Scroller layer
The 4 scrollers in the above screenshot are rendered with the scroller layer. The template used is from BixPack 1.
What can I do with the scroller layer?
With the scroller layer you can create smooth scrollers.
How do I add a scroller layer?
Choose LAYER > Add layer > Add scroller layer... to add a new scroller layer.
The new scroller layer can be selected from the layers dropdown to make it the active layer.
Examples
The installer comes with shows demonstrating the possibilities of the scroller layer. Choose FILE > Open show... and select a show from the BluffTitler/Media/Shows/Scroller folder.
To quickly switch between your own shows and the ones that come with the installer, click on the Personal and App buttons in the upper right corner of the file dialog.
Scroller layer style 1
The scroller layer supports the same positioning modes as the picture layer.
Scroller layer style 2
Not Filled
The text is not repeated.
Filled
The text is repeated until it fills the rectangle as set with the Width property.
Scroller layer properties
Position
The position of the scroller.
Rotation
The rotation of the scroller.
Width
The width of the scroller. When editing, the width of the scroller is rendered as a transparent box.
Font size, Spacing, Space width, Kerning, Colour and Transparency
See the text layer for more info about these properties.
Scroll speed
The speed of the scroller. If you are writing in Arabic, Farsi or Hebrew you can use a negative value to make the text scroll to the right.
Emoji
The first slider controls the size of the emoji characters. The second slider its vertical position.
Depth bias
This property can be used to solve sorting problems.
Layers have to be sorted according to their distance to the camera. This sometimes goes wrong when using very big, very small or irregular shaped layers. When this happens, use the Depth bias property to fix it.