Can anyone suggest a good, inexpensive 3D titling package? I've looked at Bluff Titler, which is simple and seems to give good results but I'm open to suggestions.
They way Bluff handles cube maps is excellent
I bought it because it was cheap and cheesy or so I thought the way you use color is up to you
I have since developed a little respect for Bluff
Try Boris graffiti it has a very quick and has accurate bitmap to vector extrusion and tiff mapping for branding etc
Bluf Titler is awesome and ridiculously affordable. You can do plenty with BF, particle stuff, 3D, etc. I was looking at the 3D stuff from Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended and it is about $1000. You can very easily do similar things with BF for about $50 (price 2 years ago) and a lot faster. BF comes with hundreds of templates you can easily edit for your needs. The only problem is that it doesn't work within Vegas - yet.
For those who have it (and for those thinking about getting it) remember that they update it frequently ... AND UPDATES ARE ALWAYS FREE for registered owners.