n Resources include the Brush, Color, Style, and Control Template resources, and XAML
files that contain resources, such as windows and resource dictionaries.
n The Resource panel allows you to organize your resources.
n You can add styles to resource dictionaries for use in other projects or to organize your
styles, and you can import resource dictionaries from other applications to use in Blend.
n You can import resources from Expression Design in various ways.
n Expression Design allows you to choose from many different strokes and allows you to
create your own strokes.
n You can combine objects, blend colors, and warp objects using Expression Design.
n Expression Media offers several handy filters that allow you to enhance your picture
quality.
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What constitutes good user interface design? And why is it important
to create user interfaces with aesthetic appeal? In this chapter,
we explore answers to both questions. Understanding
universal principles of design can help you make enlightened decisions
about which design elements work and which don??™t work in your user interface,
as well as why they work well or don??™t work well.
In this chapter, we explore principles for systematically creating aesthetically
appealing user interfaces.
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