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  • Simulating Drop Shadows in Silverlight using Expression Design

    Silverlight lacks the bitmap effects that are commonly used in WPF applications. Most can be simulated using pngs, but some can also be simulated using xaml. The example below shows a passable (but not perfect) drop shadow effect that relies only on vector content exported from Expression design.First, open expression design and create a shape that duplicates the extents of the object you want ...

    Published Saturday, January 26, 2008 | Tagged: , , , , | 2 comments