Outerspace Software Releases Updated Version of BluffTitler DX9, the Affordable, Realtime 3D Video Titler for Windows PCs

(PRWEB) April 6, 2004

San Francisco, CA, and Amsterdam, Netherlands (PRWEB) April 6, 2004 — Outerspace Software (http://www.blufftitler.us) today announced the availability of BluffTitler DX9 version 1.6, the easiest way to add 3D text animations and effects to videos and photos. BluffTitler DX9 uses Microsoft’s DirectX 9 technology and 3D hardware acceleration to create broadcast-quality, animated 3D titles in realtime – results are shown instantly, without rendering. Animations can be played in realtime by the BluffTitler player and screensaver or exported to video and picture formats for use in videos, multimedia presentations and websites.

BluffTitler DX9 1.6 includes several major enhancements over previous versions, including:

• Export AVI files with alpha channel support: Animations created with BluffTitler can now be exported with full alpha channel support (RGBA format). This feature allows BluffTitler animations to be used more easily in any consumer or professional video editing application. BluffTitler is the ideal 3D titling tool for use with Adobe Premiere, Canopus EDIUS, Magix Movie Edit Pro, Matrox, Microsoft Windows MovieMaker, Pinnacle Studio, Sony Vegas, Ulead VideoStudio and MediaStudio and many others.
• TARGA export: BluffTitler animations and images can now be exported in Truevision’s TARGA (TGA) format with or without alpha channels. Animations are exported as sequentially numbered TARGA format images.
• Improved font handling: BluffTitler 1.6 includes a new font interface that makes it faster and easier to try different fonts in your animations. BluffTitler now supports all types of font set encodings, making it easier to use Eastern European, Russian and Greek characters. Multi-byte font support enables the use of Japanese, Korean and Chinese fonts. Support for the Symbol character set makes it easier to select “dingbat” characters such as arrows, hands, smileys and other useful icons in BluffTitler animations.

“The new features we’ve added to BluffTitler 1.6 make the product even more powerful and versatile than before,” said Michiel den Outer, founder of Outerspace Software. “And with a price that’s still less than $40 US, BluffTitler is one of the most incredible values in video production software today.”

BluffTitler makes it easy to create dazzling 3D titles from any TrueType font with a wide variety of bevel styles and texturing options – including high-resolution JPEG, BMP and PNG textures, animated MPEG and AVI movie textures and reflection mapping. Still or moving images can be imported as backgrounds or morphed into a variety of animated 3D shapes such as spheres, cubes, cylinders and donuts. Animated point, ambient and directional lights illuminate the scene. Any number of independent layers containing 3D text, video, pictures, particles and plasma effects can be created and animated independently.

In addition to its powerful text and graphic animation capabilities, BluffTitler’s particle layer can be used to create special effects such as fire, explosions, smoke, fireworks, dripping ooze, rain and snow. Particles can be attached to 3D text objects so the effects appear to be emitted from the text itself. BluffTitler’s plasma layer creates instant animated “eye candy” effects such as fractal clouds, bouncing lights and tunnels.

BluffTitler’s simple, intuitive user interface lets even novices quickly create professional-quality titles with ease. Animation options include simulated physics for creating text that bounces, pumps, speeds up or slows down. The software even includes wild text effects such as hairy, spiked and exploding text. A special “VJ mode” allows BluffTitler to be controlled from a MIDI keyboard for live performance applications.

Pricing and Availability

BluffTitler DX9 version 1.6 is available now for just 30 Euro (under $40 US). To download the free demo or purchase the full version of BluffTitler online, visit: http://www.blufftitler.us

The update is free to registered users of previous versions of BluffTitler DX9.

System Requirements

• Intel Pentium compatible processor (Pentium III 800 MHz or better recommended)
• Microsoft Windows 98, 2000, Me or XP
• 128 MB RAM (256 MB recommended)
• 25 MB available hard disk space
• Hardware accelerated 3D graphics card with hardware vertex shader support (NVIDIA GeForce 2 or better recommended)
• Microsoft DirectX 9 (available as a free download from Microsoft)

About Outerspace Software

Outerspace Software is a Dutch, Amsterdam-based software company that specializes in creating graphics software that is as powerful, intuitive and responsive as a musical instrument. The company was founded in 2003 by Michiel den Outer, to provide a platform for the release of BluffTitler DX9, the PC version of his Amiga shareware program NTitler Pro.

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Note to editors: Review copies of BluffTitler DX9 version 1.6 are available. To request reviewer registration keys, please contact Keith R. Crosley via email at keith@blufftitler.us.