Expression Studio 2: set of tools for designers

18th May 2008

A new version of the package of applications for designers Expression Studio 2 has come out. The package includes programs Expression Web, Expression Blend, Expression Design, Expression Media and Expression Encoder.
The program Expression Web, positioned as a competitor to DreamWeaver and replacement to FrontPage, now fully supports import from Adobe Photoshop and editing PHP-code. There is syntax definition and automatic filling in, and in addition, developers can preview PHP-pages in the browser without installing a separate web server.
In addition, Expression Web 2 supports Silverlight 1.0: developers can edit HTML-files created with the help of Silverlight, or embed applications based on Silverlight into Web pages along with Flash files and Windows Media. In addition, there is the support of ASP.NET AJAX and import of Photoshop PSD files.
The main innovation of the program of Expression Design, designed to develop elements of 2D and 3D-graphics, is the new option of Slices. With its help you can export fragments of images into different formats, for example,. Bmp,. Psd,. Tiff and HD Photo.