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Getting started with Expression Studio 3? Here are 4 great learning kits to help you get things started. Introduction to Prototyping with Sketchflow in Expression Blend 3 : Assets, Guide and Video Package Discover Sketchflow, a new feature set in Expression
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The idea of creating rich interactivity without code should sound very appearing to designers, because we want to turn static UI into interactive prototypes and test out our design ideas quickly. In Blend 3, “Behaviors” are packaged, re-usable building
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As your project evolves from simple sketches to prototypes, you may want to add some real interactivity to it. There are two useful tools in Blend make this really easy: Sample Data and Behaviors. This tutorial will focus on Sample Data and how designers
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Bill Buxton talks about the difference between “Sketch” and “Prototype” in this his Sketching User Experiences . (see the summary below) I agree sketching is an important part of the design process, but often times it’s hard to share our paper and pen
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Two years and an half ago, when I first joined Microsoft, we were getting ready to release Expression Studio 1. Expression Blend is a key product in the studio and works closely with Visual Studio. It was a great first step to support designers with visual
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Hi! My name is Rini Gahir. I’m the Senior Product Manager for Developer Tools (which includes Visual Studio and Expression Studio) here at Microsoft Canada. It’s an honour to be granted a regular blog spot on the Canadian User Experience blogosphere alongside
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One of our great partners out of Quebec, RunAtServer Consulting , has just created a great, three-day course on Silverlight 2 and they will be conducting it in various cities in Quebec. The details of the course can be found here and here , but it is
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Paul and Qixing have been talking about Expression 2 and the Expression Professional Subscription . I have been running Expression on my MacBook Pro since I arrived at Microsoft Canada in Parallels or with Bootcamp . It's been great having access to both
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Less then 2 months we announced the Expression Studio 2 Beta at MIX, today we shipped Studio 2. The Expression homepage also got a new look: softer and lighter compared to the dark theme for Studio 1. Check out the key features in Expression Studio 2.
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This is super exciting news! I've been telling students about Channel8 and today on Channel8, we launched an unprecedented No-Cost Software Access Program called " DreamSpark ." Microsoft DreamSpark ™ is a program that provides no-cost access to Microsoft
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Last month Tudor Whiteley (in black, Designer ) and Chris Asselin (in white, Developer) from eMedia participated in the Artists in Residency training for Silverlight and Expression Studio at our headquarter - Redmond. It's an intense 10-day training program
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Over the past 3 weeks, I have been touring across Canada giving a half-day briefing on Silverlight. It was an incredible experience as it certainly opened my eyes to what types of things are being done with Silverlight today and the buzz it has generated
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For those of you following this blog, you may know that Morten Rand-Hendriksen is blogging about his experiences using Expression Studio to create a real, live site for a product called Zufall . His commentary around his experience has been candid, providing
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Microsoft is officially launching three major products on February 27th, 2008, namely Visual Studio 2008 (formerly codenamed "Orcas"), Windows Server 2008 (formerly codenamed "Longhorn") and SQL Server 2008 (formerly codenamed "Katmai"). This is likely
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There's a great new website out now that provides you with "snack-sized" tutorials on how to build rich web experiences and applications using Silverlight and Blend. The website is called http://www.nibblestutorials.net/ and it's the brainchild of Celso
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