Deep zoom composer & its using procedure in silverlight

The new Deep Zoom technology in Silverlight allows users to see images on the Web like they never have before. The smooth in-place zooming and panning that Deep Zoom allows is a true advancement and raises the bar on what image viewing should be. High resolution images need to be prepared for use with Deep Zoom and this tool allows the user to create Deep Zoom composition files that control the zooming experience and then export all the necessary files for deployment with Silverlight 2.0

The Deepzoom image composure shows the seemless zoom capabilities of using DeepZoom Composer with High Resolution Images

PROCEDURE:
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->Open the Deep Zoom Composer.
->Create a new Deep Zoom Project
->Select the Add Image button to add multiple images to the project .
->Select Compose and then to arrange the images whatever you wish.
->Select Export. Assign the project a name, select the checkbox to create a collection after that click the Export button.
->After completing export process, close the Deep Zoom Composer and save the project.
->Start or open Visual studio2008
->Open the Silverlight project that was created by the Deep Zoom Composer.
->Compile the project.

Link to download Deep zoom Composer software:
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http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=457b17b7-52bf-4bda-87a3-fa8a4673f8bf&displaylang=en/

Some silverlight websites

http://www.nibblestutorials.net/

http://www.white-wolves.ch/

http://www.danielvogt.info/

http://www.telerik.com/products/silverlight.aspx/

http://demos.telerik.com/silverlight/default.aspx/

http://silverlight.net/default.aspx/

http://www.devexpress.com/Downloads/NET/OnlineDemos.xml/

http://www.codeplex.com/

http://visifire.com/

http://www.adobe.com/resources/business/rich_internet_apps

http://www.camelotis.com/Blog/WPF-Sliverlight2

http://www.silverlightrecipes.com/

http://search.atomz.com/search?sp_a=sp040c2f00&sp_f=iso-8859-1&sp_q=silverlight+datagrid+with+image

http://www.silverlightshow.net/items/Consuming-ASMX-Web-Services-with-Silverlight-2.aspx

http://widgets-gadgets.com/2007_08_01_archive.html

http://feeds.timheuer.com/timheuer/

http://www.microsoft.com/video/en/us/details/705ac3a9-e11c-4c49-a61d-93ab2821651b

Silverlight Supports...

Silverlight supports HD quality:
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Silverlight supports 720p, HD quality with considerable performance benefits over other solutions. Performance is dependent upon the central processing unit (CPU) capabilities of your computer and configurations. Generally, in testing, a 3-gigahertz (GHz) CPU and/or dual-core support greatly benefit the HD playback experience.

Audio or video formats are supported in Silverlight:
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Silverlight supports Windows Media Audio and Video (WMA, WMV7–9) and VC-1, as well as MP3 audio. Additional formats may be available by the final release based on customer feedback.

Silverlight supports all the codecs Windows Media Player:
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Since Silverlight is a lightweight cross-platform technology, it only carries the most common codecs that are needed for Web playback. However, we are gathering information from customers about the needed codecs and can update Silverlight when necessary.

Testing and Debugging in Silverlight

TESTING:
->The testing plan will document the levels of testing that should be performed on an application and who will be performing the testing.
->unit testing, regression testing, load testing, and integration testing.

DEBUGGING:
Process of Error finding in silverlight Application,
->Syntax Error.
->Logical Error.

Creating the media player in Silverlight

->Switch to the output panel, where you will pick a Silverlight 2 player and then click on the white dot (shown surrounded in red here)

Steps:
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->Choosing Edit Copy in Expression Blend will open a dialog box asking you for a name for the template.
->Give it a name and click OK and Blend will open with a security warning.
->You can click Yes and Blend will fully open and inform you that you must build the project to work with it.
->Click Project->Build Solution

Find the player location:
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->The player itself is in the default output location unless you took steps to put it elsewhere. On my machine that is C:\Users\Jesse\Documents\Expression\Expression Encoder\Templates.

Some Silverlight Toolkits

Difference between WPF and Silverlight

->Silverlight uses a particular implementation of a XAML parser, with that parser being part of the Silverlight core install. In some cases, the parsing behavior differs from the parsing behavior in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF- is a graphical subsystem for rendering user interfaces in Windows-based applications. WPF, previously known as "Avalon", was initially released as part of .NET Framework 3.0. Designed to remove dependencies on the aging GDI subsystem, WPF is built on DirectX, which provides hardware acceleration and enables modern UI features like transparency, gradients and transforms. WPF provides a consistent programming model for building applications and provides a clear separation between the user interface and the business logic), which also has a particular implementation.

WPF:
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Windows only
Requires 50 / 200 MB .NET 3.x runtime
Steeper learning curve

SILVERLIGHT:
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Cross OS, cross browser
Small download (approx. 4 to 5 MB)
Reduced feature set
Sandboxed – Secure but limiting