effect files
• Bump Mapping (normal maps)
• Cube Mapping (with .DDS files)
• Multi-Texturing effects
• Tonal Art Mapping (realtime hatching)
• Realtime filter effects in the picture, video and video capture layers
• Text morphing effects
• New particle layer property: Z-Bias
• Revolved font type
• Filmstrip support in the picture layer
• New model layer propery: Transparency

Version 4

Released: 2005-12-19
Price: € 39.95, free upgrade for registered users!

• 3D model layer
• Shadows
• Lightbeams
• Cloth simulation in the picture and video layers
• Dynamic content: use BluffTitler to read RSS news feeds or as a photo browser
• New picture layer property: Bounds
• 3 new text layer properties: Decoration Density, Bounds and Character Size
• Maximum number of characters increased to 500
• Possibility to move the drop-down menu to the tool window and back

Version 3

Released: 2005-7-1
Price: € 39.95, free upgrade for registered users!

• Optimized code resulting in ultra smooth realtime performance
• 6 new pixel font effects: Pixels, Cornered Pixels, Rounded Pixels, Floating Cubes, Floating Spheres and Floating Cylinders
• 3 new particle effects: Blobs (meta-balls), Spheres and Pipes
• 5 new text compositions: Spiral, Roll, String, Left and Right
• 2 new texture modes: Masking and Additive Reflection Mapped
• 3 new text layer Properties: Transparency, Decoration Size and Font Size
• 5 new plasma effects: Line Segments, Circles, Triangles, Rectangles and Rays
• Passe-Partout layer
• New menu item: Layer > Attach Plasma

Version 2

Released: 2004-9-1
Price: € 30, free upgrade for registered users!

• Cool new skinnable GUI
• Optical kerning
• Draggable keyframes
• 2 new particle layer properties: Trail Density and Rotation
• New camera layer property: Arm Length
• Undo/redo functionality
• 32 bits AVI export
• New menu item: Layer > Attach Border
• New menu item: Layer > Attach Particles
• Presets
• Plasma layer
• Particle layer
• EPS layer
• Video capture layer
• Audio layer
• Command line options
• Video textures

Version 1

Released: 2003-8-5
Price: € 30

• First release!