Blend 3 | Paul Yanez

Databinding controls in SilverLight 3

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

In the following video I will show how to Databind a progressbar’s width to the position of a video. The Databinding feature in Microsoft Expression Blend 3 allows this interaction without the need to write one of code.

Building a Download Progress Bar for your Hulu inspired SilverLight video player

Saturday, November 14, 2009

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Building a Download Progress Bar for your Hulu inspired SilverLight video player

This is part 4 in our series of building a Hulu inspired video player. In this tutorial we will be building a download progress bar.

Importing graphics from Adobe Illustrator into Microsoft Expression Blend 3

Thursday, October 29, 2009

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Importing graphics from Adobe Illustrator into Microsoft Expression Blend 3

In this video I show how to import vector graphics from Adobe Illustrator and load it into a user control in Blend 3.

Implementing a custom hit area in Microsoft Expression Blend 3

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

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Implementing a custom hit area in Microsoft Expression Blend 3

In the following video I show how to implement a custom hit area in Microsoft Expression Blend 3.

Implementing a custom cursor in Microsoft Expression Blend 3

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

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Implementing a custom cursor in Microsoft Expression Blend 3

In The following video I show how to implement a custom mouse cursor in Microsoft Expression Blend 3.

Exploring the Gradient tool in Microsoft Expression Blend 3

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

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Exploring the Gradient tool in Microsoft Expression Blend 3

The following video shows how to work with the gradient tool in MIcrosoft Expression Blend 3. The video goes in depth of gradient stops, reversing gradients, and the xaml output.

Exploring the Canvas control in Microsoft Expression Blend 3

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

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Exploring the Canvas control in Microsoft Expression Blend 3

This video will show you how to use the canvas control in Microsoft Expression Blend 3. The canvas control allows for absolute positioning and the ability to stack objects on top of each other. This control is the designers best friend when creating interfaces in Blend 3.

Creating a Silverlight video player in Microsoft Expression Blend 3

Sunday, October 25, 2009

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Creating a Silverlight video player in Microsoft Expression Blend 3

This video will show you how to add a video player in Microsoft Expression Blend 3. Adding video to Silverlight projects ia as simple as placing a media element control from the assets panel on the stage and setting the media element’s source to a video file.

Exploring the Objects panel in Microsoft Expression Blend 3

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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Exploring the Objects panel in Microsoft Expression Blend 3

This video will show you a few tips on the object panel in Expression Blend 3.

Creating a Silverlight button with Microsoft Blend 3

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

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Creating a Silverlight button with Microsoft Blend 3

This video tutorial will show how to create a custom button, modify its normal, mouse over and pressed states. Also add animation effects between those states.

Creating a Resource Dictionary with Microsoft Blend 3

Monday, October 19, 2009

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Creating a Resource Dictionary with Microsoft Blend 3

This video tutorial will show how to create a resource dictionary for your Microsoft Expression 3 projects. In this video you will see how a gradient could be externalized into the resource dictionary and be used by other objects in your project.

Paul Yanez

Tag Archive | "blend 3"

Databinding controls in SilverLight 3

Building a Download Progress Bar for your Hulu inspired SilverLight video player

Importing graphics from Adobe Illustrator into Microsoft Expression Blend 3

Implementing a custom hit area in Microsoft Expression Blend 3

Implementing a custom cursor in Microsoft Expression Blend 3

Exploring the Gradient tool in Microsoft Expression Blend 3

Exploring the Canvas control in Microsoft Expression Blend 3

Creating a Silverlight video player in Microsoft Expression Blend 3

Exploring the Objects panel in Microsoft Expression Blend 3

Creating a Silverlight button with Microsoft Blend 3

Creating a Resource Dictionary with Microsoft Blend 3

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