Microsoft Expression Studio

Microsoft Expression Studio
Microsoft Expression
Microsoft Expression logo
Developer(s) Microsoft
Stable release 4.0 / June 7, 2010; 16 months ago (2010-06-07)
Operating system Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X (Only Expression Media)
Available in English, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish[1]
Type Multimedia
License Proprietary
Website Microsoft Expression Home Page
Microsoft Expression Community Page
Microsoft Expression Studio Product Page

Microsoft Expression Studio is a suite of tools for designing and building web and Windows client applications and rich digital media contents.

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Overview

Microsoft introduced Microsoft Expression on September 16, 2005, at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. Microsoft Expression Encoder was introduced at NAB 2007. Microsoft Expression Studio was released to manufacturing on April 30, 2007. The RTM news was announced at Microsoft's MIX 07 conference for web developers and designers.[2]

Microsoft Expression Studio 2 was released on May 1, 2008, which also included a graphical makeover for the suite to an inverse of the previous a white on black theme. This release brings all products in the suite to version 2, and now also includes Visual Studio Standard 2008. Microsoft Expression Studio is also available to students as downloads via Microsoft's DreamSpark program.

Microsoft Expression Studio 3 was released on July 22, 2009, This release brings all products in the suite to version 3, with significant improvements especially targeting Silverlight 3. Expression Media is no longer a part of package, while all other products have been significantly improved and enriched.[3]

On June 7, 2010, Expression Studio 4 was released. Expression Studio 4 is a free upgrade for licensed Expression Studio 3 users, but only for retail copies.

Applications

The suite consists of:

Formerly included:

Limitations

Until version 2, Expression Web was the only application in the Expression Studio suite based on Microsoft Office code and dependencies. [4] With version 3, Expression Web was rewritten in Windows Presentation Foundation, in line with the rest of the Expression Suite, without Microsoft Office dependencies, essentially making it a new managed code program. A result of the complete rewrite was features like customizable toolbars and menus, standard Windows color scheme, spell check, DLL addins, file menu export feature, drag-and-drop between remote sites, comparing sites by timestamp were removed in this version.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Other features do not work reliably or are incomplete, like Undo for instance. [9] [10] Version 3 introduced Expression Web 3 SuperPreview tool for comparing and rendering webpage in various different browsers. Also noted was the lack of support for root relative links, links that start with a "/" to refer to the root of a web server. This feature was added with Expression 3 Service Pack 1.[11]

The version of Expression Encoder Pro 4 available as part of Expression Studio in programs like DreamSpark, BizSpark, WebsiteSpark and through MSDN Ultimate does not include royalty incurring codec and standards support for exporting in MP4 format (H.264 video and AAC audio).[12] It also does not include import filters for TS, M2TS, AVCHD, MPEG-2, and AC-3 although if third party DirectShow filters are installed, it is able to import these formats as is the free version.[12] Expression Encoder Pro version available in retail does not have these limitations. The free version available to everyone and included in MSDN Premium lacks IIS Live Smooth Streaming and unlimited screen capture.[13]

With the release of Expression Studio 4, three editions of Expression Studio were introduced: Expression Studio 4 Web Professional (includes Expression Encoder, Design and Web), Expression Studio 4 Premium (adds Blend to the suite) and Expression Studio 4 Ultimate (adds SketchFlow). MSDN subscribers receive only the SKU of Expression Studio 4 that corresponds to their Visual Studio 2010 license. As such, MSDN Premium users do not get SketchFlow.

Some editions of Expression Studio also include product activation.

See also

References

  1. ^ Localization and What Goes on Behind the Scenes
  2. ^ Expression Studio RTM news
  3. ^ Expression Studio 3 overview - including all tools
  4. ^ a b How to customize Toolbar Icons in Expression Web 3
  5. ^ Expression Web 3 File Export Function Missing?
  6. ^ Why I can't copy files between two sites on Expression Web 3?
  7. ^ Using timestamps to compare if remote website has changed (EW 3)
  8. ^ Has Expression Web a future?
  9. ^ Expression web 4 undo is broke. When will it be fixed?
  10. ^ Buggy Undo still present in EW4
  11. ^ Moscinski, Todd (April 26, 2010). "Different types of hyperlinks". Microsoft Expression Web team blog. Microsoft corporation. http://blogs.msdn.com/xweb/archive/2010/04/26/different-types-of-hyperlinks.aspx. Retrieved August 25, 2010. 
  12. ^ a b Expression Encoder 4 Information
  13. ^ Expression Encoder 4: Compare features

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