Description
Range of professional design tools Expression from Microsoft. Its key component of the Expression Studio is an integrated tool platform that supports the interaction of developers who create products for the Web, Windows Vista applications, etc.
Expression Studio includes Expression Web, designed to create Web-sites based on existing standards; Expression Blend - to develop a variety of interactive systems under Windows; Expression Design - for design of visual elements for Web and Windows; and the new Expression Media, provides digital content and unifying workflow software system.
Expression Media based on the iView MediaPro, Microsoft acquired this year, supports more than 100 media formats, provides offline access to visual catalogs, making it easy to use digital content, and includes Expression Media Encoder - a complete solution for the preparation, encoding and deployment of high-definition video and audio Data for Web and Windows. CTP Expression Media is expected early in 2007
Released Community Technology Preview (CTP) solutions Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere (WPF / E) - cross-platform browser plug-in module for the delivery of high definition media, animation and video technology-based Windows Media. Expression Media and Expression Design provide support copyright content for WPF / E CTP.
Expression Web is already on sale at a retail price of $ 299, with the option to upgrade to FrontPage Expression Web for $ 99. In II quarter 2007, sales will go Expression Blend for $ 499, Expression Media - $ 299, and the full version Expression Studio - $ 599. Expression Web, users can upgrade to Expression Studio with a surcharge of $ 349. All decisions of the ruler Expression for English-speaking markets will be supplied with a demonstration and training video programs.
Requirements
Operating System: Windows Vista Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) Minimum System Requirements: Intel Pentium or AMD processor, 1 GHz with MMX or equivalent 512 MB of RAM 1 GB available hard disk space Graphics processor that is DirectX 9-capable 1024 x 768 monitor resolution with 24-bit color
