Effect Class

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Provides a base class for all bitmap effects.

Inheritance Hierarchy

Namespace: System.Windows.Media.Effects
Assembly: System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)

'Declaration
Public MustInherit Class Effect _
    Inherits DependencyObject

public abstract class Effect : DependencyObject

The Effect type exposes the following members.

	Name	Description
	Effect	Initializes a new instance of the Effect class.

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	Name	Description
	Dispatcher	Gets the Dispatcher this object is associated with. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
	EffectMapping	When overridden in a derived class, transforms mouse input and coordinate systems through the effect.
	ImplicitInput	Gets a Brush that, when it is used as an input for an Effect, causes the bitmap of the UIElement that the Effect is applied to be that input.

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	Name	Description
	CheckAccess	Determines whether the calling thread has access to this object. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
	ClearValue	Clears the local value of a dependency property. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
	Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetAnimationBaseValue	Returns any base value established for a Silverlight dependency property, which would apply in cases where an animation is not active. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetValue	Returns the current effective value of a dependency property from a DependencyObject. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ReadLocalValue	Returns the local value of a dependency property, if a local value is set. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
	SetValue	Sets the local value of a dependency property on a DependencyObject. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Derive from the Effect class to implement a custom bitmap effect. In most cases, you should derive from ShaderEffect.

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.