Languages
BluffTitler offers the following 4 options in the font dialog: (choose Media > Change Font or press F6)
- Font Family
- Character Set
- Kerning
- Reading Order
This page explains how to use these options when using the following languages (in alphabetical order):
Arabic
Arabic is written from right to left and characters change shape according to their place in the word. Try the Arabic character set if Unicode doesn't work.
Set the text align mode in the text layer to Right with the first dropdown listbox below the textbox.
In the scroller layer set the Scroll Speed property to a negative value to make the scroller scroll to the right.
Font: @Arial Unicode MS
Character Set: Unicode
Kerning: Optical Kerning
Reading Order: RTL
Font: B Elham
Character Set: Arabic
Kerning: Optical Kerning
Reading Order: RTL
Font: Tahoma
Character Set: Arabic
Kerning: Optical Kerning
Reading Order: RTL
Chinese
Chinese is written from top to bottom. If you want to write horizontally you will have to rotate each character 90 degrees. In BluffTitler you can do this by setting the Character Rotation property to: (0,0,-90)
Font: @Arial Unicode MS
Character Set: Unicode
Kerning: Optical Kerning
Reading Order: LTR
Cyrillic
The Cyrillic alphabet is used by the Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian and Ukrainian languages.
Cyrillic can be written by using the Cyrillic or Unicode character sets.
Font: Arial Black
Character Set: Cyrillic
Kerning: Optical Kerning
Reading Order: LTR
Farsi
Farsi (Persian) is a language spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. It uses the Arabic alphabet.
Farsi is written from right to left and characters change shape according to their place in the word. Try the Arabic character set if Unicode doesn't work.
Set the text align mode in the text layer to Right with the first dropdown listbox below the textbox.
In the scroller layer set the Scroll Speed property to a negative value to make the scroller scroll to the right.
Font: Arial
Character Set: Unicode
Kerning: Optical Kerning
Reading Order: RTL
Greek
Greek can be written by using the Greek or Unicode character sets.
Font: Arial Black
Character Set: Unicode
Kerning: Optical Kerning
Reading Order: LTR
Gujarati
Gujarati is spoken in the Indian state of Gujarat.
Font: @Arial Unicode MS
Character Set: Unicode
Kerning: Metric Kerning
Reading Order: LTR
Hebrew
Hebrew is spoken in Israel. It is written from right to left and can be written by using the Hebrew or Unicode character sets.
Set the text align mode in the text layer to Right with the first dropdown listbox below the textbox.
In the scroller layer set the Scroll Speed property to a negative value to make the scroller scroll to the right.
Font: @Arial Unicode MS
Character Set: Unicode
Kerning: Optical Kerning
Reading Order: RTL
Hindi
Hindi is spoken in India. When using Hindi fonts in BluffTitler it is important to set the kerning method to: Metric Kerning.
Font: Agra
Character Set: Unicode
Kerning: Metric Kerning
Reading Order: LTR
Font: Nagananthini
Character Set: Unicode
Kerning: Metric Kerning
Reading Order: LTR
Font: Amit-Normal
Character Set: Unicode
Kerning: Metric Kerning
Reading Order: LTR
Japanese
Japanese is written from top to bottom. If you want to write horizontally you will have to rotate each character 90 degrees. In BluffTitler you can do this by setting the Character Rotation property to: (0,0,-90)
Font: @Arial Unicode MS
Character Set: Unicode
Kerning: Optical Kerning
Reading Order: LTR
Khmer
Khmer is spoken in Cambodia. The diacritical marks (accents) of the characters are separate unicode entries that need to be rendered on top of the previous character.
Font: PhnomPenh OT
Character Set: Unicode
Kerning: Optical Kerning
Reading Order: LTR
Korean
Korean is written from top to bottom. If you want to write horizontally you will have to rotate each character 90 degrees. In BluffTitler you can do this by setting the Character Rotation property to: (0,0,-90)
Font: @Arial Unicode MS
Character Set: Unicode
Kerning: Optical Kerning
Reading Order: LTR
Tamil
The Tamil language is spoken in India, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Malaysia.
Font: Bamini
Character Set: Unicode
Kerning: Metric Kerning
Reading Order: LTR
Font: Boopalam
Character Set: Unicode
Kerning: Metric Kerning
Reading Order: LTR
Thai
Thai is spoken in Thailand. The diacritical marks (accents) of the characters are separate unicode entries that need to be rendered on top of the previous character. Notice that the third character in this screenshot has 2 accents, so to render this character you require 3 unicode characters.
Font: @Arial Unicode MS
Character Set: Unicode
Kerning: Optical Kerning
Reading Order: LTR
Vietnamese
Vietnamese is spoken in Vietnam. Try the Vietnamese character set if Unicode doesn't work.
Font: Arial
Character Set: Unicode
Kerning: Optical Kerning
Reading Order: LTR
Font: Hoang Yen
Character Set: Unicode
Kerning: Optical Kerning
Reading Order: LTR
Special Effects
BluffTitler supports DirectX effect files for advanced material, lighting and animation effects.
Innovative vertex and pixel shader effects include reflection mapping, bump mapping, cube mapping and tonal art mapping.
Clever Interaction Design
BluffTitler does not feature hundreds of windows, tabs and settings dialogs. All power is accessible from a single easy to use tool window
Technical specs
BluffTitler has been designed for video:
- Export your titles in any resolution, from 320 x 240 up to full HD in 1920 x 1080
- Presets for all SD and HD standards in PAL and NTSC
- Export as 32 bits AVI with transparency info
- Export as 32 bits TARGA, PNG and BMP frames with transparency info
- Export in 16:9 (widescreen) and 4:3 aspect ratios
- Correct NTSC framerate of 29.97 fps
- Safe area and crosshair display when editing
How to use BluffTitler
With BluffTitler you can create spectacular 3D text animations.
The result can be played in realtime by the BluffTitler player or exported to video and picture formats for further processing in DVD authoring tools including: Pinnacle Studio, Sony Vegas, Ulead VideoStudio, MAGIX Video, Canopus Edius and Adobe Premiere.
BluffTitler is the ultimate tool for creating 3D text animations for use in your:
- Videos (alpha channel export supported)
- Broadcast Graphics
- Web Graphics
- Computer Presentations (check out the powerful command-line options of the player)
- Digital Signage
- iTV (SDI output)
- IPTV Solutions
- VJ Performances (MIDI keyboard supported)
With dynamic content you can automate tedious editing work, turn BluffTitler into an RSS news feed reader, a photo browser or even build internet controlled interactive applications!
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