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windows: calmer static backdrop + improved app icon
- Remove the animated background (drifting blobs + ripple pulses); keep the static glow blobs and cyan top-wash so the backdrop stays calm but with depth. - Replace the weak app icon (near-empty black tile with a tiny off-center ring) with a bolder, on-brand mark: a glowing cyan play-in-ring on a teal->black rounded tile, generated as a multi-resolution .ico (16-256px). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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‎apps/windows/Cascade/Assets/app.ico‎

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‎apps/windows/Cascade/MainWindow.xaml‎

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<RowDefinition Height="*" />
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</Grid.RowDefinitions>
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<!-- Drifting-blob storyboards (started in code-behind on Loaded). The
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soft radial blobs fading to transparent approximate the web's
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blur(60px); CompositeTransform translate/scale are composition-thread
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animations, so no EnableDependentAnimation needed. -->
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<Grid.Resources>
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<!-- Soft cyan ring (transparent core, glowing mid-radius, fading edge)
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used by every ripple pulse; shared since only each Ellipse's
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Opacity/scale is animated, never the brush itself. -->
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<RadialGradientBrush x:Key="RippleRingBrush">
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<GradientStop Color="#006EC9E2" Offset="0.0" />
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<GradientStop Color="#006EC9E2" Offset="0.42" />
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<GradientStop Color="#806EC9E2" Offset="0.60" />
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<GradientStop Color="#006EC9E2" Offset="0.80" />
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</RadialGradientBrush>
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<Storyboard x:Key="DriftA" RepeatBehavior="Forever" AutoReverse="True">
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<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="LayerATransform" Storyboard.TargetProperty="TranslateX"
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From="-70" To="30" Duration="0:0:14">
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<DoubleAnimation.EasingFunction><SineEase EasingMode="EaseInOut" /></DoubleAnimation.EasingFunction>
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</DoubleAnimation>
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<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="LayerATransform" Storyboard.TargetProperty="TranslateY"
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From="-40" To="40" Duration="0:0:14">
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<DoubleAnimation.EasingFunction><SineEase EasingMode="EaseInOut" /></DoubleAnimation.EasingFunction>
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</DoubleAnimation>
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<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="LayerATransform" Storyboard.TargetProperty="ScaleX"
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From="1" To="1.12" Duration="0:0:14" />
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<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="LayerATransform" Storyboard.TargetProperty="ScaleY"
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From="1" To="1.12" Duration="0:0:14" />
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</Storyboard>
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<Storyboard x:Key="DriftB" RepeatBehavior="Forever" AutoReverse="True">
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<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="LayerBTransform" Storyboard.TargetProperty="TranslateX"
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From="80" To="-20" Duration="0:0:18">
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<DoubleAnimation.EasingFunction><SineEase EasingMode="EaseInOut" /></DoubleAnimation.EasingFunction>
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</DoubleAnimation>
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<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="LayerBTransform" Storyboard.TargetProperty="TranslateY"
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From="50" To="-30" Duration="0:0:18">
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<DoubleAnimation.EasingFunction><SineEase EasingMode="EaseInOut" /></DoubleAnimation.EasingFunction>
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</DoubleAnimation>
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<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="LayerBTransform" Storyboard.TargetProperty="ScaleX"
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From="1" To="1.18" Duration="0:0:18" />
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<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="LayerBTransform" Storyboard.TargetProperty="ScaleY"
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From="1" To="1.18" Duration="0:0:18" />
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</Storyboard>
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<Storyboard x:Key="DriftC" RepeatBehavior="Forever" AutoReverse="True">
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<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="LayerCTransform" Storyboard.TargetProperty="TranslateY"
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From="120" To="-40" Duration="0:0:11">
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<DoubleAnimation.EasingFunction><SineEase EasingMode="EaseInOut" /></DoubleAnimation.EasingFunction>
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</DoubleAnimation>
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<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="LayerCTransform" Storyboard.TargetProperty="ScaleX"
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From="1" To="1.22" Duration="0:0:11" />
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<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="LayerCTransform" Storyboard.TargetProperty="ScaleY"
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From="1" To="1.22" Duration="0:0:11" />
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</Storyboard>
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<!-- Slow rotation for the play button's dashed outer ring. -->
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<Storyboard x:Key="RingSpin" RepeatBehavior="Forever">
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<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="OuterRingRotation" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Angle"
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From="0" To="360" Duration="0:1:0" />
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</Storyboard>
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<!-- Water-ripple pulses: each phase expands a soft ring out of the
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left + right glow blobs while fading it, on a 6s loop. The three
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phases are seeked to 0/2/4s in code-behind so a fresh ripple
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emanates every 2s. Scale/Opacity are composition-thread, so no
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EnableDependentAnimation is needed. -->
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<Storyboard x:Key="RippleP1" RepeatBehavior="Forever">
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<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="RippleL1T" Storyboard.TargetProperty="ScaleX" From="0.25" To="1.5" Duration="0:0:18" />
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<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="RippleL1T" Storyboard.TargetProperty="ScaleY" From="0.25" To="1.5" Duration="0:0:18" />
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<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="RippleL1" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" From="0.55" To="0" Duration="0:0:18" />
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<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="RippleR1T" Storyboard.TargetProperty="ScaleX" From="0.25" To="1.5" Duration="0:0:18" />
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<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="RippleR1T" Storyboard.TargetProperty="ScaleY" From="0.25" To="1.5" Duration="0:0:18" />
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<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="RippleR1" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" From="0.55" To="0" Duration="0:0:18" />
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</Storyboard>
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<Storyboard x:Key="RippleP2" RepeatBehavior="Forever">
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<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="RippleL2T" Storyboard.TargetProperty="ScaleX" From="0.25" To="1.5" Duration="0:0:18" />
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<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="RippleL2T" Storyboard.TargetProperty="ScaleY" From="0.25" To="1.5" Duration="0:0:18" />
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<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="RippleL2" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" From="0.55" To="0" Duration="0:0:18" />
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<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="RippleR2T" Storyboard.TargetProperty="ScaleX" From="0.25" To="1.5" Duration="0:0:18" />
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<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="RippleR2T" Storyboard.TargetProperty="ScaleY" From="0.25" To="1.5" Duration="0:0:18" />
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<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="RippleR2" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" From="0.55" To="0" Duration="0:0:18" />
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</Storyboard>
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<Storyboard x:Key="RippleP3" RepeatBehavior="Forever">
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<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="RippleL3T" Storyboard.TargetProperty="ScaleX" From="0.25" To="1.5" Duration="0:0:18" />
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<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="RippleL3T" Storyboard.TargetProperty="ScaleY" From="0.25" To="1.5" Duration="0:0:18" />
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<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="RippleL3" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" From="0.55" To="0" Duration="0:0:18" />
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<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="RippleR3T" Storyboard.TargetProperty="ScaleX" From="0.25" To="1.5" Duration="0:0:18" />
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<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="RippleR3T" Storyboard.TargetProperty="ScaleY" From="0.25" To="1.5" Duration="0:0:18" />
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<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="RippleR3" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" From="0.55" To="0" Duration="0:0:18" />
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</Storyboard>
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</Grid.Resources>
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<!-- ============================================ animated waterfall backdrop -->
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<!-- ============================================ static waterfall backdrop -->
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<Grid x:Name="BackdropRoot" Grid.RowSpan="2" Opacity="0.55" IsHitTestVisible="False">
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<!-- Cyan top-glow wash (web: radial-gradient ellipse at 50% 0%). -->
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<Rectangle>
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<!-- Layer A: deep teal tint. -->
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<Ellipse x:Name="BackdropLayerA" Width="640" Height="640"
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HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top"
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Margin="-120,-120,0,0" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5">
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<Ellipse.RenderTransform><CompositeTransform x:Name="LayerATransform" /></Ellipse.RenderTransform>
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Margin="-120,-120,0,0">
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<Ellipse.Fill>
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<RadialGradientBrush>
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<GradientStop Color="#FF0B3A4B" Offset="0" />
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<!-- Layer B: accent cyan. -->
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<Ellipse x:Name="BackdropLayerB" Width="560" Height="560"
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HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Center"
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Margin="0,0,-100,0" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5">
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<Ellipse.RenderTransform><CompositeTransform x:Name="LayerBTransform" /></Ellipse.RenderTransform>
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Margin="0,0,-100,0">
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<Ellipse.Fill>
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<RadialGradientBrush>
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<GradientStop Color="#596EC9E2" Offset="0" />
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<GradientStop Color="#006EC9E2" Offset="0.7" />
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</RadialGradientBrush>
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</Ellipse.Fill>
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</Ellipse>
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<!-- Layer C: pale highlight (drifts up from the bottom). -->
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<!-- Layer C: pale highlight. -->
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<Ellipse x:Name="BackdropLayerC" Width="520" Height="520"
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HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
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Margin="0,0,0,-120" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5">
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<Ellipse.RenderTransform><CompositeTransform x:Name="LayerCTransform" /></Ellipse.RenderTransform>
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Margin="0,0,0,-120">
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<Ellipse.Fill>
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<RadialGradientBrush>
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<GradientStop Color="#2EB4EAF8" Offset="0" />
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<GradientStop Color="#00B4EAF8" Offset="0.7" />
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</RadialGradientBrush>
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</Ellipse.Fill>
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</Ellipse>
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<!-- Ripple pulses emanating from the left + right glow blobs. Three
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phase-staggered rings per side (driven by RippleP1/2/3). -->
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<Ellipse x:Name="RippleL1" Width="380" Height="380" Opacity="0" IsHitTestVisible="False"
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HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="-60,0,0,0"
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RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5" Fill="{StaticResource RippleRingBrush}">
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<Ellipse.RenderTransform><CompositeTransform x:Name="RippleL1T" ScaleX="0.25" ScaleY="0.25" /></Ellipse.RenderTransform>
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</Ellipse>
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<Ellipse x:Name="RippleL2" Width="380" Height="380" Opacity="0" IsHitTestVisible="False"
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HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="-60,0,0,0"
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RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5" Fill="{StaticResource RippleRingBrush}">
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<Ellipse.RenderTransform><CompositeTransform x:Name="RippleL2T" ScaleX="0.25" ScaleY="0.25" /></Ellipse.RenderTransform>
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</Ellipse>
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<Ellipse x:Name="RippleL3" Width="380" Height="380" Opacity="0" IsHitTestVisible="False"
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HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="-60,0,0,0"
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RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5" Fill="{StaticResource RippleRingBrush}">
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<Ellipse.RenderTransform><CompositeTransform x:Name="RippleL3T" ScaleX="0.25" ScaleY="0.25" /></Ellipse.RenderTransform>
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</Ellipse>
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<Ellipse x:Name="RippleR1" Width="380" Height="380" Opacity="0" IsHitTestVisible="False"
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HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="0,0,-60,0"
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RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5" Fill="{StaticResource RippleRingBrush}">
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<Ellipse.RenderTransform><CompositeTransform x:Name="RippleR1T" ScaleX="0.25" ScaleY="0.25" /></Ellipse.RenderTransform>
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</Ellipse>
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<Ellipse x:Name="RippleR2" Width="380" Height="380" Opacity="0" IsHitTestVisible="False"
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HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="0,0,-60,0"
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RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5" Fill="{StaticResource RippleRingBrush}">
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<Ellipse.RenderTransform><CompositeTransform x:Name="RippleR2T" ScaleX="0.25" ScaleY="0.25" /></Ellipse.RenderTransform>
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</Ellipse>
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<Ellipse x:Name="RippleR3" Width="380" Height="380" Opacity="0" IsHitTestVisible="False"
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HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="0,0,-60,0"
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RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5" Fill="{StaticResource RippleRingBrush}">
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<Ellipse.RenderTransform><CompositeTransform x:Name="RippleR3T" ScaleX="0.25" ScaleY="0.25" /></Ellipse.RenderTransform>
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</Ellipse>
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<!-- Extended-titlebar drag region (transparent; SetTitleBar in code-behind). -->

‎apps/windows/Cascade/MainWindow.xaml.cs‎

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/// </summary>
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private void OnRootLoaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
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{
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BeginLoop("DriftA");
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BeginLoop("DriftB");
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BeginLoop("DriftC");
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BeginLoop("RingSpin");
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// Three identical 18s ripple loops, seeked 6s apart so a fresh ring leaves
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// each blob every 6s and expands slowly.
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BeginRipple("RippleP1", 0);
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BeginRipple("RippleP2", 6);
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BeginRipple("RippleP3", 12);
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// Snapshot is swapped wholesale on every core update; repaint the ambient

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