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Microsoft Blend for Visual Studio (formerly Microsoft Expression Blend) is a user interface design tool developed and sold by Microsoft for creating graphical interfaces for web and desktop applications that blend the features of these two types of applications.

Microsoft Blend for Visual Studio (formerly Microsoft Expression Blend) is a user interface design tool developed and sold by Microsoft for creating graphical interfaces for web and desktop applications that blend the features of these two types of applications. It is an interactive, WYSIWYG front-end for designing XAML-based interfaces for Windows Presentation Foundation and Silverlight applications. It was one of the applications in the Microsoft Expression Studio suite before that suite was discontinued.

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Where is the shortcut "Open in Blend" in Visual Studio 2013?

Sometimes I see the shortcut sometimes I don't. I'm not sure why. How can I make the shortcut permanent?
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How to get multiply blend mode on a plain UIView (not UIImage)

I have an image in my iPad app and I basically want to place a color filter on top of it. For this I have a colored UIView that is masked to a certain shape that I put over the image. Since adjusting the alpha isn't giving me the desired effect I'd…
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the type from assembly is built with an older version of blend sdk and is not supported in a windows presentation foundation 4 project

I created a WPF project in VS 2013. After upgrading to VS 2015, this error showed in the designer on types derived from the Blend SDK: the type from assembly is built with an older version of blend sdk and is not supported in a windows…
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Comparison Visual studio 2015 and Blend for Visual Studio

I am a newbie about Windows store apps development. What is the main function and benefits of Blend for Visual Studio. There is already a XAML designer and all tools embedded in Visual Studio. Why there is a need for Blend for Visual Studio? What is…
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WPF Applications: Visual Studio vs. Expression Blend

I am a bit confused on how Visual Studio 2010 and Expression Blend 4 operate together. If I want to create a WPF application, should I start it in Expression Blend 4? If so, then how does Visual Studio 2010 natively open Expression Blend projects,…
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Blinking button on WPF application

My WPF application has a style manager that I have built on blend. My problem is this: I've got a login button that blinks occasionally and i can't figure out how to remove this behavior. Here's the style code for my login box:
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Imitate Photoshop blend effects like multiply, overlay etc

I'm making a website with a full page background image. I want to create a background image for a side column that acts like a Photoshop layer with multiply as blend mode. It's just a blue colored surface with the 'behaviour' of a Photoshop multiply…
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DesignInstance not working in VS2012

I just spent several hours on an issue when using VS2012, WPF 4.5 and design-time data, specifically the DesignInstance attribute. Goal: I wanted to have design-time data support in my WPF project (MVVM-based), both in VS2012 and Blend, and I could…
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DesignTime data not showing in Blend when bound against CollectionViewSource

I have a datatemplate for a viewmodel where an itemscontrol is bound against a CollectionViewSource (to enable sorting in xaml).
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Design-Time setup of a ViewModel

I'm using Visual Studio 2013's designer to create my User Control in WPF, and I'm using a MVVM approach. I'm trying to find the best way to have "Design-Time" setup of my viewmodel so that I immediatly see the effect in the designer of changing a…
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UITextView with white background showing as Color Blended Layer in instruments and simulator

So, i have some UILabels and UITextViews in a Cell. My table was scrolling a little slow and i tried the "Color blending layers" utility available in iOS simulator and Instruments. It show in red the layers that are blending and are causing the slow…
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where is blend for visual studio 2012

I see a lot of refs to something called 'blend for visual studio' which I understand a W8 version of blend. I have VS2012 Ultimate installed on W8 and I don't see any blend. I looked into my MSDN Pro subscription and I don't see neither separate…
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Blend for Visual Studio 2012 - No design view

I have a normal WPF MVVM-Light application, that I tried opening in Blend (first time I used Blend for Visual Studio 2012 on my Windows 8 machine). However, I'm not able to open the Design View, which pretty much renders Blend useless. One issue I…
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Add DropShadow to a Custom made Window (Blend)

I am creating a custom Window form using Blend. (by setting AllowTransparency to True) I've finished the design and it works pretty well. Now I want to add Shadow effect to it. (DropShadowEffect) I can't do that because the Window itself is hidden…
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ffmpeg add semi transparent watermark(png) with different size

I'm trying to add a png watermark (with alpha channel) over h264 video with semi transparent. By using overlay filter I managed to add watermark to the video. ffmpeg -y -i input.mp4 -i watermark.png -filter_complex "[0][1] overlay=0:0" -c:v libx264…
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