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See the power of Silverlight in action
Learn the building blocks of animation in Silverlight 2
Includes over 180 example Silverlight projects
Silverlight is a phenomenally powerful animation tool, but few people know how to unlock its potential. Foundation Silverlight 2 Animation gives you the keys to all of that power.
It covers the basics of animation?that is, Silverlight`s storyboards and animations, which are used to provide interactivity to Silverlight applications. You`ll take an in-depth look at double, point, and color animations. You`ll also learn the difference between linear, spline, and discrete keyframes, and how they affect your objects as they move.
But it doesn`t stop there. You`ll go well beyond those simple timeline-based animations and learn how to create purely code-based animations. You`ll use vectors to make objects move and bounce off boundaries and each other. You`ll explore particle systems, kinematics, and collisions. You`ll also learn how to use trigonometry to animate objects and simulate 3D motion in a 2D environment. The essential trigonometry required to create complex motion is simplified and explained through a series of fascinating and fun examples that can be incorporated into your own applications, games, and experiments.
Whether you`re already familiar with Silverlight and you want to learn how to open it up, a Flash developer interested in expanding your skill set, or a web developer looking to take the next step into rich interactive application development, this book will bring you up to speed on Silverlight 2 and show you what it can do. From techniques for creating frame-based animations to learning how to simulate 3D in a 2D environment, there is something here to satisfy anyone`s appetite for animation and interactivity. ISBN - 9788132200413
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