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The team blog of the Expression Blend and Design products.
Deep Zoom Composer Updated – July 2009 / Release Candidate
Last week, to coincide with the release of Expression Blend + SketchFlow RC and Silverlight 3, we...
Author: kirupa Date: 07/13/2009
Overview of New Features in Expression Blend 3 + SketchFlow: Part III
Hi everyone, Continuing the overview of all the new features we introduced in Expression Blend 3,...
Author: kirupa Date: 07/12/2009
Overview of New Features in Expression Blend 3 + SketchFlow: Part II
In the previous post, we starting glancing at the new features in Expression Blend 3 + SketchFlow....
Author: kirupa Date: 07/11/2009
Overview of New Features in Expression Blend 3 + SketchFlow: Part 1
As you all have probably seen by now, we released the release candidate of Expression Blend 3 +...
Author: kirupa Date: 07/10/2009
Expression Blend 3 + SketchFlow RC Released
Many of you have been waiting, but wait no more! The RC (Release Candidate) version of Expression...
Author: kirupa Date: 07/10/2009
Resurrecting a Beloved Deep Zoom Composer Feature
In our latest release of Deep Zoom Composer, we removed a feature that all of you liked a lot. While...
Author: kirupa Date: 07/10/2009
Deep Zoom Composer – Adding Links, Creating Menus, and Creating Slideshows
Hi everyone, As many of you may have noticed, our new release of Deep Zoom Composer contains a lot...
Author: kirupa Date: 07/08/2009
Hatching Effect Shader for both Siverlight and WPF
Hi everyone, As you all may know, both Silverlight 3 and WPF 3.5 SP1 introduced support for effects...
Author: kirupa Date: 07/06/2009
Deep Zoom Composer - June 2009 Preview!
We know you’ve been waiting, and we know you just can’t wait any longer, so here it is: Download...
Author: kirupa Date: 06/19/2009
Instead of Telling What We are Working On…Here is a Screenshot Instead!
It’s been a while since we released a preview of Expression Blend 3 at MIX. We’ve been working...
Author: kirupa Date: 05/28/2009
Three Posts on Blend 3’s Photoshop Import Functionality
Hi everyone, There are three really good posts on Janete Perez’s blog that covers the PhotoShop...
Author: kirupa Date: 05/27/2009
Check out Rooler – A free Screen Measurement Utility!
Fellow Blender, Pete Blois, has written a small application called Rooler that allows you to make...
Author: kirupa Date: 05/26/2009
Opening Blend 3 Projects without Actually Having Blend Installed
Since we released our preview at MIX, there have been a fair number of questions revolving around...
Author: kirupa Date: 05/22/2009
Link Round-Up: Behaviors-Related Posts
In the past couple of weeks, there have been a great number of great blog posts on Behaviors, and...
Author: kirupa Date: 05/19/2009
Thinking Outside the XAP – Blend 3 and Support for Web Sites!
One of the features that we added in Expression Blend 3 is the ability for you to create Silverlight...
Author: kirupa Date: 05/05/2009
Deep Zoom Composer Updated to Support Publishing to DeepZoomPix!
Hi everyone, We have just released another preview of Deep Zoom Composer, and you can download it...
Author: kirupa Date: 04/16/2009
Creating and Editing Gradients in Expression Blend 3 Preview
One of our goals for Expression Blend 3 is to provide better tools and user experience for visual...
Author: kirupa Date: 04/08/2009
Behaviors Under the Hood – API Details and Constraining the Type
Jeff Kelly is back with Part II of his behaviors triple-feature. This time, he focuses on more...
Author: kirupa Date: 03/30/2009
Round-Up of Blog Posts (and other Activities) by the Expression Blend Team!
It’s been a week since MIX09 started, and since then, many of us Blenders have been busy writing...
Author: kirupa Date: 03/25/2009
An Introduction to Behaviors, Triggers, and Actions
The following post is written by Jeff Kelly, one of the developers who worked extensively on both...
Author: kirupa Date: 03/23/2009
A Look at SketchFlow
Christian Schormann has written a nice article on SketchFlow, so be sure to check it out at the...
Author: kirupa Date: 03/18/2009
Download Expression Blend 3 Preview!
Hi everyone, To follow up on our announcements made today at MIX 09, we are excited to provide a...
Author: kirupa Date: 03/18/2009
Meet Members of the Expression Blend, Design, and DZC Teams at Mix 09!
Mix 09 this year is going to be pretty interesting – especially if you are an Expression Blend...
Author: kirupa Date: 03/17/2009
"Page Cannot Be Found" Issue when Previewing via Expression Blend
When you preview a Silverlight application in Expression Blend, we run the ASP.NET Web Development...
Author: kirupa Date: 03/16/2009
Deep Zoom Composer – February 2009 Preview Released
Hi everyone, We have just released another update to Deep Zoom Composer, and you can download it...
Author: kirupa Date: 02/18/2009
What Would you Like to See in Future Releases of Deep Zoom Composer?
Hi everyone, After a bit of a break, we are currently getting the next preview of Deep Zoom Composer...
Author: kirupa Date: 02/13/2009
Meet Members of the Blend and Design Teams at MIX
As many of you know, MIX is Microsoft’s design-focused conference held in Las Vegas near the...
Author: kirupa Date: 01/31/2009
A UserControl base class for Visual State Manager
As you know, Visual State Manager is a Silverlight 2 (and WPF Toolkit) platform feature that makes...
Author: kirupa Date: 01/05/2009
Creating Falling Snow in Silverlight!
Exactly a year ago (plus one day…but who’s counting?!), I posted a sample WPF application that...
Author: kirupa Date: 12/27/2008
Holiday Savings – Add Expression Blend 2 to Your Design Tool Set
Hi everyone. The following post is written by Renee Yong, Marketing Manager for Expression. I hope...
Author: kirupa Date: 12/23/2008
Deep Zoom Composer has been Updated: Documentation and Bug Fixes!
Yesterday, we released another update to Deep Zoom Composer, and you can download it from the...
Author: kirupa Date: 12/22/2008
Hello DeepZoomTools.DLL : Deep Zoom Image Tile Generation Made Easy
In our most recent release of Deep Zoom Composer, one of the major changes we made was to change how...
Author: kirupa Date: 11/26/2008
Deep Zoom Composer Updated: Seadragon Ajax Support, New API, and more!
Today, we released another update to Deep Zoom Composer, and you can download it from the following...
Author: kirupa Date: 11/24/2008
2.5D UserControl for Silverlight 2
2.5D (two-and-a-half D) is a way of using 2D objects to give a very convincing illusion of 3D. I’ve...
Author: kirupa Date: 11/17/2008
PDC 2008 Session – Microsoft Expression Blend: Tips and Tricks
If you were unable to attend the PDC this year, don’t worry! Because all of the sessions have been...
Author: kirupa Date: 11/13/2008
Blend 2 SP1 + WPF Toolkit = Visual State Manager for WPF
The Blend 2 Service Pack 1 contains a secret ingredient that can be activated by installing the WPF...
Author: kirupa Date: 10/30/2008
Simulating Sample Data in Blend 2 SP1
Using sample data can make designing your Silverlight 2 applications more predictable. Given some...
Author: kirupa Date: 10/27/2008
Deep Zoom Composer Updated for Silverlight 2 (And More!)
Yesterday was a busy day, for we released an updated version of Deep Zoom Composer as well! You can...
Author: kirupa Date: 10/14/2008
Download Expression Blend 2 SP1
Yesterday night, to coincide with the release of Silverlight 2, we released Expression Blend 2 SP1....
Author: kirupa Date: 10/14/2008
Silverlight 2 RC Compatible Deep Zoom Project Templates
Because the Silverlight 2 RC that was released is aimed primarily at developers wishing to update...
Author: kirupa Date: 09/27/2008
Expression Blend 2 SP1 Preview Released
Today, we have released a preview of Expression Blend 2 Service Pack 1 that allows you to create...
Author: kirupa Date: 09/25/2008
Editing in Visual Studio 2008 Instead of Visual Studio 2005
In Expression Blend 2, when you choose to edit a code file or insert an event handler for an event,...
Author: kirupa Date: 09/23/2008
Deep Zoom Developer Resources
Since we released Deep Zoom Composer a while ago at MIX, we relied extensively on all of you to both...
Author: kirupa Date: 09/08/2008
Cutting Shapes in Expression Blend
Currently, Expression Blend does not have a scissor tool which allows you to cut shapes like you can...
Author: kirupa Date: 08/26/2008
How to Animate a Drawing Line
In Blend you use the Pen tool to draw lines and they appear in the XAML as <Path> elements....
Author: kirupa Date: 08/15/2008
Do You Want to Help Implement Interesting Ideas? The Blend Team needs you!
A few months ago, we asked you for feedback on what are some of the things you would like to see...
Author: kirupa Date: 08/06/2008
Deep Zoom Composer Updated (Again!)
To address many of the issues you all had with the PhotoZoom functionality, we have released an...
Author: kirupa Date: 08/04/2008
Download the New Deep Zoom Composer Preview!
A few hours ago, we released another update to Deep Zoom Composer. Click on the link below to...
Author: kirupa Date: 08/02/2008
Collection of Expression Blend Learning Resources
This post will try to showcase an updated list of useful (and free!) training material available for...
Author: kirupa Date: 07/27/2008
Where do You Go to Learn More About Expression Blend?
One of the things that we are planning on doing is providing easier access to learning content....
Author: kirupa Date: 07/25/2008