BluffTitler 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.

More info about DirectX.

DOWNLOAD BLUFFTITLER

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 8.0.4

Released: Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Free upgrade from version 8.0 or higher. Consult the release notes for version 8.0 for the upgrade details from versions older than 8.0

Changes since 8.0:

• Updated translations: Russian, Spanish, Polish, Farsi, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Urdu, Ewe, Bahasa Indonesia, French, Norwegian and Korean
• Select a layer by double clicking on it
• Moving a layer by dragging it is now relative to the camera orientation
• Possibility to attach a light layer to a camera layer
• Minimum resolution has been reduced to 16 x 16 pixels
• New text layer effects: Slices, Straight Slices and Round Slices
• New text layer properties: Slices Position and Slices Rotation
• New model layer property: Submodel
• Option to include fonts in the template file
• Motion blur
• Bugfix: model layer now uses the normals as stored in the .x file
• Bugfix: dropdown menu is no longer rendered in disabled style after displaying a dialog
• Bugfix: FX properties are now visible in picture layers using the Fullscreen and Skybox effects
• Bugfix: memory leak fixed when using flashes of lightning with branching
• Bugfix: ghost shadow on far clipping plane removed

Version 8.0

Released: 2010-1-14

Version 8 introduces 3 versions:

• EASY, PRO and iTV versions. Choose Settings > Switch to EASY/PRO Version to switch.
• New layer: Container layer
• New layer: Lightning layer
• New layer: Lense Flare layer
• New layer: Voxel layer
• Playlists. Choose Settings > Playlist Window to display the playlist window
• Shell window. Choose Settings > Shell Window to display the shell window
• New menu item: File > Export as Template...
• Blackmagic DeckLink output (only in iTV version)
• Support for multi-monitor systems
• Advanced time tags in the text layer
• Options dialog: choose Settings > General Options...
• Vertical align composition effects in the text layer
• New light layer properties: Shadow Softness, Beam Colour, Flare Size and Flare Colour
• Shadows and lightbeams are now generated by text, EPS, picture, model and sketch layers
• New text layer effect: Single Sided
• New text layer property: Encrypt
• New picture layer effects: Single Sided, Skybox and 2D in Foreground
• New particle layer effects: Pointing Upwards and Pointing towards Flight Direction
• New particle layer properties: Chameleon, Effect Size, Launch Colour, Launch Colour Tolerance, Grid and Target Layer
• New sketch layer effects: Attached Layers point Upwards and Attached Layers follow Sketch
• New scroller layer property: Transparency
• New plasma layer effects: Horizontal, Vertical and Radial Gradient
• New sketch layer effect: Square
• New model layer property: Colour
• New passe-partout layer effects: Vertical Bars and Horizontal Bars
• All demo shows that come with the installer now have the widescreen (16:9) aspect ratio
• 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
• Optimized rendering for realtime applications
• Advanced IPC commands and command line options for system integration
• Option to export as compressed AVI with transparency info (compressed 32 bits RGBA)
• Bitmap fonts: press the new Select Bitmap Font button in the <F6> font dialog. Use Alphabix to create bitmap fonts
• Video layer can play animated GIF files
• Video layer is updated when timeslider is moved
• Attach borders to picture, video and video capture layers
• Volume property in audio and video layers
• 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
• Use IE proxy settings option in the internet options dialog
• Premultiplied alpha channel in SDI output and video export
• Support for UNC paths
• Intuitive camera position mouse control
• Proper Would you like to overwrite? messagebox when saving show with all media files

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 property: 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!