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Fluid Layout Silverlight Video Player Part 1
In the following tutorial we will begin building a fluid layout for a Silverlight video player.
Continue reading...Creating custom Silverlight buttons with Images Gradients and Transitions
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
In the following tutorial I will show how to create your own custom button with images, gradients and transitions.
Continue reading...Expression Blend Tip #2 in Rendering Effects
Monday, April 26, 2010
In a previous tip I showed how Expression Blend does not render effects if you are zoomed in above 400%. More times than not I am zoomed in well above 400% when I am designing UI components.
Continue reading...Gradient capabilities in Silverlight fonts
Sunday, April 25, 2010
In the following tutorial I will show how extensive the font capabilities in Silverlight are. Being able to display beautiful fonts within xaml allows the ability to programmatically alter a designed font with gradients and drop shadows applied.
Continue reading...Expression Blend Tip in Rendering Effects
Friday, April 23, 2010
This is a tip for developers using Expression Blend creating effects. Effects do not render if you are zoomed in above 400%. More times than not I am zoomed in well above 400% when I am designing UI components.
Continue reading...Fluid layout and Fullscreen in Silverlight
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
In this tutorial we will have a Silverlight application take up the entire webpage and have the capablity to go fullscreen. This will allow you to create Silverlight applications that take up 100% of the width and height of html pages.
Continue reading...Using Transition Preview within Microsoft Blend
Sunday, December 6, 2009
In this video I demonstrate the Transition Preview within Microsoft Expression Blend. This will save lots of time when creating states and not having to run the project.
Continue reading...Building a Volume Control for your Hulu inspired SilverLight video player
Saturday, December 5, 2009
This is Part 5 in a series of tutorials demonstrating how to build a Hulu inspired video player in Silverlight 3. In this video we will show how to databind a media element’s isMuted property to a toggle button volume control’s isChecked property.
Continue reading...Microsoft blows past Flash and unleashes Silverlight 4 Beta
Thursday, November 19, 2009
For the past 2 weeks I have been saying Adobe Flash is done because of Silverlight 3 part1 and part 2. Now, Microsoft releases the beta of Silverlight 4 and I can honestly say that Adobe Flash should get out of the RIA arena entirely.
Continue reading...The End of Adobe Flash – Part 2
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
This is an update to my article on ‘SilverLight will be the Adobe Flash killer’. Tomorrow will be 2 weeks since I have written the article and two very big things have already occurred.
Continue reading...Databinding controls in SilverLight 3
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
In the following video I will show how to Databind a progressbar’s width to the position of a video. The Databinding feature in Microsoft Expression Blend 3 allows this interaction without the need to write one of code.
Continue reading...Building a Download Progress Bar for your Hulu inspired SilverLight video player
Saturday, November 14, 2009
This is part 4 in our series of building a Hulu inspired video player. In this tutorial we will be building a download progress bar.
Continue reading...Building a Progress Bar for your Hulu inspired SilverLight video player
Friday, November 13, 2009
This is part 3 in our series of building a Hulu inspired video player. In this tutorial we will be building a progress bar.
Continue reading...Loading external video into your Hulu inspired Silverlight video player
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
This is part 2 in our series of building a Hulu inspired video player. This tutorial may well be the most important in the process of building a Silverlight video player.
Continue reading...Building a Play-Pause control for a Hulu inspired SilverLight video player
Monday, November 9, 2009
The following example is the Part 1 in a series of tutorials demonstrating how to build a Hulu inspired video player in Silverlight 3. This tutorial shows how to create a play-pause button control utilizing the ToggleButton control.
Continue reading...Dynamically creating thumbnails with WriteableBitmap and DispatcherTimer in Silverlight 3
Saturday, November 7, 2009
In the previous example “Creating thumbnails of video frames with WriteableBitmap in Microsoft Expression Blend 3″ the user was able to create thumbnails by clicking on the video display. The following example shows how thumbnails could be dynamically created by using DispatcherTimer thereby eliminating the need to click.
Continue reading...Creating thumbnails of video frames with WriteableBitmap in Microsoft Expression Blend 3
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Click on video to create thumbnails The following example shows how to create thumbnails by using the WriteableBitmap class.
Continue reading...SilverLight will be the Adobe Flash killer
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Prediction I am making a very big prediction, it is the beginning of the end of Adobe Flash. When I first saw Flash 12 years ago I knew immediately that this was it, it was light years ahead of anything on the web. It is rare that you see something and know immediately that this is [...]
Continue reading...Introduction to Animation in Microsoft Expression Blend 3
Friday, October 30, 2009
In this video I discuss a few keys topics of animation in Microsoft Expression Blend 3. Topics include storyboards, creating keyframes, setting transforms on objects and previewing within the Blend IDE.
Continue reading...Importing graphics from Adobe Illustrator into Microsoft Expression Blend 3
Thursday, October 29, 2009
In this video I show how to import vector graphics from Adobe Illustrator and load it into a user control in Blend 3.
Continue reading...Implementing a custom hit area in Microsoft Expression Blend 3
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
In the following video I show how to implement a custom hit area in Microsoft Expression Blend 3.
Continue reading...Implementing a custom cursor in Microsoft Expression Blend 3
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
In The following video I show how to implement a custom mouse cursor in Microsoft Expression Blend 3.
Continue reading...Exploring the Gradient tool in Microsoft Expression Blend 3
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
The following video shows how to work with the gradient tool in MIcrosoft Expression Blend 3. The video goes in depth of gradient stops, reversing gradients, and the xaml output.
Continue reading...Exploring the Canvas control in Microsoft Expression Blend 3
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
This video will show you how to use the canvas control in Microsoft Expression Blend 3. The canvas control allows for absolute positioning and the ability to stack objects on top of each other. This control is the designers best friend when creating interfaces in Blend 3.
Continue reading...Creating a Silverlight video player in Microsoft Expression Blend 3
Sunday, October 25, 2009
This video will show you how to add a video player in Microsoft Expression Blend 3. Adding video to Silverlight projects ia as simple as placing a media element control from the assets panel on the stage and setting the media element’s source to a video file.
Continue reading...Exploring the Objects panel in Microsoft Expression Blend 3
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
This video will show you a few tips on the object panel in Expression Blend 3.
Continue reading...Creating a Silverlight button with Microsoft Blend 3
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
This video tutorial will show how to create a custom button, modify its normal, mouse over and pressed states. Also add animation effects between those states.
Continue reading...Creating a Resource Dictionary with Microsoft Blend 3
Monday, October 19, 2009
This video tutorial will show how to create a resource dictionary for your Microsoft Expression 3 projects. In this video you will see how a gradient could be externalized into the resource dictionary and be used by other objects in your project.
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- Building a Progress Bar for your Hulu inspired SilverLight video player
- Creating thumbnails of video frames with WriteableBitmap in Microsoft Expression Blend 3
- Exploring the Canvas control in Microsoft Expression Blend 3
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