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How to hide a child element from Xceed Magnifier?

I am able to zoom using Magnifier (Xceed's control toolkit).
I have multiple controls in Grid that I want to get rid off imageEditor and ListBox controls from Magnifying Glass when it gets zoom.
My code is below.
<Grid>
<wpfMagnifier:MagnifierManager.Magnifier>
<wpfMagnifier:Magnifier x:Name="magnifiyingGlass" Visibility="Hidden"
FrameType="Circle" Radius="240" ZoomFactor=".4" BorderBrush="#9cc63e" BorderThickness="9">
</wpfMagnifier:Magnifier>
</wpfMagnifier:MagnifierManager.Magnifier>
<Image x:Name="cvT" >
</Image>
<imageEditor:UserControl1 x:Name="UserControlID1" Points="{Binding Points}" IsClosedCurve="{Binding IsClosedCurve}" />
<ListBox ItemsSource="{Binding Points}" ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource PointListBoxItemStyle}" x:Name="ItemsContainer"
PreviewMouseLeftButtonDown="ItemsContainer_PreviewMouseLeftButtonDown" MouseMove="ItemsContainer_MouseMove" PreviewMouseLeftButtonUp="ItemsContainer_PreviewMouseLeftButtonUp">
<ListBox.Template>
<ControlTemplate>
<Canvas IsItemsHost="True"/>
</ControlTemplate>
</ListBox.Template>
</ListBox>
</Grid>
How to implement it?

Binding a ControlTemplate's Button's Content and Command Parameter Property

Okay, this is probably something pretty simple that I'm not doing quite right. I am just now learning how to add items dynamically using an ItemsControl as shown below.
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Buttons}">
<ItemsControl.Template>
<ControlTemplate>
<Button FontWeight="Bold" Command="{Binding SelectMaterialCommand}" CommandParameter="{Binding CommandParameter}" Width="50" Height="50" Style="{StaticResource RoundedButtonStyle}" Margin="0,0,0,0" Click="Button_Click_2" Content="{Binding .Content}"></Button>
</ControlTemplate>
</ItemsControl.Template>
</ItemsControl>
The ItemsControl ItemsSource Property is bound to an ObservableCollection of Buttons. In code I can create a button, set the Content and CommandParameter properties and add it to the ObservableCollection. When I run the application a button is populated, but I can't get the Content and CommandParameter properties to bind correctly.
I have tried doing several different methods such as Binding Path=., Binding Path=Content, Binding Path=.Content...etc, but nothing seems to be working. Any help would be appreciated.

Following Subramaniam B's advice I got this to work by utilizing a Data Template as shown that is located in my UserControl.Resources section.
<DataTemplate x:Key="temp" DataType="{x:Type local:ButtonModel}">
<telerik:RadButton FontWeight="Bold" FontSize="16" Command="{Binding ButtonCommand}" CommandParameter="{Binding Path=Content}" Width="100" Height="75" Margin="0,0,0,0" MouseLeftButtonUp="Button_Click_2" Content="{Binding Path=Content}">
<telerik:RadButton.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="GhostWhite" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="Gray" Offset="0.5"/>
<GradientStop Color="Gray" Offset="0.5"/>
<GradientStop Color="GhostWhite" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</telerik:RadButton.Background>
</telerik:RadButton>
</DataTemplate>
Here is where the template is used were used:
<telerik:RadCarousel Loaded="MaterialCar_Loaded" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden" x:Name="MaterialCar" Height="200" Background="Blue" ItemTemplate="{StaticResource temp}" ItemsSource="{Binding Buttons}" Margin="0,0,0,0"/>

In your example you are setting the template for the whole ItemsControl (aka: LIST of buttons) to be A button.
No matter what items are in the Buttons collection, this control will render as a single button. Instead, you need to leave the template for the control itself alone, and use I template for the items that are IN the list.
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Buttons}">
<!-- ItemsControl.Template becomes ItemsControl.ItemTemplate below -->
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Button FontWeight="Bold" Command="{Binding SelectMaterialCommand}" CommandParameter="{Binding CommandParameter}" Width="50" Height="50" Style="{StaticResource RoundedButtonStyle}" Margin="0,0,0,0" Click="Button_Click_2" Content="{Binding .Content}"></Button>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>

Creating collections of arbitrarily positioned controls in WPF

I have a simple Border and Grid that is positioned within a Canvas container in WPF. The position of the control changes during runtime hence why it resides in the canvas.
The XAML for the control looks something like this:
<Border Name="PopupArea"
Width="130"
Height="150"
BorderBrush="Black"
BorderThickness="2"
CornerRadius="5">
<Border.Background>
<SolidColorBrush Opacity="0.5" Color="Black" />
</Border.Background>
<Grid>
<StackPanel>
<Border HorizontalAlignment="Center">
<Border.Effect>
<DropShadowEffect />
</Border.Effect>
<TextBlock FontWeight="Bold" Style="{StaticResource SmallWhiteFont}">HELLO WORLD</TextBlock>
</Border>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</Border>
However I now need to be able to create a Collection of the above control which I create and destory as required at runtime in code.
My questions are :
A. What is the best way to compose my XAML to create multiple instances of the above control through code? Do I just declare a ContentControl in the resources?
B. Assuming I am correct and a resource template is required. How do I actually use it to create multiple instances of the control in code?

Within XAML I would use an ItemTemplate.
Then I would bind ItemsSource to some observable collection on my viewmodel.
Here's an example taken from MSDN:
<ListBox Width="400" Margin="10"
ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource myTodoList}}">
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=TaskName}" />
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Description}"/>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Priority}"/>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
NOTE:
It is more common to define a DataTemplate in the resources section so it can be a reusable object.
<ListBox Width="400" Margin="10"
ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource myTodoList}}"
ItemTemplate="{StaticResource myTaskTemplate}"/>

Changing border color when a control is selected with c# on windows 8 app store

I have a gridview control with images and text with this xaml:
<Grid Grid.Column="1" Margin="0,40,30,0" >
<GridView x:Name="celebGridView" Margin="0,0,0,0" Padding="0,0,0,0">
<GridView.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<WrapGrid Orientation="Horizontal" MaximumRowsOrColumns="3"/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</GridView.ItemsPanel>
<GridView.Header>
<StackPanel Width="480" Margin="0,4,14,0">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Margin="0,0,0,10">
<TextBlock Text="Most Viewed Celebs" Foreground="black" FontSize="25"/>
<Image Source="/images/Navigation-Right.png" Margin="10,0,0,0"/>
</StackPanel>
</StackPanel>
</GridView.Header>
<GridView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel>
<Image Source="{Binding ImageBitmap}" />
<TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Center" Text="{Binding Name_}" Foreground="Black"/>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</GridView.ItemTemplate>
</GridView>
</Grid>
and i get this purple border around the selected items in the gridview below
How can i override this behaviour, i need to change the color to a custom color (#fdeb01).

You could edit the ItemContainerStyle for the GridView. The easiest way is to use Blend and find the SelectedBorder element and change stroke brush to color you want.

Aside from using Expression Blend, note that Metro ListView selection color modification in XAML is also valid for GridViewItems so changing the following:
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ListViewItemSelectedBackgroundThemeBrush" Color="#fdeb01"> </SolidColorBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ListViewItemPointerOverBackgroundThemeBrush" Color="#ffffff"></SolidColorBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ListViewItemSelectedPointerOverBackgroundThemeBrush" Color="#fdeb01"></SolidColorBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="ListViewItemSelectedPointerOverBorderThemeBrush" Color="#fdeb01"></SolidColorBrush>
will also affect the gridview.

Add extra element to ItemsControl's Canvas

I have an ItemsControl set up like this:
<Grid>
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Asteroids}">
<ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<Canvas Background="Black">
<!-- i want to add another polygon to the canvas-->
<!--<Polygon Name ="ShipPolygon" Points="{Binding Ship}" Fill="Blue" />-->
</Canvas>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Polygon Fill="Gray" Points="{Binding AsteroidPoints}" />
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
</Grid>
As you can see, the ItemsControl is displaying a collection's elements as Polygons in a Canvas. But i also want to add another Polygon to this Canvas, here named "ShipPolygon". I can't do that this way, because i get an XMLParseException. What is the proper method to do this? Thanks in advance!

You are using an ItemsControl, which is there to display multiple similar items on an itemspanel.
Now obviously you can't add something to your ItemsPanelTemplate there you are only telling the itemscontrol which panel it should use to display its items.
Your ItemsSource and your ItemTemplate suggest that you only want to show Asteroids in your ItemsControl. So the easiest way would be to just overlay your ship onto the itemscontrol with your asteroids
<Grid>
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Asteroids}">
<ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<Canvas Background="Black"/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Polygon Fill="Gray" Points="{Binding AsteroidPoints}" />
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
<Polygon Name ="ShipPolygon" Points="{Binding Ship}" Fill="Blue" />
</Grid>
Otherwise you could add it aswell to the itemscontrol, but then need to use different ItemTemplates. And you need to handle, that your ItemsControl no longer only holds Asteroids.
Using implicit item Templates
<!-- No key, so it is implicit and automatically used-->
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type Asteroids}">
<Polygon Fill="Gray" Points="{Binding AsteroidPoints}" />
</DataTemplate>
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type Player}">
<Polygon Name ="ShipPolygon" Points="{Binding Ship}" Fill="Blue" />
</DataTemplate>
<!-- above must be in a resource section, like app.xaml -->
<Grid>
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Entities}">
<ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<Canvas Background="Black"/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
</ItemsControl>
</Grid>
Or you could use a DataTemplateSelector.