Timeline with offset of 5 seconds
<UserControl x:Class='SilverlightApplication3.MainPage' xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation' xmlns:x='http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml' xmlns:d='http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008' xmlns:mc='http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006' mc:Ignorable='d' d:DesignWidth='640' d:DesignHeight='480'> <Canvas x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White"> <Canvas.Triggers> <EventTrigger RoutedEvent="Canvas.Loaded"> <BeginStoryboard> <Storyboard x:Name="myStoryboard"> <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="myImage" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" From="0" To="1" BeginTime="00:00:5" Duration="0:0:1" /> </Storyboard> </BeginStoryboard> </EventTrigger> </Canvas.Triggers> <Image x:Name="myImage" Canvas.Top="100" Canvas.Left="100" Opacity="0" Source="http://server.com/man.png" /> </Canvas> </UserControl>