Graphics and Animation

Summary

Windows Presentation Foundation provides powerful graphics and animation capabilities. This Drill shows how to apply 2-D transformations to objects, draw 2-D shapes and then animate them. It also shows how to create and manipulate elements in a 3-D space, and apply animations to them.

Audience

This Drill is for developers who want to use WPF’s powerful graphics and animation capabilities to create, manipulate, and animate 2-D and 3-D objects.

What you'll learn

You’ll learn how to apply 2-D transformations to objects, and to draw and manipulate 2-D shapes. You’ll also learn how to manipulate elements in a 3-D environment, and create interactive and animated objects within such an environment. 

What you need to know

We assume that you’re already familiar with the concepts of programming and you’ve some experience of Visual Studio 2005. You’ll need to be comfortable with Visual C# or Visual Basic syntax, object-oriented development, and have a basic understanding of XML. You’ll also need to be familiar with 2-D and 3-D basic concepts.