Microsoft Expression Design
| Microsoft Expression Design | |
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| developer | Microsoft |
| operating system | Windows 7 , Windows Vista , Windows XP |
| category | Graphics program |
| License | Freeware |
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The Microsoft Expression Design graphics program, which is part of the Microsoft Expression software family and is not available as a stand-alone product, is aimed at professional designers and developers. It is based on the vector program Expression from the software manufacturer Creature House , which was taken over by Microsoft in 2003, and was programmed using the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). The code name for Expression Design was Acrylic and was originally announced as Expression Graphic Designer before the current name was set in December 2006.
The graphics can not only be exported to the Adobe formats for Photoshop (. PSD ), Illustrator (.AI) and Acrobat (. PDF ), but also to XAML , which can be used in Microsoft Expression Blend or directly in WPF-based applications can.
In December 2012 Microsoft announced that it no longer wanted to develop the product and made version 4 available for download free of charge.
Availability
Expression Design first appeared on April 30, 2007. The current version 4 has been available in English as part of Expression Studio 4 since June 7, 2010, the German version appeared a short time later in July 2010. It is available for the Windows platform Windows XP available and requires the .NET Framework 4.0.
In September 2011 a new preliminary version was released under the name Expression Design September 2011 Preview , which among other things introduces SVG export.
Version 4 has been available as a free download since December 2012.
Web links
- Microsoft Expression - Official German homepage of Expression Studio
- Microsoft Expression Design - Official German product website for Expression Design
- Microsoft Expression team blog (english)
- Microsoft Expression Design Support Team Blog (English)
- Expression community (English)
- RIA Blog - The Expression Team's official German blog
Videos and tutorials
- Expression Tutorials (German)
- Expression Studio Webcasts (at MSDN )
- yourExpression - Independent German community for Expression Blend, with video tutorials
- English training materials for Expression Studio - starter kits, introductions, examples
- Microsoft Expression Design Tutorials - Free tutorials for Microsoft Expression Design and the web
Individual evidence
- ↑ heise Newsticker: Microsoft is discontinuing the Expression brand, two components are now available free of charge , viewed on December 28, 2012.
- ^ Expression Design September 2011 Preview , Microsoft Download Center, September 27, 2011, accessed October 6, 2011
- ↑ Download Microsoft Expression Design 4 .