T17 Gentle Introduction to 2D Animation in SL/WPF

11/16/2010

4:30 pm - 5:45 pm

Level: Introductory

Prerequisite: None

Ken Getz

Ken Getz

Senior Consultant

MCW Technologies, LLC

Ken Getz is a developer, writer, and trainer, working as a senior consultant with MCW Technologies, LLC. In addition to writing hundreds of technical articles over the past fifteen years, he is lead courseware author for AppDev (http://www.appdev.com). Ken has co-authored several technical books for developers, including the best-selling ASP.NET Developer’s Jumpstart, Access Developer’s Handbook series, and VBA Developer’s Handbook series, and continues to write technical articles. Ken is a member of the INETA Speakers Bureau, and speaks regularly at a large number of industry events, including 1105 Media’s VSLive, and Microsoft’s Tech-Ed.

Animation in XAML is both simple, and incredibly complex. To get started, however, just requires learning about a few different XAML elements, and then learning how to use the tools. This session will get you started, and show you enough to create simple animations.

You will:

  • Understand how animation works in XAML applications
  • Examine animation, storyboard, trigger objects
  • Learn to start animations in code
  • Work with DoubleAnimation, ColorAnimation, and PointAnimation objects
  • Examine properties of the animation classes
  • Try out various easing functions
  • Use Expression Blend to interactively create animations