I really like the effect that can be seen for example in iOS, which basicaly looks like a layer drawn on top of current view , bluring the visual content and using that as a background. Is there a way to achieve something like that in WPF?
I've seen people mostly dealing with this blur/transparency on Window level, but I need it within the window.
Let's say this is the content of my window.
<StackPanel HorizontalAlignment="Center" Orientation="Horizontal">
<Image Source="pack://application:,,,/Resources/Penguins.jpg"/>
<Image Source="pack://application:,,,/Resources/Penguins.jpg"/>
</StackPanel>
Which looks like
And now I'd like to draw something on top of that which ( instead of using red background ) blures whatever is beneath it and uses it as background, keeping it's content not blury.
<DockPanel Margin="15" Background="Red">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center">
<Label Content="Some label"/>
<TextBox Width="100" Height="20"/>
</StackPanel>
</DockPanel>