In the following tutorial we will begin building a fluid layout for a Silverlight video player.
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Creating custom Silverlight buttons with Images Gradients and Transitions
In the following tutorial I will show how to create your own custom button with images, gradients and transitions.
Expression Blend Tip #2 in Rendering Effects
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.
Gradient capabilities in Silverlight fonts
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.
Expression Blend Tip in Rendering Effects
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.
Fluid layout and Fullscreen in Silverlight
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 (…)
Using Transition Preview within Microsoft Blend
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.
Building a Volume Control for your Hulu inspired SilverLight video player
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 (…)
Microsoft blows past Flash and unleashes Silverlight 4 Beta
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 (…)
The End of Adobe Flash – Part 2
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.
Building a Download Progress Bar for your Hulu inspired SilverLight video player
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.
Building a Progress Bar for your Hulu inspired SilverLight video player
This is part 3 in our series of building a Hulu inspired video player. In this tutorial we will be building a progress bar.
Loading external video into your Hulu inspired Silverlight video player
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.
Building a Play-Pause control for a Hulu inspired SilverLight video player
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.
Dynamically creating thumbnails with WriteableBitmap and DispatcherTimer in Silverlight 3
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 (…)
Creating thumbnails of video frames with WriteableBitmap in Microsoft Expression Blend 3
Click on video to create thumbnails The following example shows how to create thumbnails by using the WriteableBitmap class.
SilverLight will be the Adobe Flash killer
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 (…)
Introduction to Animation in Microsoft Expression Blend 3
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.
Importing graphics from Adobe Illustrator into Microsoft Expression Blend 3
In this video I show how to import vector graphics from Adobe Illustrator and load it into a user control in Blend 3.
Implementing a custom hit area in Microsoft Expression Blend 3
In the following video I show how to implement a custom hit area in Microsoft Expression Blend 3.
Implementing a custom cursor in Microsoft Expression Blend 3
In The following video I show how to implement a custom mouse cursor in Microsoft Expression Blend 3.
Exploring the Gradient tool in Microsoft Expression Blend 3
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.
Exploring the Canvas control in Microsoft Expression Blend 3
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 (…)
Creating a Silverlight video player in Microsoft Expression Blend 3
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 (…)
Exploring the Objects panel in Microsoft Expression Blend 3
This video will show you a few tips on the object panel in Expression Blend 3.
Creating a Silverlight button with Microsoft Blend 3
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.
Creating a Resource Dictionary with Microsoft Blend 3
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 (…)