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Expression Blend tutorial: Brushes, gradients, fills and strokes (webcast)

UXPassion.com — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:48:11 +0000

This Expression Blend 3 tutorial introduces you to brushes and how to change the appearance of the specific object. You will learn how to use different types of brushes, and the special emphasis is given to gradient tools. How to create and modify gradients, using the gradient eyedropper and other goodies!

Expression Blend tutorial: Introduction to Blend 3 user interface (webcast)

UXPassion.com — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:37:37 +0000

In this Expression Blend 3 tutorial I'm going to introduce you to the new Blend 3 user interface and some significant changes. I will explain new way for customizing your workspace, Assets and Visual States manager panes, Behaviors, Effects and some basic code editing (XAML and C#) improvements. Enjoy this webcast!

Expression Blend 3 new features overview (video)

UXPassion.com — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:19:33 +0000

With the release of Silverlight 3 and Expression Blend 3 with SketchFlow, it’s a great time to go over some of the biggest improvements available to you in this new Expression Blend 3 release. I’m sharing cool video with you explaining you features such are SketchFlow, behaviours, “wiggly styles” and number of other improvements.

WPF tutorial: Image reflection effect in WPF with Expression Blend

UXPassion.com — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:32:37 +0000

It is easy to create reflection effect in WPF using the Expression Blend – and in this tutorial I will show you how to achieve WPF / XAML reflection effect. Number of different controls can be used for this effect – images, controls like buttons or even video. In this tutorial, I will use simple image and create its reflection. Simple as that!

HOW TO: Convert SVG to XAML and use it in Silverlight or WPF applications?

UXPassion.com — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:57:48 +0000

How to convert SVG vector files to XAML so that you can use them for your Silverlight or WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) applications? Furthermore, how to edit SVG files in Expression Design and use them in Expression Blend? In this tutorial I will show you how… SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) files are graphical vector files [...]

WPF tutorial: HOW TO style and change WPF ListBox (ComboBox, TreeView…) highlighting colors

UXPassion.com — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:42:31 +0000

How to change color of selected (highlighted) item in your WPF ListBox (or ComboBox, ListView or TreeView) in Expression Blend? WPF allows you to do this and much more by using Styles and Templates. I this tutorial I will show you how to achieve that. (added source code) Often, you need to restyle default style [...]

Top 10 useful shortcuts in Microsoft Expression Blend

UXPassion.com — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:45:03 +0000

How to resize workspace? How to hide and show panels? Quick zoom in and out? I am bringing you list of top 10 most useful shortcuts in Expression Blend that you can use for your Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) or Silverlight based projects right away. 1. CTRL + Mouse Wheel – Zoom in or out [...]