Bitmap Effects

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MikeJames on 2010-05-24

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Summary

Introduction to WPF bitmap effects - including a replacement for outer glow and how to apply them to rendered bitmaps

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"First thing to make clear is that the new Effect class supersedes the BitmapEffect class. The reason is simply that the BitmapEffect class did its work in software and hence tended to slow rendering down. The new Effect class, introduced in .NET 4.0 uses the GPU and implements a pixel shader which does the job in a fast and efficient way. So don't use BitmapEffect and if you have any programs that do use it make the change to Effect."