Where are the WPF effects defined?

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I am wondering where the WPF effects such as Blur is defined? They are pixel shaders, right? Is there a way to peek into their implementation?

Well, [`System.Windows.Media.Effects.Effect`](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.media.effects.effect.aspx) lives in the PresentationCore.dll assembly. Maybe if you decompiled that... — BoltClock, Jul 01 '12 at 21:43
Thanks Bolt, yes. I wasn't sure where they were. Just wanted to take a look in the reflector :O — Joan Venge, Jul 01 '12 at 21:50
It looks like it's an unmanaged/unsafe effect. I guess they did it for performance reasons. — Joan Venge, Jul 01 '12 at 21:55

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 02 '12 at 03:00

Look in the PresentationCore.dll assembly, where System.Windows.Media.Effects.Effect and its derivatives are defined. If you take it apart using Reflector you should be able to find the signatures and, hopefully, any implementation details.

It would seem that pixel shaders are effectively used by, well, ShaderEffect...

Where are the WPF effects defined?

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