The Official Microsoft Expression Design Support Team Blog

The weblog of the Microsoft Expression Design support team

Color’s off when viewed on the web? It could be Browser Gamma Correction, not Expression Design

I’ve seen a few posts from people saying their colors did not match from Expression Design version 1...

Author: Will Buffington [MSFT] Date: 07/29/2009

Clarification: Pressure Sensitivity in Expression Design

We have recently been able to clarify a confusing topic regarding pressure sensitivity support in...

Author: Will Buffington [MSFT] Date: 07/17/2009

Troubleshooting Expression Design Setup problems

Lately we are seeing more setup issues with Expression Design on the Expression Design forum than we...

Author: Will Buffington [MSFT] Date: 07/08/2009

Seeing Through Your Transparency Problem

The question has been asked several times on the forums as to how you can take an existing bitmap...

Author: Will Buffington [MSFT] Date: 09/03/2008

The Industrial Strength Blog

I know it's been a while since the last blog post and I apologize. I've been writing another round...

Author: Will Buffington [MSFT] Date: 07/18/2008

Podcast 4 - Design 2: The Slice Tool

In this Microsoft Expression Podcast we'll be taking a look at one of the new features in Expression...

Author: Will Buffington [MSFT] Date: 05/16/2008

Working with hand-drawn art in Expression Design

It's just as easy to work with your hand-drawn art in Expression Design as it is any other...

Author: Will Buffington [MSFT] Date: 04/22/2008

Digital Numbers

This is a sort of different post - this one contains content. Digital numbers in a .Design file free...

Author: Will Buffington [MSFT] Date: 04/18/2008

Regular blogging to resume

Hello, all! I have been out of pocket writing internal support training for version 2 of Expression...

Author: Will Buffington [MSFT] Date: 04/14/2008

Podcast 3 - Animation in Expression (Part 2)

In this Microsoft Expression Podcast we'll be taking a look at some simple animation, starting with...

Author: Will Buffington [MSFT] Date: 04/11/2008

Let's walkthrough some paths

In the last regular blog I mentioned that we would examine some pathing operations in Expression...

Author: Will Buffington [MSFT] Date: 01/29/2008

Podcast 2 - Animation in Expression (Part 1)

In this Microsoft Expression Podcast we'll be taking a look at some simple animation, starting with...

Author: Will Buffington [MSFT] Date: 01/25/2008

"I have an MSDN subscription - why can't I download Expression Studio?"

I need to post this because I've gotten this question in email a few times. The information here was...

Author: Will Buffington [MSFT] Date: 01/09/2008

You Need an alignment adjustment

One of the first things that frustrated me about Expression Design was the (seemingly) lack of...

Author: Will Buffington [MSFT] Date: 01/04/2008

Podcast 1 - Workflow: From Expression Design to Expression Blend

This is the first Microsoft Expression Design video podcast. This is a re-rendered and re-worked...

Author: Will Buffington [MSFT] Date: 12/13/2007

Making waves about ripples

Let's do some more special effects. Today's blog post will discuss how we can take some ordinary...

Author: Will Buffington [MSFT] Date: 11/08/2007

Reflecting on reflections

Let's take a moment to ponder a banner image. It's kind of bland. And not too much going on. By the...

Author: Will Buffington [MSFT] Date: 10/30/2007

Creating cool effects with the attribute dropper

.style1 { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; } In the last blog post we...

Author: Will Buffington [MSFT] Date: 10/30/2007

Applying Styles within Expression Design

.style1 { margin: 10px; } .style2 { font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; } .style3 {...

Author: Will Buffington [MSFT] Date: 10/24/2007

Expression Design FAQs

The Official Microsoft Expression website contains great information on the Expression studio...

Author: Will Buffington [MSFT] Date: 10/22/2007

Let's talk about masks

Masks or masking is the ability to show the content of one picture within the confines of another....

Author: Will Buffington [MSFT] Date: 10/22/2007

SP1 for Design is here!

Greetings designers! Have we got something that's sure to make you salivate all over your light...

Author: Will Buffington [MSFT] Date: 10/18/2007