Creating custom effects

If you are a developer, you can create your own custom effects in a program such as Microsoft Visual Studio. Effects are implemented using the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Microsoft Silverlight System.Windows.Media.Effects namespaces.

Creating custom effects for WPF applications

See the following articles on MSDN and on other websites:

• Bitmap Effects Overview 

• Bitmap Effects How-to Topics 

• System.Windows.Media.Effects Namespace 

• Windows Presentation Foundation Pixel Shader Effects Library 

• GPU-accelerated custom effects for WPF 

Creating custom effects for Silverlight applications

See the following article on MSDN:

• System.Windows.Media.Effects Namespace 

See also

Tasks

Import third-party or custom effects
Apply, modify, or delete an effect

Concepts

Working with objects and properties

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