Author Archives: XIU

Using DrawingBrush to handle transparent backgrounds

Posted on July 19, 2010 by XIU

With images it is sometimes difficult to see the difference between a white and transparent background. Using a DrawingBush in Tile mode can create the known checker background used in applications as Photoshop. <DrawingBrush> <DrawingBrush.Drawing> <DrawingGroup> <GeometryDrawing Brush=”White”> <GeometryDrawing.Geometry> <RectangleGeometry Rect=”0,0,10,10″ /> … Continue reading →

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WPF Image Buttons

Posted on July 16, 2010 by XIU

For my Resizer application I wanted a toolbar with image buttons, everything was perfect until I tried to disable the buttons. The first idea was to add a greyscale effect to the button if it was disabled. For a complete … Continue reading →

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Updated Getting Started for Vidyano 2.0

Posted on July 16, 2010 by XIU

We have updated the Getting Started tutorial and placed it on our Wiki.

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Resizing images with WPF 4.0

Posted on July 15, 2010 by XIU

Microsoft changed the default behaviour for scaling images with WPF 4.0/.NET 4.0. They opted for a faster but less accurate scaling algorithm named Linear instead of the default Fant that was used in WPF 3.0. You can change this behaviour using the … Continue reading →

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Resizer

Posted on July 14, 2010 by XIU

I’ve been working on a little project to demo the features of Vidyano. It’s used internally to generate the thumbnails for our Wiki. The source code is available on codeplex and the application is deployed as click-once. I’ll be talking about … Continue reading →

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iRail.be is back online

Posted on July 6, 2010 by XIU

iRail.be is a website to find train information here in Belgium, it scraped the original complicated website of the NMBS and provided a clean/simple interface to access the information. More info on the blogpost.

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Vidyano 2.0 released

Posted on July 1, 2010 by XIU

I’m proud to announce that our team has finished our next major version of Vidyano. Build from scratch to optimize everything for the latest .NET 4.0 release and using all latest features of it (MEF, Rx, …). The User Interface … Continue reading →

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