- If you are a member of Lynda.com or LinkedIn Learning you have access to the exercise files used throughout this title. The files are in a folder named Exercise Files. Put this folder in a location that makes sense for your computer. This is how I organized my copy. I have a Courseware folder on my C drive, then a child folder for each course that has exercises. This one is named Wpf04 and here is my Exercise Files folder. In order to use the exercises in the folder you'll have to have Visual Studio 2015 installed.
I encourage you to install the latest update for Visual Studio which is called Update Three. Each chapter is numbered. I'll open chapter four. If there's an exercise available for a video in this chapter you'll find a matching-numbered folder. I'll take a look in video number two. This is the Start folder for the Project. In some videos there's also a Done folder containing the final version of the Project created in the video. I'll open the Start folder. Here you'll see there's a folder that has an SLN extension. This is a Solution file. You can double-click on this to launch Visual Studio.
In Visual Studio I click on the Solution Explorer and I can see my Solution and my Project. After the Project is open, I encourage you to build the Project using the Build menu. This ensures that the Project is up to date and ready to use in the course. Now that you've seen how to open the exercise files, lets get started.
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1/19/2017- 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
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Use the exercise files1m 27s
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1. Brush and Color Overview
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Overview of the brushes5m 58s
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Examples of the brushes4m 25s
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The Brush type converter4m 22s
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2. Colors
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Color and colorspaces3m 45s
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Work with RGB channels5m 38s
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Use hexadecimal color values5m 13s
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Opacity and transparency3m 29s
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sRGB colorspace3m 7s
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Use WPF preset colors7m 2s
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3. The Visual Studio Color Editor
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Basics4m 32s
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Use the Eyedropper1m 45s
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4. The Gradient Brushes
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Why use gradients in the UI3m 47s
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Transform gradients4m 43s
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5. The Tiled Brushes
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6. Brushes and Colors in Resources
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Add colors to XAML resources6m 41s
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Use system color resources3m 16s
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7. Opacity Mask
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Examples of opacity patterns6m 47s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 11s
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