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What is a good alternative to OuterGlowBitmapEffect?

Preferably one that can be used in a theme/style and one that can be used without BitmapEffects.

Dave Clemmer
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akshaykarthik
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    General note: The OuterGlowBitmapEffect is now (.NET 4) marked as Obsolete, and is not supported (doesn't throw anything but does nothing). – Shimmy Weitzhandler Mar 02 '11 at 18:29
  • Here are some examples http://karlshifflett.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/wpf-sample-series-solution-for-the-obsolete-bitmapeffect-property-and-rendering-an-outerglowbitmapeffect/ – NoWar May 15 '12 at 19:23

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The standard Effect library provides a DropShadowEffect that can be set up to look just like an OuterGlowBitmapEffect. The nice thing about this effect is that it is hardware-accelerated (unlike the bitmap effects, which are done in software). To make the DropShadowEffect look like a glow, simply set the ShadowDepth property to 0.

Charlie
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Donno if is good or not, I never tested it, I just read about it, check it out here.

Shimmy Weitzhandler
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