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'''Microsoft Expression Design''' was [[Microsoft]]'s commercial professional illustration [[vector graphics editor|vector]] and [[raster graphics|raster]] graphic design tool for web images based on [[Creature House Expression]], which was acquired by [[Microsoft]] in 2003.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.creativemac.com/2003/11_nov/news/msch2031106b.htm | title=Update: Microsoft's Creature House Acquisition | publisher=[Creativemac.com] | date=November 6, 2003 | accessdate=February 28, 2012 | author=Nagel, David}}</ref> It is available free of charge from Microsoft and is component of the discontinued [[Microsoft Expression Studio]] suite. Expression Design is more oriented towards editing [[XAML]] and web graphics rather than print graphics (like [[Adobe Photoshop|Photoshop]] and [[Adobe Illustrator|Illustrator]]) and does not incorporate all of the raster image editing features of the original [[Creature House Expression]].

Expression Design was [[List of Microsoft codenames|codenamed]] '''''Acrylic''''' and was originally announced as '''''Expression Graphic Designer''''' until the current name was adopted in December 2006.

==History==

Expression Design was [[List of Microsoft codenames|codenamed]] '''''Acrylic Graphic Designer''''' during Microsoft Professional Developer Conference 2005 as part of [[Microsoft Expression]] professional tools for [[Windows Vista]]<ref>[http://news.microsoft.com/2005/09/14/microsoft-unveils-expression-family-of-designer-tools/ Microsoft Unveils Expression Family of Designer Tools]</ref>, and was originally announced as '''''Expression Graphic Designer''''' until the current name was adopted in December 2006.

The first version of Expression Design was released to manufacturing along with other Expression products on 30 April 2007. The RTM news was announced at Microsoft's [[MIX (Microsoft)|MIX]] 07 conference for web developers and designers.<ref>[http://blogs.msdn.com/expression/archive/2007/04/30/expression-studio-rtm-silverlight-news.aspx Expression Studio RTM news]</ref> Service Pack 1 for Expression Design was released on October 17, 2007.<ref>[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=937ADF32-0FEA-4BB7-B727-CBFBDF3FE032&displaylang=en Expression Design SP1]</ref>