Lynda - Windows Presentation Foundation 4: Brushes and Colors

Size: 1.32 GB | Duration: 2h 20m | Video: AVC (.mp4) 1280x720 15&30fps | Audio: AAC 48KHz 2ch

Genre: eLearning | Level: Intermediate | Language: English

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) in Visual Studio 2015 provides developers with a unified programming model for building modern user interfaces for Windows desktop applications. One of the most important aspects of any UI is color; learn how WPF tools like brushes and the visual Color Editor can help you create more appealing and engaging user experiences. Walt Ritscher introduces the solid, gradient, and tiled brushes; explains what properties are "brushable"; and shows how to specify color using RGB values, hexadecimal notation, and the sRGB color space. Plus, learn how to use opacity masks to adjust the transparency of different elements, and how to store brushes and colors in XAML resources so they are easily reusable and accessible from anywhere within Visual Studio.

Topics include:

* Working with brushes

* Painting properties

* Painting in code

* Working with RGB channels

* Using hexadecimal values

* Setting opacity and transparency

* Editing color in the Visual Studio Color Editor

* Using gradient brushes

* Decorating with tiled brushes

* Adding brushes and colors to resources

* Working with opacity masks