BluffTitler helps you create nice titles for your clips. The program has three editions, Easy, Pro and Ultimate, which are installed as a single product but have different interfaces, features, and prices. During the trial period, you can easily switch to any of them without ever leaving the program. It is important to know that the Easy edition does not allow editing effects.
What I liked the most about this tool is the possibility of creating complex 3D titles. If you compare the use of this tool with general-purpose 3D-animation software, it definitely requires less effort and time to produce at least decent results. Regrettably, sophistication sometimes has a price, and this program is definitely not one of those you can start to use right away. However, if you do not aspire to create anything original, you can use any of the templates available online and change the default text.
Its interface is composed of two different windows that float over the desktop. The main window contains the menu and a preview of the video, while the tool window lets you tweak different parameters and properties until you get what you expect. As said, the tool supports working with volumetric shapes and cameras. Similarly, it is always a good idea to use layers to simplify your job. For example, a mirror layer can reflect specific planes.
Once you have finished editing, you can proceed to export the results. The program supports saving as static images, a sequence of frames or a video. Luckily, it allows exporting clips in ultra-high definition. Two output video formats are supported MP4 and AVI. Of these, AVI is the most useful because it allows preserving transparent areas, which is essential for compositing. This way you can integrate your title with a background video using an editor.
All in all, BluffTitler is unquestionably a great choice if you are willing to create your own video titles. I must alert you that mastering the tool may take some time to explore the interface and the online documentation. In this respect, it is a good idea to watch the tutorial.
v14.6 [Sep 23, 2019]
- 14 updated translations: Kreyol, Slovenian, Nederlands, English, Suomi, Francais, Turkce, Magyar, Tamil, Arabic, Svenska, Chinese(Simplified), Italiano & Arabic.
- 13 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.
- 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.
- 24 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.
- 2 new styles in the sketch layer: Gear & Hexagram.
- 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 ( 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.
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