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• DeepZoom Tips and Techniques

  Deep Zoom Composer allows you to create graphic images that people can zoom in on interactively. Typically, people use DeepZoom to make collages (collections of images arranged irregularly) or tabular, grid-like arrangements of equal-sized images so viewers... Posted Dec 13 2010, 05:26 AM by avrashow with | with no comments Filed under: ASP.NET, .NET, Web design, Silverlight, Graphic design, C#

• Design principle: Shared features show a bunch of items belong together

  A previous post explained symmetry and asymmetry, the yin and yang of effective design (different, but inseparable). Symmetry helps the viewer group items into a "box" (category). Asymmetry provides a touch of visual interest. Take a look at a screen... Posted Jul 21 2009, 12:26 PM by avrashow with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: WPF, ASP.NET, Silverlight, Graphic design

• ASP.NET developer? New to Silverlight?

  This article from ASP.NET Pro magazine (Apr 2009) describes the simple steps to add Silverlight to an ASP.NET page . Silverlight skills will be important for any Microsoft Web developer to know in the future. You can read this article and put video or... Posted Jun 04 2009, 10:10 AM by avrashow with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: ASP.NET, .NET, Web design, Silverlight, C#

• The Important Design Principle of Symmetry/Asymmetry

  Whenever you show a group of related items, it's important to show 1) that each item is different and 2) that items share some commonality that places them in the same conceptual group. These contradictory goals are most easily achieved by having the... Posted Feb 18 2009, 10:40 AM by avrashow with | with no comments Filed under: WPF, ASP.NET, Silverlight, Graphic design

• Using Transparency

  Graphics you place on a web page or in a Silverlight application can sometimes be more effective if the image file boundaries are not seen. This is especially true when the main subject in an image is non-rectangular. Here is a blog post I wrote about... Posted Aug 11 2008, 12:04 PM by avrashow with | with no comments Filed under: ASP.NET, .NET, Silverlight, Graphic design

• Gradients

  Here is a Web page consisting of text. Here is an illustration of a child. Here is an airplane with a fish design (no special effects, BTW). Here is a drawing (top hat? short Greek column?). Adding a Gradient as a Design Element A gradient can add visual... Posted Feb 01 2008, 05:53 AM by avrashow with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: ASP.NET, Web design, Gradients

• Graphic Design for the Code-Centric Individual

  Many developers say they have no design skills. Some say it apologetically, some proudly. You may have no artistic ability (nor do I), but the good news is that you can use the computer to draw the graphics for you. Whether you are a WPF application developer... Posted Jan 25 2008, 11:24 AM by avrashow with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: WPF, ASP.NET, .NET, Web design