Appearance

Changing the visual look of an object is a fundamental task in Microsoft Expression Blend. The topics in this section describe how to use the properties under Appearance and Brushes in the Properties panel to can change the stroke color, fill color, opacity, and visibility of a selected object.

In This Section

Conceptual

• Appearance overview

How to

• Apply a brush to an object's fill or stroke

• Change the stroke properties of an object

• Add or remove a gradient stop

• Transform a gradient or tile brush

• Create a brush or color resource

• Create or modify a drawing brush resource

• Convert an image to a brush

• Copy or apply attributes to an object

• Show or hide an object in your application

• Change the transparency of an object

• Add a bitmap effect to an object

• Create an opacity mask

Try it!

• Try it: Make a nonrectangular window