Realize your creative vision
Expression Studio opens up a new world of creative possibility. Its professional design tools give you the freedom to make your vision real - whether you're designing for standards-based Web sites, rich desktop experiences, or Silverlight.
Includes: Expression Web, Expression Blend, Expression Design, Expression Encoder
- Design tools for Silverlight and .NET
- From concept to completion
- Industry standard technologies
Greater speed and efficiency: Use a SketchFlow prototype to quickly demonstrate and iterate on ideas, application flows, screen layouts, and functionality.
Interactivity without writing code: Bring an Expression Blend project to life by adding interactivity, animation, and transitions simply using drag and drop Behaviors.
Accelerated design of effective UI: Increase the speed and flexibility with which you can envision a user interface through the effective use of sample data. Seamlessly switch to a live data feed at any time.
Streamlined design and development: Share projects, code, and designs for better productivity and quality; the smooth workflow between Expression Blend and Visual Studio helps you deliver impressive results.
Adobe Photoshop Importer: Import your Adobe Photoshop files with full control over layers and objects straight onto the design surface of all Expression products.
Advanced visual diagnostics: Debug Web pages with Snapshot Preview, which shows rendered page changes while you code, and SuperPreview, which displays your page on multiple browsers on your development machine.
Video for Silverlight: Select from a range of player templates and publish rich media experiences with Microsoft Silverlight. Choose encoding settings, including IIS Smooth Streaming.
Rich standards-based Web design: Work with nearly all essential technologies, such as PHP, CSS, HTML/XHTML, XML, XSLT, JavaScript, ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX, Silverlight, Windows Media, Adobe Flash and Photoshop files.