Let's take a moment to ponder a banner image. It's kind of bland. And not too much going on. By the way, that font I'm using is called 'Pupcat'. Let's do a couple of things to spice the banner up a bit and make it more appealing. We will add a texture...

In the last blog post we briefly talked about the attribute dropper tool which allows you to copy styles from a source object to a target object. The way to use it is to hover the mouse pointer over the source object, which is the object you want to copy...

When I first started using ED, it wasn't immediately clear to me how to save a style and then apply it later. What I mean by this is let's say I have an object, a circle, among a whole page of circles that I've set my stroke width, color and a gradient...

The Official Microsoft Expression website contains great information on the Expression studio products and frequently asked questions (FAQs). Here are some additional FAQs taken directly from customer interaction with the product. These FAQs assume you...

Masks or masking is the ability to show the content of one picture within the confines of another. Imagine you have a large photo and you want to take a portion of that photo and put it in a nice wooden frame that you bought. You have two objects, the...

Greetings designers! Have we got something that's sure to make you salivate all over your light table - Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Expression Design is finally here! Well, not here here, like not on this blogsite, but as sure as you can click a mouse...