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Applying Color and Effects to Projects using Expression Design

By: Jennifer Smith, March 2009

Learn how to work with color in the form of fills, strokes, and gradients and how to save colors as swatches. Also learn how to add and modify effects.
(Getting Started with Silverlight - For Designers: Video 4 of 11)

10 minutes, 06 seconds

Video resources

  • Download the Starter Kit for this series
  • Get the associated source code
  • Windows Media Video (11 MB)
  • MP4 Video (28.2 MB)

Videos in this series

  • What is Silverlight? An Overview
  • Understanding and Working with XAML Code in Expression Blend
  • Creating Vector-Based Artwork with Expression Design
  • Applying Color and Effects to Projects using Expression Design (this video)
  • Organizing Your Project using Layout Containers in Expression Blend
  • Editing the Appearance of Your Project Items using Expression Blend
  • Exploring the Objects and Timeline Task Pane in Expression Blend
  • Customizing Silverlight Video Players using Expression Blend
  • Optimizing Video for Silverlight Playback using Expression Encoder
  • Adding Interactivity to Silverlight Projects using Expression Blend
  • Publishing Silverlight Projects to the Web using Expression Blend

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