I've done some really slow moving backgrounds before (was in WPF) with really nice effect. So slow they don't notice the movement but notice things look different if they come back to the screen later. Mine wasn't randomly calculated but nice idea. I used Blend and storyboards so I'm thinking if you can either create your path in xaml and then modify it in code, or create it entirely in code then the rest would be the same.
don't have any example code on this machine but check this out as a starting point... http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc189019(VS.95).aspx#creating_an_animation_in_procedural_code <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc189019(VS.95).aspx#creating_an_animation_in_procedural_code> cheers, Stephen On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote: > Folks, I want to create a sort of screen saver effect where a shape moves > slowly around a control. The path it follows is calculated at start time by > mixing random Sin/Cos functions, then the shape will follow the (x,y) > coordinates of the function over time. It’s like a moving parametric plot. > > > > I’m just not sure what coding technique to use for this effect. I’m > guessing I’ll need a frame-based animation, which I’ve never used before. It > looks like it “pushes” events to you and you respond and move your elements, > but it’s not clear how you control the timing. > > > > I just want to run this idea past someone who’s done it before and can > confirm if I’m on the right track or not. I’ll keep reading about > frame-based animations in the meantime. > > > > Greg > > _______________________________________________ > ozsilverlight mailing list > [email protected] > http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozsilverlight > >
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