PipelineVisualFactory

The PipelineVisualFactory is a helper type that can be used to create sprite visuals with custom Win2D/Composition effects chains and attach them to UI elements. It can create the same visual brushes as the PipelineBrush type, but it can attach them directly on the underlying Visual instance backing a UI element. This can make the XAML code less verbose and more efficient, as there is no need to insert additional elements just so that a brush can be applied to them.

Platform APIs: PipelineVisualFactory, PipelineBrush

Syntax

<Grid Height="480" Width="720">
    <Grid.Background>
        <ImageBrush ImageSource="/Assets/landscape.jpg" Stretch="UniformToFill"/>
    </Grid.Background>

    <Border
        VerticalAlignment="Center"
        HorizontalAlignment="Right"
        Height="480"
        Width="480">
        <media:UIElementExtensions.VisualFactory>
            <media:PipelineVisualFactory Source="{media:BackdropSource}">
                <media:LuminanceToAlphaEffect/>
                <media:OpacityEffect Value="0.4"/>
                <media:BlendEffect Mode="Multiply" Source="{media:BackdropSource}"/>
                <media:BlurEffect Amount="16"/>
                <media:ShadeEffect Color="#FF222222" Intensity="0.2"/>
                <media:BlendEffect Mode="Overlay" Placement="Foreground" Source="{media:TileSource Uri=ms-appx:///Assets/NoiseTexture.png}"/>
            </media:PipelineVisualFactory>
        </media:UIElementExtensions.VisualFactory>
    </Border>
</Grid>

Example Image

Examples

You can find more examples in the sample app.