{"id":546,"date":"2008-09-07T06:33:09","date_gmt":"2008-09-07T11:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/546"},"modified":"2008-09-07T06:33:20","modified_gmt":"2008-09-07T11:33:20","slug":"how-to-create-a-reflection-in-silverlight-without-a-visualbrush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/546","title":{"rendered":"How to create a reflection in silverlight without a VisualBrush"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check it out <a href=\"http:\/\/silverlight.net\/blogs\/msnow\/archive\/2008\/09\/04\/silverlight-tip-of-the-day-36-how-to-create-reflections-and-shadows-for-images-and-text.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Continue to wish that Silverlight would inherit WPF&#8217;s VisualBrush so that Reflections can be done right. :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check it out here. 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