Microsoft Expression Studio

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Microsoft Expression

Developer(s)	Microsoft
Stable release	2.0.133.0 / 2008-05-01; 14 months ago
Operating system	Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X (Only Expression Media 2.0)
Available in	English, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish[1]
Type	Multimedia
License	Proprietary
Website	Microsoft Expression Home Page Microsoft Expression Studio Product Page

Microsoft Expression Studio is a suite of tools for designing and building web and Windows client applications and rich digital media contents. It consists of:

• Microsoft Expression Web: Website designer and HTML editor.
• Microsoft Expression Blend: Visual user interface builder for Windows Presentation Foundation and Silverlight applications.
• Microsoft Expression Design: Raster and vector graphics editor.
• Microsoft Expression Media: Digital asset management application.
• Microsoft Expression Encoder: Digital video encoder for authoring VC-1 and H.264/MPEG-4 AVC contents.

Contents 1 Overview 2 See also 3 References 4 External links 4.1 Official Resources 4.2 Other sources

[edit] Overview

Microsoft introduced Microsoft Expression on 16 September 2005 at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. Microsoft Expression Encoder was introduced at NAB 2007. Microsoft Expression Studio was released to manufacturing on 30 April 2007. The RTM news was announced at Microsoft's MIX 07 conference for web developers and designers.^[2]

Microsoft Expression Studio 2 was released on 1 May 2008, which also included a graphical makeover for the suite to an inverse of the previous a white on black theme. This release brings all products in the suite to version 2, and now also includes Visual Studio Standard 2008. Microsoft Expression Studio is also available to students as downloads via Microsoft's DreamSpark program.

[edit] See also

• List of raster graphics editors
• Comparison of raster graphics editors
• Microsoft FrontPage, the predecessor to Expression Web
• Creature House Expression, the predecessor to Expression Design
• iView Media, the predecessor to Expression Media
• Comparison of office suites

[edit] References

1. ^ Localization and What Goes on Behind the Scenes
2. ^ Expression Studio RTM news

[edit] External links

[edit] Official Resources

• Microsoft Expression Home Page
  • Microsoft Expression Studio Home Page
• Microsoft Expression products web page
  • Microsoft Expression Studio product details
• Microsoft Expression Team blog

[edit] Other sources

• Any Expression Web Help

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