Microsoft Expression Studio
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| Developer(s) | Microsoft |
| Stable release | 3.0 / July 22, 2009 |
| 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.
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[edit] Overview
Microsoft introduced Microsoft Expression on September 16, 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 April 30, 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 May 1, 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.
Microsoft Expression Studio 3 was released on July 22, 2009, This release brings all products in the suite to version 3, with significant improvements especially targeting Silverlight 3. Expression Media is no longer a part of package, while all other products have been significantly improved and enriched.[3]
[edit] Applications
The suite consists of:
- Microsoft Expression Web: Website designer and HTML editor.
- Microsoft Expression Blend + SketchFlow: 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 (As of Expression Studio 3, this is no longer included).
- Microsoft Expression Encoder: Digital video encoder for authoring VC-1 and H.264/MPEG-4 AVC contents.
[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
- ^ Localization and What Goes on Behind the Scenes
- ^ Expression Studio RTM news
- ^ Expression Studio 3 overview - including all tools
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