Microsoft Expression Design: Difference between revisions

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|developer = [[Microsoft]]

| discontinued = yes

| released = {{Start date and age|2007|08|30}}

|latest_release_version = 4 (8.0.31217.1)

|latest_release_date = {{releaseStart date and age|2012|12|20}}

|operating_system = [[Windows XP SP3]], [[Windows Vista]], [[Windows 7]], [[Windows Server 2008]]

|platform = [[IA-32]]; [[.NET Framework]], [[Silverlight]], [[DirectX]]

|genre = [[Vector graphics editor]]

|license = [[Freeware]]

|website = {{URL|microsoft.com/expression/}}

|microsoft.com/expression/products/Design_Overview.aspx

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'''Microsoft Expression Design''' is [[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=[http://www.creativemac.com Creativemac.com] | date=November 6, 2003 | accessdate=February 28, 2012 | author=Nagel, David}}</ref> It is part of the [[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]].

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Expression Design was codenamed '''''Acrylic''''' and was originally announced as '''''Expression Graphic Designer''''' until the current name was adopted in December 2006.

==AvailabilityHistory==

The finalfirst 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>

Expression Design requires the [[.NET Framework 3.0]] as it uses [[Windows Presentation Foundation]]. Expression Design is not available as an individual product, but rather only as part of the [[Expression Studio]] suite. Originally Expression Studio was not included in any [[MSDN]] subscription, but in 2007 Microsoft added it to the highest level MSDN Subscription.<ref>[http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/aa718657.aspx MSDN Subscription information page]</ref> Version 2 was released in May 2008 as part of Expression Studio 2.

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==External links==

*{{Official website|http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/Design_Overview.aspx}}

*[http://blogs.msdn.com/expression/ Microsoft Expression team blog] - News, samples, tutorials for the Suite.

*[http://blogs.msdn.com/xdesignsupport/ Expression Design blog] - focusing on Expression Design.

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