This high level overview will give you an understanding of what’s new in the five products in the Expression Studio family.

This session gives an understanding of how to incorporate new features in Blend 3.0 into WPF and Silverlight applications prototyping workflow.

 This session is a quick feature tour through the new features of Expression Blend 3.

Learn about the Border Control in Expression Blend. Given the flexibility built into it, the Border Control demonstrates a good deal of potential when used in UI Designs.

Presenter:

Jason Campbell, User Experience Evangelist, Silverlight | Switch

An Accelerator is one of the cool features of Internet Explorer 8. Learn how to use and create Accelerator. Starfinder with IMDB is used as our example in this video.

Presenter:

 Jason Campbell, User Experience Evangelist, Silverlight | Switch

The Resource Dictionary, a simple but powerful feature of Expression Blend, allows you to organize and reuse styles created for an application. In this video, learn take advantage of resource dictionaries.

Presenter:

 Jason Campbell, User Experience Evangelist, Silverlight | Switch

Learn to use states and behaviors to manage the content and storyboards of a simple website using Expression Blend. Learn to add another level of interaction with a simple color changer.

Presenter:

Jason Campbell, User Experience Evangelist, Silverlight | Switch

Learn about Storyboard Interactions in Expression Blend with an emphasis on interface animation.

Presenter:

Jason Campbell, User Experience Evangelist, Silverlight | Switch

SketchFlow, an experience prototyping tool, is one of the coolest features of Blend 3. Understand what SketchFlow is and learn how to get started with it.

Presenter: Jason Campbell, User Experience Evangelist, Silverlight | Switch

Presenter: Joshua Eklund

In part 2 of our series we focus on Expression Design. This vector-based content creation tool is a powerful addition to the designer’s arsenal. Through lecture and hands-on demonstrations, this 1 hr. session will show how to create graphics in Expression Design and export them as bitmaps or XAML based vectors for use in desktop and web-based applications.

Presenter: Joshua Eklund

In part 3 of our series we will dive into Expression Design. We will begin by comparing and contrasting several of the tools and functions in Expression Design and Expression Blend. Many people perceive an overlap in functionality between several aspects of these two very different tools. Through lecture and hands-on demonstrations, this 1 hr. session will demystify where Design ends and Blend begins, and help users understand when to use one versus the other.

Presenter: Joshua Eklund

Microsoft Expression Design is a powerful vector creation tool that allows user to design cutting edge graphics. By taking advantage of Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) designers can now create and share graphics with the confidence that their designs will look exactly as they envisioned them, quickly and without compromise. This session will give users the information they need to quickly get up to speed with Expression Designs feature rich environment.

Microsoft Expression Blend is the go-to application to bridge the gap between design and development. Users can create graphic elements in XAML, or import them from Expression Design and create robust, next generation UI’s for the Web and WPF. This session will give users the information they need to dive into layouts, interaction, controls, animation and other elements of Expression Blend.

Microsoft Expression Web delivers powerful design tools and task panes to design for ASP.NET, PHP and XML. With an industry leading CSS editor it’s never been easier to get a standards based website up and running fast. This session will familiarize users with the features of this powerful new tool.

Microsoft Expression Encoder gives designers, editors and producers the ability to generate gorgeous VC-1-encoded content wrapped in a Silverlight experience. Encode a wide array of file formats, produce live events, or run batch encodes from the command line to make your media ready for Silverlight. This session provides a detailed overview of Encoders functionality and gives users a clear picture of its power and usability.

Microsoft Expression Media gives you a central repository for all of your media assets. Images, video, illustrations, sound files, fonts, HTML, documents—they’re no match for the organizational power of Expression Media. This session will show users how to organize, browse, search, and annotate your digital files with Expression Media.

The Heart and Soul of Microsoft Expression Design, the numerous vector creation tools in Design allows users to bring their designs to life. Mastering these tools is essential for anyone using Expression Design for graphics creation. This session will take you in depth and explain the fine details of Designs vector creation tools.

You’ve created the perfect UI design. Now what? Creating graphics is important, but exporting them is where Microsoft Expression Design really shines through. Whether it’s traditional bitmaps or the power of XAML you’re after, this session will show you everything you need to know about exporting assets from Expression Design.

Microsoft Blend allows users to create complex UI’s, and with that comes complex projects and hierarchies. Learn how to navigate the structure that holds your application together.

Microsoft Blend has a variety of robust content containers to help you create the perfect UI. Learn how these Layout Controls interact with content and with each other in your application.