Silverlight 3 + Expression 3 Launch

nparker — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:49:00 GMT

I previously blogged about the release of Silverlight 3. Today I want to expand on this and talk about the Release To Manufacturing of Expression Studio 3 and DeepZoom Composer.

Having used these products and technologies for a little while now I racked my brain to figure out the best way to communicate the capabilities of each of these technologies to you.

All too often with the nature of blogging, tweeting and instant feedback the best projects/ ideas and implementations get referenced but lost as quickly as they are found. IMO it is important to step back, take a breath and look at what is still impressing you days or weeks later. By grouping these things together into a single cohesive piece of work you can then tell a story that marks a moment in time and is compelling to a broader group of people.

So that is what I did… I chose to use the latest version of the tools and platforms to showcase what I think is the most awesome work that is being done here in New Zealand and around the world. I apologise now if I missed your project out but feel free to drop a link in the comments so others can experience it.

The experience that I built leverages IIS Smooth Streaming and I have removed all the standard video player UI that I hope is not required to watch this showcase (buffer UI, scrub bar, timer, volume control etc). That said the video chunks are coming from a US media server (unfortunately) so I have found that they do tend to play out below their maximum quality to most people in New Zealand. For this reason I have added a download option for those wanting to download and experience the video in full HD.

If you like what you see remember to click the Twitter icon and feed the social media juggernaut!

Silverlight 3 Released

nparker — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:16:00 GMT

Silverlight 3 was released to the web today along with it a new release candidate build of Expression Blend 3 that includes SketchFlow.

Check out the new C9 Video – with Scott Guthrie & Christian Schormann

Also there are new landing pages for

There are a couple of great Silverlight 3 Out of Browser Examples:

thirsteen23 – Silverlight 3 TED Video Player
sobees – social desktop aggregator (right click to go out of browser)

Also I recommend that you check out What’s new in Expression Encoder 3 in the way of OOB support.

In Encoder 3, if you choose to enable offline support when you publish a Silverlight video, the user will have the option of downloading and installing not only the media player code but also the video and audio files.
This feature also works in conjunction with IIS Smooth Streaming so you get the benefit of adaptive streaming when online and a downloaded, high quality version to watch when away from a network.

Check out the Top Silverlight Features especially the new extensible media format support with RAW AV rocks!

Tim Heuer has a great post on what is new and what has changed.

To install all the new bits take a trip over to http://silverlight.net/GetStarted/

For Deep Zoom there is a new version of Deep Zoom Composer which brings back source code and an updated version of RiaServices at http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/RiaServices - Business Apps Example for Silverlight 3 RTM and .NET RIA Services July Update: Part 2: Rich Data Query

Christian has posted SketchFlow Concepts: An Overview and there is are new Blend 3 and Web 3 overview videos available.

Check out http://seethelight.com which is the official launch site that has recently gone live.

Stay tuned to the Silverlight and Expression Studio Virtual Press Room and Twitter for more updates!

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Silverlight 3 + Expression 3 Launch

Silverlight 3 Released