Tag Archives: effect

Creating a 3d spiral effect with projection

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Peter Loebel

We can use the projection properties in Silverlight 3 to help produce a 3D spiral animation. Please upgrade your browser Breakdown of effects To create this effect I use the following transforms: Opacity at either end of the animation. Projection … Continue reading →

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Image Blitting in Silverlight with WriteableBitmapEx

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Peter Loebel

During a conversation with Jesse Freeman, AKA the Flash Bum, he directed me to one of his tutorials on image composition with Flash. The tutorial, called Create Random Torn Photos with Actionscript 3.0, demonstrates a very cool way to dynamically … Continue reading →

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Reflection Shader for Silverlight 3

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Peter Loebel

from Jeff Prosise I’ve become enamored with Silverlight behaviors lately because they provide a clean and easy-to-use mechanism for encapsulating complex behavioral logic and applying it to XAML elements. And I’m equally enamored with Silverlight pixel shaders, which allow similar encapsulation of complex … Continue reading →

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Silverlight 3 and Flash: iPhone Dragging Effect

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Peter Loebel

from Shine Draw Here is a Flash vs Silverlight comparison on the fantastic iPhone Dragging Effect. it is a Text Dragger like the well-known dragging effect from iPhone or iPod touch. Simply drag the text up and down by holding … Continue reading →

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Expression Blend Samples

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Peter Loebel

This project contains a collection of useful sample behaviors and effects for use in Expression Blend. Media Behaviors PlayMedia Action to play a media element. PauseMedia Action to pause a media element. TogglePlayPauseMedia Toggles a media element between play and … Continue reading →

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Blend Modes for Silverlight

Posted on June 19, 2009 by Peter Loebel

Given the great response to my series on Blend Modes … I decided to quickly convert the library so that it could be compiled for the Silverlight platform. I pretty much copied how the WPF Pixel Shader Effect Library did … Continue reading →

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Controlling Projection in Silverlight 3

Posted on June 11, 2009 by Peter Loebel

In the above example I use the new Projection control to create a 3d effect based on the users mouse position. In Silverlight 3 we have 2 new variables to give us the ability to show perspective. We can use … Continue reading →

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More Pixel Shader Effects for Silverlight

Posted on May 15, 2009 by Peter Loebel

Did you know that the WPF Effects Library on CodePlex has been updated for Silverlight 3? If not, hurry up and check it out: http://wpffx.codeplex.com Here’s a Channel 9 video demonstrating the effects (in WPF). Below are two effect screen … Continue reading →

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