This Hands On lab was originally written for a training event we held last month. While I'm guessing we'll post in some official fashion in the future I thought why not share it in the meantime. The Lab is made up of four sections: Animation API overview - a general look at the concepts…
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I remember the days back on the were-here forums (now sadly defunct) when there was this guy who went by the alias rpenner and he schooled us all in math and showed us how to do very cool things in ActionScript. Robert Penner's equations have been perfected, published and translated to C#. Le…
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After some research, I'm recommending the use of Empty Storyboards for procedural animations. What is an "Empty Storyboard"? It is a Storyboard with no animations or specific target that simulates a game loop or per frame callback by having a short duration and once its Completed it…
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Starting last week on March 5th after Silverlight 2 Beta 1 was announced, a lot has been said about Silverlight 2. Presentations have been given, demos have been shown, bits have been released, tutorials have been posted and many conversations have been had. As an attempt to catalog som…
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After enjoying the China Moon Festival Card, I wanted to try my hand at creating a holiday card with Silverlight. I've also been looking for the opportunity to dive into vertex animation which is a big part of this demo. I also wanted to add sound but the animation took a bit more tim…
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Silverlight and many of its cousins appeared in a funny keynote animation during the Web on the Piste conference. The animation was created very skillfully by the Nectarine group out of Australia. Taking a look at their portfolio certainly is inspiring. Anima…
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As I went to brew my morning coffee this morning I noticed something subtle but great. Some kind kitchen engineer had stopped by and switched the locations of the microwave and coffee suppl…
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After reading the post by Tim Heuer about Jing, I grabbed the fancy new screen/video capturing tool. Behind the simple and fun interface, there is quite a bit of power. I figured a simple animation wouldn't be hard to do. And it wasn't. Camtasia, as per the functionality o…
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This is a fun way to sell polo shirts. The music is turned off so as not to startle you (this isn't MySpace), but it is worth listening to if you're not sitting in a meeting or a library. You can get your own customized UNIQLOCK here. Too bad the small version is too wid…
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I just came from a session given by Nathan Dunlap and Robbie Ingebretsen entitled “ZAP!, WHAM!, KAPOW!”: WPF and the Next Genertion of Online Comic Book Reading. And yes, it was as awesome as it sounds like as it should be. They presented an experimental WPF app designed to cr…
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There is something really nice about the combination of KEXP, Cruise Control and the late night. I normally listen to music of my own, but when I'm ready for a surprise I listen to KEXP almost exclusively. They are a unique station with music you won't find on most stations. And regularl…
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"Can you make a HALO themed player for the next Red vs. Blue video? It has Scott Guthrie in it and he talks about ASP.Net to the Red team." "Scott Guthrie in Red vs. Blue? Nice. Sure, I don't have that much time but I can put something together." /me grabs code from SleekVideoPlaye…
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Actually I'm not sure when the new animation went live, but I really like this one. I saw few comments putting the first one (giant and little man sharing a bunny), but I think this one may get a better reception. You can't beat flaming, head-banging bird :) Both animaitons …
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