TOPIC:
Animation Basic’s in Blend and the Use of Motion in Application Design
ABSTRACT:
This presentation is an overview of animation in Expression Blend including key concepts like keyframes, time lines and storyboards. Examples will include pre-loader animations, triggers and the use of motion in application design. We’ll talk about the animation of different kinds of properties and the differences between keyframe and non keyframe animations. We’ll also touch on the use of animation in code, the use of behaviors and VSM.
PRESENTER: David Kelley
BIO:
David has been building Targeted Customer eXperience's primarily on the web and offline for over 10 years. David is currently the Principal User eXperience Architect for Wirestone and publishes a blog 'Hacking Silverlight' as well as posts related to UX for Interact Seattle. Currently his main focus is in the retail space with touch experience's such as digital pricetags and Silverlight based kiosks. Other Career highlight's include the Silverlight Bill Gates demo at TechEd 08, the Entertainment Tonight Emmy Award site for the Silverlight launch and becoming a Silverlight MVP in 2009 as well as his work with Wirestone including the Nike Touch-wall. In his spare time David helps run Interact (Seattle's Designer Developer Interaction Group and the Seattle Silverlight User Group) as well as playing with kids, travel and more.
VIDEO:
2011 April Meeting: David Kelley on Animations from Joel Cochran on Vimeo.
PODCAST:
Thanks to David Kelley for his willingness and persistence to teach us about creating animations in Blend. We greatly appreciate his experience and dedication to the development community.
WHEN:
April 20th at 2pm EST