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2009 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Basic Transforms
Published in: Foundation Silverlight 2 Animation
Publisher: Apress
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When we talk about animation in Silverlight, we’re really talking about the different ways we can manipulate the properties of an object within the applications we build. One of the tools available to change the way an object looks relative to the original is called a
transform
. Basic transforms are used to modify an object’s translation (its location relative to the container in which it resides), rotation, scale, or skewing. Basic transforms are a common aspect of application UI development, often used to animate objects over time (such as panels sliding in and out, and objects growing and shrinking).