http://blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/archive/2007/12/11/6736314.aspxI was at Fabio Pedrosa's blog and I noticed Fabio had a post on how to do WPF blurring and it was shockingly simple. Here is the code from his site to produce the image on the right. &lt; Window x:Class =“ Blurred . Window1 ″ xmlns =“ http: // schemasen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/archive/2007/12/11/6736314.aspx#6773048Sat, 15 Dec 2007 01:42:46 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:6773048wcsdkteam<p>And you can animate these effects.</p> <p>blogs.msdn.com/wpfsdk/archive/2007/12/12/button-animation-match-game.aspx</p> <p>good times!</p>http://blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/archive/2007/12/11/6736314.aspx#6893527Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:38:57 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:6893527MSDN Blogs » Blog Archive » I need glasses, everything is WPF blurred<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://msdn.blogsforu.com/2007/12/11/i-need-glasses-everything-is-wpf-blurred/">http://msdn.blogsforu.com/2007/12/11/i-need-glasses-everything-is-wpf-blurred/</a></p>