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Cutting Shapes in Expression Blend

Currently, Expression Blend does not have a scissor tool which allows you to cut shapes like you can in Expression Design. Instead, what you do have are geometric operations that allow you to not only achieve a similar result as “cutting a shape” but Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 26, 2008 12:21 PM by xprblog | 4 Comments

Expression Blend 2 and Expression Design 2 Released!

In case you missed our announcements and 3rd party coverage , we shipped Expression Studio 2 yesterday! You can download trial versions of all our applications by visiting our Downloads Page ! This post will focus more on Expression Blend and Design, Read More...
Posted Friday, May 02, 2008 12:31 PM by xprblog | 7 Comments

Creating your Own Vista "Chrome" Style Button

In this blog post I’d like to show a way to create your own “chrome” like button template that can be easily modified and used over and over again using Expression Design.  This post is targeted for the absolute beginner, so if Read More...
Posted Saturday, February 16, 2008 9:21 PM by xprblog | 14 Comments

Silverlight 2.0, Sprawl, and a Dash of Snoop!

Last week, the plans for Silverlight 2.0 were announced with a number of features that can be expected including layout, databinding, controls and templating. On the Blend team we’re extremely excited about the features arriving in Silverlight 2.0 Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 11, 2007 12:55 PM by xprblog | 6 Comments

Game Graphics Created in Expression Design

Today I wanted to share some game prototyping graphics created in Expression Design.   These are useful for would-be game developers who happen to be missing a set of quality graphics and/or people who want sample files that can help them understand Read More...
Posted Friday, November 30, 2007 12:48 PM by xprblog | 6 Comments

Create Glassy Feedback Buttons

Create glassy feedback buttons easily using Microsoft Expression Design . Here are the steps: 1. Choose the Rectangle tool and, while holding the Shift key, drag a square shape 250 pixels square. On the Edit Rectangle panel that appears on the Properties Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 17, 2007 3:42 PM by xprblog | 4 Comments

Creating a Vista Style Button Template

Vista UI designs for buttons have a very distinct look. With the gradient and shine effects that compose this style it would be useful to be able to create buttons with this style and provide an easy way to change just the base background color so that Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 17, 2007 3:36 PM by xprblog | 14 Comments

Creating a Vista Style Button Template Tutorial

A new tutorial by Rick Engle shows you how to create a Vista-style button template using Expression Design. Be sure to check it out by clicking here ! Read More...
Posted Friday, June 08, 2007 11:27 AM by xprblog | 4 Comments

Samples and Tutorials Gallery - Expression Design

To view a sample or tutorial, click on one of the thumbnails or links below. Some samples also have supporting tutorials. These are indicated with a check mark. Sample Tutorial available? Glassy Feed Buttons in Expression Design Create glassy feedback Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 05, 2007 4:45 PM by xprblog | 6 Comments

Glassy Feed Buttons in Expression Design

Annie Ford explains how to create glassy buttons in Design. Click here to read more about it! Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 29, 2007 1:52 PM by xprblog | 5 Comments

New version of the Expression Design December CTP is available

An updated version of the Expression Design December CTP is now available that no longer expires at the beginning of 2007. This should let you start testing again with hopefully a minimal interruption. The team appreciates all the great feedback we've Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 16, 2007 6:17 PM by xprblog | 1 Comments
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Fix coming for Expression Design December CTP shutdown issue

Expression Design Users, If you have tried to use Expression Design after December 31st, 2006 you have no doubt found that the product is not working. This was caused by an unfortunate time-related bug in the code that somehow escaped our rigorous testing. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 02, 2007 2:05 PM by xprblog | 2 Comments
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Expression Design -- New name, new UI

Expression Design is a vector based graphics design tool that is part of Expression Studio. It is targeted at graphic designers who need to build visual assets for new WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) applications. The goal of Exrpession Design is Read More...
Posted Monday, December 04, 2006 7:40 PM by xprblog | 1 Comments
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Expression Blend goes Beta, Big Changes to Expression Design CTP

Today we are going public with beta 1 of Expression Blend, and a new CTP for Expression Design. Before you ask – these are the new product names for what previously was known as Expression Interactive Designer and Expression Graphic Designer. Much more Read More...
Posted Monday, December 04, 2006 8:56 AM by xprblog | 2 Comments
 
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