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Expression Blend 2 Trial

Mix design elements like video, vector art, high quality text, animation, pixel images, and 3D content with a full toolbox of advanced controls and containers to create engaging, cinematic user interfaces. Think of it as your virtual playground.

Blend 2 supports creating content for .NET 3.5 and Silverlight 1.0.  It installs side-by-side with other versions of Blend, including the Blend 2.5 June 2008 Preview.

Expression Blend and Expression Blend 2 do not support the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 Beta, and will not work on machines updated with the Beta service pack. Please use Expression Blend 2.5 June 2008 Preview if you are testing the .NET Framework 3.5 SP 1 Beta. All versions of Expression Blend will support Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 when it is released later this year.

 

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Expression Blend 3 Preview

Get a first look at what's coming in Expression Blend 3 for creating WPF and Silverlight 3 applications. You can look forward to features including template creation from artwork, design-time annotations, more animations, C# and VB editing, and on-the-fly sample data generation.

Important notes:

  • The Expression Blend 3 Preview does not work with Visual Studio 2010 projects that are targeting .NET Framework 4. However, projects that target .NET 3.5 will work as expected with Blend 2 and Blend 3 Preview. An update to support compatibility with Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 projects is expected to be available in Q3 of 2009.
  • Expression Blend 3 Preview creates content that targets Silverlight 3.
    A Silverlight 2 project opened in Blend 3 will ask to be automatically updated to Silverlight 3. This cannot be undone. To edit Silverlight 2 Projects continue to use Expression Blend 2 SP1.

 

 

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Expression Blend 2 Service Pack 1

Expression Blend 2 SP1 (which is an evolution of the Blend 2.5 previews) provides rich authoring support for Silverlight 2. Building on the earlier Blend 2.5 releases, this Service Pack provides designers with even more control over the visual and interaction design for rich interactive web applications.

 

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Deep Zoom Composer

Deep Zoom Composer allows you to quickly import your own images, arrange and position them to your liking, and export the final output as either a Deep Zoom Image or Collection that can be fed into Silverlight's MutliScaleImage control.

Updated for compatibility with Silverlight 2.

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Colorful Expression

Colorful Expression is an add-in for Expression Blend that brings the Adobe Kuler community directly to your toolbox which adds a new palette to your design environment, making it easy to leverage the community to find the perfect color theme for your application or design.

Unify for Expression Blend 2

Unify allows you to load and configure multiple 3rd party add-ins without having to resort to the command line.

Identity Mine's Blendables

IdentityMine's Blendables Essentials mix is a collection of 10 WPF focused UX controls. Whether you need the performance enhancements offered by ElementSnapshot, the simplicity of DragAndDrop listboxes, or an engaging 3D user experience using Carousel3D, the essentials mix is sure to become an important part of your application development tool belt. For more information on the entire suite of controls visit www.blendables.com.

Electric Rain ZAM 3D v1.0 - 3D XAML Tool

ZAM 3D enables Windows Vista application developers to move beyond traditional user interface design and begin utilizing compelling and immersive 3D elements in their products. ZAM 3D exports 3D models and scenes into the XAML format which seamlessly integrates with Microsoft® Expression® Interactive Designer for further editing or compositing with 2D data, images or video, creating broadcast-quality visual experiences that will clearly differentiate WinFX applications from conventional software.

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