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The overviews in this section describe how to draw and paint with Microsoft Silverlight.

In This Section
- Shapes and Drawing
Provides an overview of how to draw with Shape objects, paint these shapes, and transform them.
- Brushes
Describes how to use Silverlight brush objects to paint with solid colors, linear gradients, radial gradients, and images.
- Imaging
Provides an introduction to working with images.
- VideoBrush
Describes how to use the Silverlight VideoBrush to paint shapes and text with video, and shows how to interactively control a VideoBrush.
- Geometries
Describes how to use the Silverlight Geometry object to define shapes, and compares Geometry objects with Shape elements.
- Path Markup Syntax
Describes the Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) usage syntax for describing paths.
- Transforms
Describes how to use the 2-D transform classes to rotate, scale, skew, and move (translate) objects.

Related Sections
- Object Positioning and Layout
Shows you how to control the position of objects (for example, shapes, text, and media) within your Silverlight-based application.