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Convert XAML Vector Graphic to PNG

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An introduction to the usage of vector graphics as a source of bitmap graphics.
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The Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and C# are among my favorites and so I developed Edi

and a few other projects on GitHub. I am normally an algorithms and structure type but WPF has such interesting UI sides that I cannot help myself but get into it.

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