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  • Wednesday, July 01, 2009 4:06 PMJLLO Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    I have a developer that love to used the Bevel Bitmap effect but it kills performance, does anyone know if this will be supported as a Hardware rendered effect or if there is a way to do this without a performance hit.
     

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  • Wednesday, July 01, 2009 7:36 PMVLTII Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
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    You can always fake a hard bevel with a reflected gradient on the stroke... something like this:

    	<Border Padding="5">
		<Border.Background>
			<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
				<GradientStop Color="#FF000000" Offset="0"/>
				<GradientStop Color="#FF2B2B2B" Offset="1"/>
			</LinearGradientBrush>
		</Border.Background>
		<Border BorderThickness="2,2,2,2" CornerRadius="10,10,10,10" Margin="20,20,20,20" Background="#FF838383">
			<Border.BorderBrush>
				<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0" MappingMode="RelativeToBoundingBox">
					<GradientStop Color="#FF000000" Offset="0.474"/>
					<GradientStop Color="#FFFFFFFF" Offset="1"/>
					<GradientStop Color="#FFFFFFFF" Offset="0"/>
				</LinearGradientBrush>
			</Border.BorderBrush>
		</Border>		
	</Border>
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    • Proposed As Answer byVLTII Wednesday, July 01, 2009 7:36 PM
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  • Thursday, July 02, 2009 10:00 PMBrennon WilliamsMVP, ModeratorUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Howdy,

    Leon's answer is the best for a bevel specifically at present. I wasnt able to find a HLSL solution for you but thought I would provide this link should you have further effects requirements.

    http://www.codeplex.com/wpffx

    It was also discussed here:

    http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/wpf/thread/d19828e7-560e-4733-97b4-63326be8390c

    Sorry cant give you a plugin solution at the moment.

    Cheers

    Expression MVP

    my blog : http://x-coders.com/blogs/sneaky/default.aspx