Microsoft Expression Studio

Microsoft Expression Studio 4 Ultimate 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 websites, rich desktop experiences, or Silverlight. Includes Expression Blend 4 + SketchFlow, Expression Studio 4 Web Professional, Expression Design 4, and Expression Encoder 4 Pro.

Fast, flexible, seamless workflow adapts to you and your team
Quickly create an effective prototype to present ideas, user interface flows, screen layouts, and application functionality to your clients
Accelerate the speed and flexibility with which you can create your application designs through the effective use of sample data
Create elegant, modern CSS layouts with state-of-the-art, editable design surface with the ability to directly manipulate positioning, sizing, margins, and padding
Prepare video for Silverlight—encode a wide array of video file formats, stream live from webcams and camcorders, or screen capture your PC with Expression Encoder

Web supports PHP, CSS, HTML/XHTML, XML, XSLT, JavaScript, ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX, Silverlight, Windows Media, Adobe Flash, and Adobe Photoshop files
Bring a project to life by adding control of transitions, interactivity, and animation to your applications with the Behaviors feature
Generate design-time data on the fly, import via XML, or create from C# objects, then seamlessly swap for a live data connection at any time
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
Import Photoshop files layer by layer, regroup them, and allow individual elements to retain their original formats, layers, layer positions, editable text, and vectors

Expression Studio 4 Web Professional

Expression Studio 4 Web Professional includes a complete set of professional design and development tools for creating modern standards-based websites, streaming video, and web graphics. It includes three professional applications that work together: Expression Web 4, Expression Encoder 4, and Expression Design 4.

Sophisticated tools give you precise control over layout and formatting
Supports both standard and HD video encoding with easy-to-use presets, or set your own encoding options
Professional code editor makes your editing and debugging quicker and easier
Explore new artistic possibilities and create compelling graphic designs and illustrations
Easily add Silverlight, Flash, Deep Zoom, or Windows Media files with drag-and-drop control
Integrate vector artwork and bitmap images in the same document to create hybrid compositions
Import Photoshop files directly, with complete control over the layers imported and the converted image format (PNG, GIF, and JPEG)
Enjoy support of PHP, HTML/XHTML, XML/XSLT, CSS, JavaScript, ASP.NET or ASP.NET AJAX, Silverlight, Flash, Windows Media, and Photoshop

Built-in accessibility checker helps ensure your websites fully meet screen reader accessibility standards
Imports and exports a wide variety of standard file formats, including PSD, XAML, and PNG
SuperPreview feature lets you debug your pages in multiple browsers on the same machine that you use for development
Generate elegant, modern CSS layouts with a state-of-the-art design surface
Quickly encode and insert high-quality WMV, VC-1, and H.264 Silverlight video into your website
Choose the FTP method for publishing your site, whether FTP, SFTP, or FTPS, depending on what your web server requires

Expression Blend 4

Expression Blend, Visual Studio, Silverlight and .NET provide a seamless design and development workflow. Ideas evolve from your initial prototyping with SketchFlow, a feature included with Expression Studio Ultimate, to the completed project quickly and effectively, enabling you to create compelling applications for your customers.

Need more information? See the Quick Start Guide (5 Mb, pdf)

Expression Web 4

Microsoft® Expression® Web gives you the tools you need – PHP, HTML/XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX, visual diagnostics, cross-browser debugging features & sophisticated CSS design capability – to produce high-quality, standards-based web sites.

Need more information? See the Quick Start Guide (5 Mb, pdf)

Expression Encoder 4

With Expression Encoder Pro, encode a wide array of video file formats, stream live, or screen capture your PC. Make simple edits and enhance your media with overlays and advertising. Choose from a range of player templates and publish rich media experiences with Microsoft Silverlight.

Need more information? See the Quick Start Guide (5 Mb, pdf)

Expression Design 4

Microsoft® Expression Design 4 is the perfect companion to Expression Blend or Expression Web. Leverage existing artwork or use drawing tools to quickly build vector assets with their fidelity maintained throughout the entire design-development workflow.

Need more information? See the Quick Start Guide (5 Mb, pdf)

Expression Studio

Expression Studio 4 Ultimate

Overview

Expression Studio 4 Web Professional

Expression Blend 4

Expression Web 4

Expression Encoder 4

Expression Design 4