michiel | 3 years ago | 11 comments | 7 likes | 1.4K views
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Many of you are still struggling with creating reflectionmaps and cubemaps.
I think we have finally solved this with the new Shine effect, introduced in version 15.3.0.5, launched today.
This effect does not require a texture and only adds 2 FX properties.
Using it is super simple:
-choose MEDIA > Change effect... and select the Effects/Shine effect
-play around with the FX REFLECTION ROTATION prop until the reflections look right
That's it. On the screenshots you can see the huge difference this makes!
Updated installer templates
Many installer shows demonstrate its power:
-Light\Shine.bt
-Text\Holiday.bt
-Text\Stroked1.bt
-Text\Stroked2.bt
-Text\YesYesYes.bt
2 versions
2 versions are provided:
-A basic version: Effects\Shine, enough for most projects
-An advanced version with more properties: Effects\ProceduralTextures\ShinePlus
Now polish up your old shows with the new shine effect!
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With the ShinePlus effect you can select the shape of the reflected object with the FX SHAPE property.
Currently 3 are offered:
0 circle
1 square
2 window
The window is the classic 4 little squares. (they must have based the Windows logo on this)
Of course, using a reflectionmap or cubemap texture (the Reflectionmap and Cubemap effects) will always give you more possibilities, but the idea of the Shine effect is to offer easy, instant reflections suitable for most projects.
Which other shapes would you like to have?
michiel, 3 years ago
Cool. New shapes:
Star
Lines parallel and star shaped lines
Hexagon
Filip, 3 years ago
Effetto bellissimo e utilissimo. Grazie
nonnogio, 3 years ago
Stupendissimo !! Rendere facile BluffTitler lo fa apprezzare da molti. Grazie!!
Superb !! Making BluffTitler easy makes it popular for many. Thank you!!
🥰
Franco Aversa, 3 years ago
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Michiel den Outer is the founder and lead coder of Outerspace Software. He lives in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
If he isn't busy improving BluffTitler, he is playing the piano or rides the Dutch dikes on his bikes.
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