Archive for August, 2009
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Tip 171: Escaping gridlock
Aug 28 2009
You can switch between Grid layout mode and Canvas layout mode in Expression Blend 3 by clicking the mode icon in the upper-left corner when a Grid layout panel is selected, or by selecting or clearing the Use grid layout mode check box in the Artboard section of the Options dialog box (on the Tools [...]
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No video this week
Aug 27 2009
Unfortunately for the blog I am tied up this entire week with Microsoft related events and unable to produce a video. Maybe somewhere down the line I will be able to push out two in a week to make up for this week’s loss but no promises on that one heheh. Of note to those [...]
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Tip 170: Switch documents
Aug 26 2009
Switch documents in Expression Design 3 by pressing CTRL+TAB (next document) or CTRL+SHIFT+TAB (previous document).
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Tip 169: Add Deep Zoom Composer Images to a site
Aug 24 2009
You can create and add interactive Deep Zoom photo compositions that work with either Silverlight or AJAX.
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Tip 168: What a drag!
Aug 23 2009
Drag Expression Blend 3 panels by their tabs and move them to a different location inside the workspace, to outside the workspace on the desktop, or even to another monitor connected to the same computer. You can still resize them in their new location.
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Intro to Sample Data
Aug 21 2009
This week we take a quick intro look at sample data and data binding. We quickly create an application for looking at our data with zero code. Sample data in Blend 3 allows you to start working on a data driven application quickly even if you database is not built or your data not populated. [...]
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Tip 167: Skeletons in your artwork
Aug 21 2009
Show a wireframe of your artwork in Expression Design by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+Y.
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Tip 166: Test cross-browser compatibility with SuperPreview
Aug 19 2009
You can preview and compare pages simultaneously in multiple browsers, even multiple versions of Windows Internet Explorer. You can also compare browser views against a comprehensive layout (comp) image. You can select individual elements in a page and see details about the selected element, helping you quickly find and fix cross-browser layout and positioning errors.
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Tip 165: Customize your workspace
Aug 15 2009
You can customize your Expression Blend 3 workspace and then save the custom workspace under a descriptive name so you can easily return to it later.
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Intro to animation easing
Aug 14 2009
For this video I wanted to take a look a quick intro look at the easing functions in states within Blend. The icon view of the multiple presets in the in, out, and in&out may not be at first glance intuitive, hopefully after this video you might be able to anticipate the results from you [...]
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