Windows 8 Using XAML, Part 08: Animation

with expert Ken Getz

Animation has become a very important part of creating applications not just games. This course will show you how to create animation for applications. First you will investigate theme transitions and animations. Then you will understand how custom animation works in XAML applications. Next you will examine animation and storyboards. Then you will learn to start animations in code and work with DoubleAnimation, ColorAnimation, and PointAnimation objects. Next up you will examine properties of the animation classes, try out various easing functions and use Blend to interactively create animations.


Intermediate | 2h 11m | December 24, 2012

Visual StudioXAML.NETWindows 8 DesignWindows 8 AppsC#Windows 8 Development

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Ken Getz

Ken Getz is a featured instructor for several of our Visual Studio courses. He is a Visual Basic and Visual C# expert and has been recognized multiple times as a Microsoft MVP. Ken is a seasoned instructor, successful consultant, and the author or co-author of several best-selling books. He is a frequent speaker at technical conferences like Tech-Ed, VSLive, and DevConnections and he has written for several of the industry's most-respected publications including Visual Studio Magazine, CoDe Magazine, and MSDN Magazine.




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