subject: Put Your Creativity To Mouse and Screen With Microsoft Expressions [print this page] Microsoft not only creates Operating systems, they have delved into the web and graphics development area, creating the latest of their web design bundles, Microsoft Expressions studio 4.
After several releases of Expression studio versions, studio 4 finally arrived in June 2010 as an upgrade for Expressions studio 3. It is only available as a retail copy currently and for users licensed under the Expressions version 3 studio.
Microsoft Expressions studio is an alternative web design program built for rich digital media. It uses powerful tools to help you design for the internet, Silverlight, plus so much more. The studio consists of:
-Expression Web 4: the application to create websites with, which follows the best practice for website design.
-Expression Blend 4: the program that creates expressive and intense interactive design.
-Expression Encoder 4: A program devoted to the encoding of media, such as videos.
-Expression Design 4: The program focused on graphics design, enabling you to manipulate images and design.
Whatever you need to create for the screen, Expressions 4 has got a program for you. From creating fantastic images to the practical side of encoding media in a variety of formats, you can use the studio to create the images and implement them online.
Expression is clearly Microsoft's answer to Adobe's design studio, making them a competitor against the famous creator of the computer based design studio. If you are thinking of switching from Adobe to Microsoft's design studio, Microsoft has added some compatibility with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, so that their assets can be used in the Expressions program.
Microsoft Expressions can enhance your creative license on the computer as it incorporates the Adobe assets with the vector style of drawing, letting you have so much power over your drawings. Expressions allows you to have the means of creating something from production to the end means (on the website), allowing you to have total control over your web based projects via one studio.
