Microsoft Debuts Newest Version of Designer App


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Expression Studio 2 is designed for professional designers and is aimed directly at what may be a vulnerable Adobe.

Microsoft announced May 1 the release to manufacturing of Expression Studio 2, the latest version of the software giant's suite of design tools aimed at professional designers and focused on the market dominated by Adobe Systems.
Microsoft's suite of professional design tools consists of Expression Web 2, Expression Blend 2, Expression Design 2, Expression Media 2 and Expression Encoder 2 and works with Microsoft's core developer tools, Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008, to make for a smooth designer-developer workflow, the company said.

Adobe also is working on technology to enhance designer-developer workflow with a tool code-named Thermo, which is currently under development in Adobe Labs.

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Microsoft delivered a beta release of Expression Studio 2 at its MIX conference in March. The release to the Web of the suite comes a year after the last major release of its components.

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