Most programmers are not artists; but you do not to be in order for your applications to look professional. Just a few little touches such as styles, color gradients, pictures, animation and a few other XAML "magic" tricks and your application can look great! This seminar will present you with a collection of tips that will spice up your Silverlight or WPF applications in no time at all. The best thing is you can do all of these in Visual Studio; no need to learn Expression Blend! You will be shown some great re-usable styles, colors, mirror reflections, gradients, a sample menu system and other XAML techniques that will take your XAML applications from drab to fab! You will walk away with a set of styles and resources that you can put to use in your applications immediately!