Using brushes in WPF you can paint surfaces with patterns, images, colors, and gradients. One brush that is particularly useful is the VisualBrush. This brush paints an area with other visual objects, allowing elements to be “mirrored”. (more…)

Karen Corby has posted a great Visual Studio template enabling developers to quickly switch between standalone and .xbap deployment models. (more…)

A small company by the name of Shaxam has released a version of their Shaxam layer exporter for LightWave 9. (more…)

Similar to Flash, there are a number of programmatic bitmap effects available in Windows Presentation Foundation. This tutorial demonstrates how to apply these effects in WPF. (more…)

This tutorial describes how to bind XML data using a data template in XAML. For ease of demonstration, the XML is defined as a resource in the XAML document.
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One feature that has been around in Flash for a long time is the ability to create a custom cursor. This tutorial demonstrates how a similar effect can be achieved in WPF using just a few lines of C#. (more…)

Flash designers will be familar with Electric Rain, makers of Optimaze and Swift 3D. Now the company has released a preview of a new 3D tool for Windows Presentation Foundation named Zam 3D. (more…)

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One feature that sets Windows Presentation Foundation apart from Macromedia/Adobe’s Flash is its native support for 3D. (more…)

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Digital ink is now bundled with Windows Presentation Foundation. This tutorial demonstrates how easy it is to integrate digital ink into your applications using XAML and C#.
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Microsoft recently showcased a new WPF application targeting readers of the New York Times. (more…)

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