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Expression Blend 3 is a user interface design tool that lets designers create application interfaces that can be completed by developers with minimal modification. The interface designs can be used either for desktop applications that run on Microsoft's Windows Presentation Foundation or for rich Internet applications that run on Silverlight, Microsoft's cross-platform, cross-browser application framework.
Expression Blend 3 introduces SketchFlow, a tool that enables designers to create a prototype of the flow and layout of an application. The prototype runs in the SketchFlow Player, which allows others to explore the prototype and add feedback.
Expression Blend generates Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML), which can be used directly in Microsoft Visual Studio or exported into other tools and project formats. Code can also be edited directly within Expression Blend: the Intellisense code editor allows designers and developers to work with C# and Visual Basic in addition to XAML.
Installing this product requires a licence key and installation media. Within 14 days of placing your order, instructions for obtaining the licence key will be sent to your organisation's registered e-mail address and free installation media will be delivered to your organisation's registered address.
The licence key allows you to use the installation media to install the product on as many computers as you have received donations for. This quantity is specified in the donation email sent to your organisation email address after your eligibility has been verified and your administrative fee has been received.
Under the Software Assurance program, customers acquire the right to install any new release of products covered in the agreement during the term of their coverage.
Expression Blend allows designers to work with video, text, 2D animation, 3D animation, bitmap images, vector art, audio, advanced typographic and printing functions, data, and code.
Graphics can be imported from Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Microsoft Expression Design.
Expression Blend can generate sample data for use in testing applications or import it from an XML file.
Drag-and-drop Behaviors are building blocks that let designers add interactivity, animation, and transitions without writing code.
Hardware:
1-GHz (or higher) processor
512 MB or more RAM
128 MB or more graphics RAM
350 MB available hard-disk space
1024x768-pixel (or higher) display with 24-bit color
Support for DirectX 9.0 graphics with Windows Vista Display Driver Model (WDDM) driver, Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware, 32 bits per pixel
DVD drive
Software:
Windows XP SP2; Windows Vista; Windows 7
NET Framework 3.5 SP1
