Michael S. Scherotter
Synergist
Combining Software in Amazing Ways
Michael Scherotter is a Media Experience Evangelist for Media and Communications with Microsoft Corporation based out of San Francisco. As part of Microsoft’s Communications Sector evangelism team, Michael focuses on interactive client solutions for communications and media companies. Educated as an architect, Michael Scherotter brings a sense of creativity and design to synergistic software development and throughout his 14-year career in software development, Michael has specialized in combining software in innovative ways. He architected and developed desktop CAD applications for Boise Cascade Corporation, managed software development teams and engaged with partners as a Business Solutions Architect at Mindjet Corporation, Michael has a Bachelors of Architecture and a Masters of Architecture specializing in Design Tool Development.
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The FoxFast Windows 8 AppTwentieth Century Fox Television Distribution licenses TV shows and movies to broadcasters around the world. In 30 days, a team of Silverlight and .NET developers at Fox built an app for Windows 8 and published it to the Windows Store. The FoxFast app for Windows 8 is for their worldwide broadcast...
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Ball Watch Tutorial 1: Creating a Watch ApplicationBall Silverlight Design Contest
In this tutorial you will download the assets and code needed to start building a watch for the Ball Silverlight Contest.- Download and install Microsoft Expression Studio 4 (includes Expression Blend 4).
- Download the Ball Trainmaster Cannonball...
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Ball Watch Tutorial 8: Preparing the Watch for SubmissionBall Silverlight Design Contest
In this tutorial you will learn how to prepare your watch for submission to the Ball Silverlight Contest.- Download and install Microsoft Expression Studio 4 (includes Expression Blend 4).
- Download the Ball Trainmaster Cannonball Watch from the...
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Ball Watch Tutorial 7: Binding the Date IndicatorBall Silverlight Design Contest
In this tutorial you learn how to use template binding to set the watch's date indicator.- Download and install Microsoft Expression Studio 4 (includes Expression Blend 4).
- Download the Ball Trainmaster Cannonball Watch from the Expression Gallery...
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Ball Watch Tutorial 6: Animating Day and NightBall Silverlight Design Contest
In this tutorial, you will see how to animate day and night modes using the Visual State Manager as well as how to use visual effects to simulate glowing visual elements.- Download and install Microsoft Expression Studio 4 (includes Expression Blend 4). ...
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Ball Watch Tutorial 5: Creating Concentric CirclesBall Silverlight Design Contest
In this tutorial you see how to use a repeating radial gradient to create concentric circles on the watch face.- Download and install Microsoft Expression Studio 4 (includes Expression Blend 4).
- Download the Ball Trainmaster Cannonball Watch from...
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Ball Watch Tutorial 4: Using an Dash Pattern for Second MarksBall Silverlight Design Contest
In this tutorial you will see how to use an ellipse with a dash pattern to draw the second marks on the watch face.- Download and install Microsoft Expression Studio 4 (includes Expression Blend 4).
- Download the Ball Trainmaster Cannonball Watch...
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Ball Watch Tutorial 3: Animating the Second HandBall Silverlight Design Contest
In this demonstration you will see how to animate the second hand so that the watch tells the correct time.- Download and install Microsoft Expression Studio 4 (includes Expression Blend 4).
- Download the Ball Trainmaster Cannonball Watch from the...
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Ball Watch Tutorial 2: Tracing Visual ElementsBall Silverlight Design Contest
In this tutorial you will learn how to trace the visual elements that make up a watch.- Download and install Microsoft Expression Studio 4 (includes Expression Blend 4).
- Download the Ball Trainmaster Cannonball Watch from the Expression Gallery...
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Cinnafilm at NABAt NAB Michael Scherotter sat down with Chris Gorman (CTO) and Don Levy (VP, Media & Entertainment) from Cinnafilm to learn about their Pixel Strings GPU Engine and their Dark Energy software, some very cool image processing technology for film and video processing.
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Ball Watch Tutorial 2: Tracing Visual Elements
Jun 08, 2010 at 8:29 AMIf you are more comfortable doing this type of work in Adobe Illustrator Photoshop or Adobe Photoshop, you could also start in those applications and import the Illustrator or Photoshop files directly into Expression Blend.
Silverlight Image Search with LINQ to XML
Jun 11, 2008 at 1:00 PMI've done a similar thing with the Photobucket API:
http://xmldocs.net/sketchbook
Michael
A Tour Through CrystalTech's Data Center
Apr 27, 2008 at 9:47 PMThe cooling system and all of the servers makes the data center quite a loud place.
Interview with Ice Cube
Mar 26, 2008 at 10:54 AMMichael
Interview with Ice Cube
Mar 18, 2008 at 8:46 PM