Finally! And I say that not meaning that "it is about time", but "how exciting"! On Thursday of last week, Expression Studio 2, in all its new feature goodness, was released. There is just no way to list all the cool features that have been added in version 2 of all the products.
For those of you who have been using the preview releases of the Expression suite of products, you know how exciting it is that version 2 has been released. There are some extraordinary new features in version 2 of all the products (I look forward to recording videos taking advantage of some of the new features).
For those of you who have not used the preview releases, you are in for a big surprise! There are some absolutely awesome new features to be found in version 2. Once you use version 2, you will wonder how you could have ever used version 1!
For those of you who have not used any of the Expression products, what in the world are you waiting on? How could you not use such a great product? Seriously, there is something here for everyone. Expression Web is a great tool to help build standards-based web sites. Expression Design is a great vector graphics tool. Don't get me wrong...it still has a ways to go and is no Illustrator or Photoshop, but its easy integration with the other Expression products makes it a win win! Expression Blend is the only way to go when working with XAML. Whether you are building Silverlight applications or WPF applications, you need Blend! Expression Media is an asset management tool that makes organizing and working with media assets super easy! Expression Encoder is the tool for you if you work with encoding video for multiple devices/platforms/scenarios. You definitely want to give these tools a try!
Take a look at version 2 and fall in love all over again!