Welcome to MSDN Blogs Sign in | Join | Help

Browse by Tags

All Tags » WPF » Windows Presentation Foundation (Avalon)   (RSS)

COLLABORATING ON CREATING ANIMATIONS IN WPF AND BLEND: POSSIBILITIES AND LIMITATIONS

One area that is currently top of mind for me is designer and developer collaboration with WPF and Expression Blend, in particular around animation. I'd like to start documenting some techniques and outlining things that can and can't be done. Before Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 20, 2007 4:16 PM by karstenj | 1 Comments

CREATING A .NET TWITTER API in 4.5 SECONDS

I've been meaning to document how I wrapped the Twitter API ... in 4.5 seconds. There is a very powerful feature in .NET is a tool in the sdk called xsd.exe . Darren David actually has a fabulous post on exactly the power of this tool: never touch a DOM Read More...
Posted Friday, June 08, 2007 2:01 PM by karstenj | 2 Comments

New Lab Posted: Creating 3D Content with Windows Presentation Foundation

I just posted a new lab for learning how to use 3D in WPF. This is a great lab that I would highly recommend if you are learning WPF 3D. It shows how to do dynamic animation of 3D content as well as how to do 2D on 3D using the 3DTools . Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 28, 2007 1:25 PM by karstenj | 6 Comments

North Face Case Study Published

A case study about the North Face Kiosk is now posted to the Microsoft Case Studies site. This is a nice write up, showing how the technology solved business problems, and explaining the larger context of how the kiosk plays into The North Face's overall Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 22, 2007 12:40 PM by karstenj | 1 Comments

Inspired By Flash Math Creativity #2: WPF Planets

My next inspiration from the algorithms introduced in Flash Math Creativity was based on the work of Jamie MacDonald . In looking at his work, I quickly realized that I was going to need to brush up on my trigonometry skills. This led me to another great Read More...
Posted Friday, February 23, 2007 1:45 PM by karstenj | 8 Comments

Inspired By Flash Math Creativity: WPF Flowers

I've recently picked up a great book called Flash Math Creativity . I been inspired by some of the techniques it outlines and have played around with similar ideas in WPF. The exercise has been a fruitful one, in that I'm making some pleasing computer Read More...
Posted Friday, February 16, 2007 9:57 AM by karstenj | 7 Comments

WPF Application Portfolio Wiki Updated -- More WPF Apps!

Tim Sneath has been doing a great job of blogging the many Vista/WPF showcase applications that are being deployed right now. If you are looking for a quick list of URLs that you can hit for the .XBAP or .APPLICATION files, please go to the WPF Application Read More...
Posted Friday, February 09, 2007 2:59 PM by karstenj | 3 Comments

Announcing Expression Blend Beta 2 and Expression Design Beta 1

You can now go download Expression Blend Beta 2 as well as Expression Design Beta 1 . Both applications have received significant work since their last incarnation with tons of bugs fixed. Go give 'em a whirl. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 30, 2007 9:32 PM by karstenj | 6 Comments

Databinding In Expression Blend: Forget the Data and Do the Bind

I just posted a screencast showing how to wire up UI elements using Blend. The general premise is that databinding in WPF is about more than just data; it also allows you to connect UI properties, like wiring a slider up to a progress bar. Blend exposes Read More...
Posted Friday, January 26, 2007 12:47 PM by karstenj | 3 Comments

Doninoken: WPF XBAP Piece by Bascule

Check out Doninoken , an amazing WPF piece that is part of the Japanese Vista launch, done by the design agency Bascule . The aesthetic is amazing. I love how they use WPF 3D, mapping images on planes and animating the planes. (Watch for the small camera Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 25, 2007 12:01 PM by karstenj | 5 Comments

The Definitive Post on XBAP Trust Levels

I've written about XBAPs and full trust in the past, but never as thoroughly as Karen Corby just did in her post on XBAP trust levels . She spent a lot of time getting this post correct, reviewing with various folks within Microsoft and providing very Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 1:53 PM by karstenj | 1 Comments

Yahoo Messenger for Vista Debuts at CES

I'm here at CES, where Yahoo and Microsoft showed off a preview of the new Yahoo Messenger for Vista, built entirely on WPF. Yahoo has a great landing page with screenshots, a screencast of the app and a sign up sheet for when they release a beta. I held Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 09, 2007 9:32 AM by karstenj | 2 Comments

Gradient Animation Obsession Redux

I guess I didn't call it an obsession without reason, as I can't seem to keep away from those hyponotizing gradient animations. I modified the tool I posted last month so that it would output the XAML, such that a designer could actually use the tool Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 04, 2007 2:02 PM by karstenj | 3 Comments

The North Face In-Store Explorer

It was at PDC 2005 when The North Face showed a prototype of a WPF kiosk they were building. Well, with Vista and WPF having RTM'd, the real kiosk has been deployed, which you can read about from lead engineer Darren David at Fluid's blog . (Fluid is Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 02, 2007 10:27 AM by karstenj | 3 Comments

Gradient Obsession: A Tool For Tweaking Gradient Animations

I started getting slightly obsessed/hypnotized with gradient animations and wanted a tool to see what I could do, so I built one. Basically, I just bound a bunch of sliders to the various transforms on the brush transform. I reused the infrastructure Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 12, 2006 2:11 PM by karstenj | 1 Comments
More Posts Next page »
 
Page view tracker