[Approved] - Effect support for MPF UIElements

MP2 does currently support shaders to post process video while playback.

The WPF UIElement specifies a Effect property to allow modifications for rendering (see UIElement.Effect Property (System.Windows)).

My goal is to:

• use the existing partial video rendering effects (see http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/submit-code-patches-533/more-shader-effects-97717/)
• use the other effects found in SkinEngine / shaders folder (blur, dialogbg, greyscale...)

Part 1 in principle seems to work already
Part 2 is under work, but I already get outputs.

To use some of the effects it would be required to pass the complete backbuffer to the shader for processing. My idea for this problem: implement a custom Control like "BackgroundCapture" that is able to use the backbuffer texture within it's dimension on screen.

The development is done in "Effects" branch in GIT.

Edit 29.01.2012:
I've made quite big progress in implementing more Effects and making them more configurable from xaml screens. This allows animations (see screenshots).

Also I implemented a new user control "BackgroundCapture" that is able to apply Effects to the current background (see dialog example )

AW: Effect support for MPF UIElements

Updated information and screenshots in 1st post