Expression Media 2 doesn’t render HTML files properly in a catalog on Snow Leopard. It does still work in Leopard. I have confirmed this and am providing sample screenshots below. This issue occurs in Thumbnail View and Media View. There currently...

I have had several of you ask where the Expression Media download packages are. I am providing the links below for your reference.   Expression Media Version 1: Windows: (Expression Media Post-SP1 Rollup for Microsoft Windows 1.0.9058.0) http://www...

Hello Expression Media 2 users. It’s been awhile since we’ve posted on here. Recently, we’ve had reports of some issues using Expression Media 2 on Windows 7 and Snow Leopard. Below, you’ll find the issues we’re tracking along with some possible workarounds...

We quite often have questions on the Expression Media forum about how people can take the galleries they created in Expression Media and integrate them into their overall website in Expression Web. To answer that question in a central location, here is...

The download sites for Windows build 2.0.2096.0, which replaces the original SP2, are now live. Note: the Windows versions are patches, not full installs. Make sure you look below the links for installation instructions. Links to each country’s downloads...

Hi everyone, Our Pro Photo group has announced the 4th annual Microsoft Future Pro Photographer Competition. It’s open to full time college and university students from around the world.* There are no entry fees, and students are invited to submit their...

The development team, testers, and your support team have been working hard to get a replacement for SP2 to you as soon as possible. Most of the issues have been resolved, and testing is underway. Based on user feedback we will be removing asynchronous...

Hello, I’m sorry to report that we’ve discovered two rather serious problems with SP2 in all languages: As several threads have discussed, we have two rather bad issues connected to SP2: Even if you have offline previews built, they won't show in the...

We have discovered a serious bug in Rendering Preferences for Macintosh Dutch and French versions of SP2. The development team is pulling those from the update site, and fixing the problem as quickly as they can. We expect these versions to be reposted...

Hello Everyone, The release for Expression Media 2, Service pack 2 was released for the following languages today: German, French, Italian, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean on Windows Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German...

Hi everyone, It’s been a long time since I’ve blogged here. But I have great news for the Expression Media user community, and it’s too big to just put a quick notice in the Expression Media forum! At the end of February we will release a service pack...

Hello everyone, From time to time we've had requests for the agency uploaders that iView Media Pro provided. They are finally available for Expression Media! You can get them from http://expression.microsoft.com/en-us/cc825382.aspx , downloadable as Power...

Expression Media won't be affected, but we want to make sure that everyone knows that the iView user forums are not going to be active after the end of this month. Our hosting contracts are expiring, but we are making plans to move the content to Microsoft...

This is just a quick note to let you know that the upgrade requirements for Expression Media have changed effective immediately to open up the upgrade version to a larger number of users. Users may purchase the upgrade SKU of Expression Media 2 if: ·...

Hi all, I've just returned from Photokina in Cologne, Germany. It was quite an experience. Ten huge buildings, two floors each, full of photo gear, accessories, software, printers, you name it. If it is photographic, it must have been there somewhere...

Hello All, It's come to our attention that you can use some third-party consumer upload apps successfully through Expression Media. For instance, I was able to use the Flickr uploader app from Expression Media easily. Do do that: Sign up for a Flickr...

There were some questions about product keys and which keys to use with which products. There are four products keys located behind Expression Studio 2 box. Brief description about these product keys is given below (order in which they appear on the box...

Metadata templates are a tool for saving a set of frequently used annotations and applying them to media items. A metadata template applies Annotations, People, Keywords, Scenes, Subject Codes, Categories, and Descriptions to each item selected in the...

Hello everyone, I'm pleased to be able to tell you that the updated Windows Scripting guide is now available on  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C0845865-B7C3-4DD5-B549-45A8B6F7E8F9&displaylang=en There is no comparable...

We've requested the ability to save sort orders in a future version of Expression Media, but for now, that's not a functionality we have. However, there is a relatively easy workaround that will allow you to get back to a search or sort order quickly...

Expression Media 2 includes a Virtual Earth feature that enables you to plot the location of your photographs on a world map, if your photograph contains GPS information. Or, if your photograph does not contain GPS information, you can add GPS information...

Hi all, We've had periodic reports of trouble with annotations changing unexpectedly, and we are pretty sure we have a reproduction of the issue and and explanation. A workaround, too! If you make a change to the annotations and press Enter, you will...

Another totally new thing in Expression Media 2: Silverlight HTML galleries. Granted, we only shipped one with the product, but another will be downloadable soon. We expect that people will also develop their own and want to share them. What's so different...

Many of Expression Media 2's most impressive improvements are way under the covers. Today I'd like to talk about file import - or more correctly, file ingestion. The improvements here are in two areas - reliability and performance. Let's talk about performance...

Hi everyone! The English fix release for our three top issues in Expression Media 1 has been posted, with the rest to follow very soon. This update fixes: Nikon D3 and D300 compressed NEF files crash Expression Media SP1 Custom fields have garbage characters...