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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

• 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