Using the Blur Effect

You can add a blur effect to a reflection using the standard Silverlight drop shadow effect. In this topic, you will add the drop shadow effect in Blend, in XAML, and in code.

At Design Time in Blend

To use the blur effect, complete the following steps:

1. Add a C1Reflector control to your Blend project.

2. Select the C1Reflector control once to select it.

3. Under the Properties panel, click the ReflectionEffects ellipsis button to open the Effect Collection Editor: ReflectionEffects dialog box.

4. Click Add another item. The Select Object dialog box opens.

5. Select BlurEffect from the list and then click OK to add the effect to the control and return to the Effect Collection Editor: ReflectionEffects dialog box.

6. In the Properties grid, set the Radius property to "3".

7. Press OK to close the Effect Collection Editor: ReflectionEffects dialog box.

In XAML

To use the blur effect, complete the following steps:

1. Add a C1Reflector control to your Blend project.

2. Add Content="C1Reflector" to the <c1ext:C1Reflector> tag to set string content.

3. Add the blur effect and set its properties by placing the following XAML between the <c1ext:C1Reflector> and </c1ext:C1Reflector> tags:

<c1ext:C1Reflector.ReflectionEffects>
<BlurEffect Radius="3"/>
</c1ext:C1Reflector.ReflectionEffects>

In Code

To use the blur effect, complete the following steps:

1. Add a C1Reflector control to your Blend project.

2. Add Content="C1Reflector" to the <c1ext:C1Reflector> tag to set string content.

3. Add x:Name=C1Reflector1 to the <c1ext:C1Reflector> tag. This will give the control a unique identifier that you can use to call it in code.

4. Switch to Code view and import the following namespace:

Imports System.Windows.Media.Effects;

using System.Windows.Media.Effects;

5. Add the following beneath the InitializeComponent() method:

'Create the BlurEffect object and set its Radius property
Dim newBlurEffect As New BlurEffect() newBlurEffect.Radius = 3
'Add the BlurEffect object to the C1Reflector control C1Reflector1.ReflectionEffects.Add(newBlur)

//Create the BlurEffect object and set its Radius property
BlurEffect newBlurEffect = new BlurEffect();
newBlurEffect.Radius = 3;
//Add the BlurEffect object to the C1Reflector control
C1Reflector1.ReflectionEffects.Add(newBlurEffect);

6. Run the program.

This Topic Illustrates the Following:

When you run the project, the C1Reflector control and its content will resemble the following image: