Software » Animation 3D » BluffTitler 14.8.0.2

Version 14.8.0.2
Released: Tuesday, April 21st 2020

Changes since version 14.0:

15 updated translations: Kreyol, Slovenian, Nederlands, English, Suomi, Francais, Turkce, Magyar, Tamil, Arabic, Svenska, Chinese(Simplified), Italiano, German & Arabic
16 new effects: Filters/Kaleidoscope, Text/3Colours, Picture/Plane2Pyramid, Special/Inflate, Special/NormalMapper, Special/Octopus, Special/ClipAdditive, Special/UVModifierAdditive, Special/JigsawPuzzle3D, Special/Interiormap, Picture/ExtrudePicture, System/ViewShadowmap, Filters/JigsawPuzzle, Text/TwistedText, Picture/TwistedPicture & ProceduralTextures/ControlPanel
Improved water layer + new water templates
Oscillator mode in VJ dialog. Learn more
The textures generated by the colourmap and cubemap layers as well as the shadow maps are rendered in the top right when choosing SETTINGS > Render info
30 new title templates in the Titles folder
All installer templates are now FHD 1920 x 1080
When you have installed FFmpeg, BluffTitler now exports as WebM, WMV and Animated GIF. MP4 export in 4K is no longer a problem. Learn more
When you have installed the K-Lite Codec Pack, BluffTitler now plays WebM videos and all other formats supported by the LAV Video Decoder. Learn more
New pageflipper templates in the Picture folder (using the updated Picture/DoubleSided effect)
Existing container layers can now be attached to existing sketch layers
The samples per pixel(SPP) is now printed in title bar between []. This determines the antialiasing quality and can be adjusted with the SETTINGS > Low, Normal, High and Super high menu items.
3 new styles in the light layer: Projected shadows on wall, Shadow maps, Directional light
3 new properties in the light layer: Direction, Shadow map bias, Shadow softness
1 new property in the particle layer: Min distance
2 new styles in the cubemap layer: Custom and Reflect water
2 new styles in the text layer: Stroked sharp and Inflated
3 new styles in the model layer: 3D in background, 3D in 3D space & 3D in foreground
4 new styles in the sketch layer: Gear, Hexagram, Triangle & Hexagon
2 new styles in the mirror layer: Rectangle & EPS. Click on the Change EPS... button to select an EPS file.
1 new property in the mirror layer: Depth bias
Bevel size is automatically limited to prevent intersections and distortion
New quality mode: choose SETTINGS > Super high quality
Emoji 11.0 Learn more
Memory use reduced
Optimization: loading big models is a lot faster
Optimization: stroked text styles are generated a lot faster
F2 info extended.
Folder icons with show thumbnails
Natural sort in file dialog
Water layer is now double sided
Characters property of EPS layer is now 2D. The 2nd slider controls the number of lines.
Option to use fog colour as background colour in FILE > Set background colour... dialog
Pixel media: new textures, new shows and a new model
Show duration is no longer rounded off to whole seconds. You can now, for example, enter 2.5 in the FILE > Set show duration... dialog
The following 5 effects are now double sided: Picture/Plane2Pyramid, Picture/Plane2Cylinder, Picture/Plane2Donut, Picture/Plane2Roll & Picture/Plane2Sphere
Special/UVMapper and UVMapperAdditive now support transparent textures and colourmap factor in all planarmapping modes
1 old effect converted: V11_ReflectiveWater_CubemapDDS
1 new option: Max texture resolution Learn more
Redesigned effect thumbnails
Restyled Bix
Bugfix: The render window can now be maximized with all aspect ratios
Bugfix: Volume shadows can now handle planes parallel to the light direction
Bugfix: The file dialog can now handle super big thumbnails
Bugfix: When loading a show containing a colourmap layer into an existing colourmap layer (<Control> M), the colourmaps are now correctly linked.
Bugfix: Pre-export simulation time now works with particles attached to a picture layer
Bugfix: mirror, colourmap and cubemap layers can now be saved as a preset
Bugfix: transparent stereo rendering now works as expected
Bugfix: Russian translation fixed!
Bugfix: A camera layer attached to a sketch layer can now be detached