Expression Blend and Design
The team blog of the Expression Blend and Design products.
Microsoft Expression News
We released important news today about the Expression family of products. Please visit the...
Date: 12/20/2012
Windows Phone 7 Themed Videos
As you can imagine, shortly after a major release like we had, most of us shift our focus slightly...
Date: 11/11/2010
Windows Phone Developer Tools Released!
Today, we have released the final version of the Windows Phone Developer Tools. You can download it...
Date: 09/16/2010
Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta Released
It’s been a while since we released an update for those of you working on Windows Phone 7 projects!...
Date: 07/12/2010
Expression Blend Sessions from TechEd
A few weeks ago, a couple of Expression Blend team members presented at the TechEd conference held...
Date: 06/20/2010
Check Out The New Pattern (XAML+CS) Library!
Creating great looking and functioning applications is tough. It requires having a good eye for...
Date: 06/16/2010
Expression Studio 4 Launches
Today at Internet Week in NYC, we announced the availability of Expression Studio 4. You can...
Date: 06/07/2010
Creating a Carousel with the PathListBoxUtils Sample
While the PathListBox control provides an easy way to lay out items along a path, creating a...
Date: 06/07/2010
Control Storyboards Easily using Behaviors
It’s been a while since the last article where I promised to write about all of the behaviors that...
Date: 05/25/2010
How to add mockup controls to your Expression Blend library
In Expression Blend 4, one of the new samples we added is called MockupDemonstration. If you haven’t...
Date: 05/13/2010
Updated Components for Windows Phone 7 Development
At MIX, we released an early preview of our support for building applications for Windows Phone 7...
Date: 04/29/2010
Minor Update to The Expression Blend 4 Release Candidate
As most of you know, last week we released the release candidate version of Expression Blend 4....
Date: 04/26/2010
Expression Blend 4 Release Candidate Available!
Recently, the final versions of both Silverlight 4 and .NET 4 have been released! To coincide with...
Date: 04/16/2010
Expression Blend Sessions at MIX10
If you haven’t had a chance to check out the sessions from MIX10 that showcased Expression Blend 4,...
Date: 03/29/2010
Dynamic Layout and Transitions in Expression Blend 4
Click here to watch Kenny’s MIX 2010 session that covers a lot of the topics that you see in this...
Date: 03/16/2010
Expression Blend 4 Beta and Information on Windows Phone Development
As many of you know, today was the first day of MIX - Microsoft’s annual conference for designers...
Date: 03/15/2010
Switching Visual States Easily using GoToStateAction
Over the next couple of weeks, it seems like a good idea to go over some of the behaviors we shipped...
Date: 02/22/2010
Limited Time: 30% Discount on Expression Studio 3
Hi everyone, For a limited time, there is a 30% discount on all Microsoft Expression 3 products...
Date: 12/22/2009
Try to Define Visuals in XAML
Ok, pop-quiz time. Below, you will find two screenshots I took from two different applications: [...
Date: 11/24/2009
Download Expression Blend Preview for .NET 4
Today at PDC, we made a few announcements that would be of interest to you! First, Scott Guthrie...
Date: 11/18/2009
Working with Layout when DataContexts are Involved
Hi everyone, When using Expression Blend, a common task you probably engage in is working with...
Date: 11/16/2009
Simple Cartoon Animation using Visual States
One of the goals of Silverlight’s Visual State Manager technology is to let you do quite a bit of...
Date: 11/10/2009
Storyboards, Visual States and SketchFlow Animations
What are these things – are they different ways of doing the same task? When would I use one in...
Date: 10/13/2009
Visual State Manager tips for design and authoring
As you probably know, Silverlight and WPF have a runtime piece called the Visual State Manager (or...
Date: 10/02/2009
Styling Tips for Silverlight and WPF Controls
In this article I’ve collected together some information and advice that you’ll find useful when...
Date: 09/16/2009
Styling Tips for Silverlight and WPF Controls
In this article I’ve collected together some information and advice that you’ll find useful when...
Date: 09/16/2009
Expression Blend 3 Survey- Win a free zune HD!!!
Hello! The Expression Blend team is currently planning features for future versions of Expression...
Date: 09/15/2009
Silverlight Control Styling Tips Articles
We’ve published eleven new articles on the blog and they all contain information and tips that...
Date: 09/09/2009
Control Styling Tips: RadioButton
Hello! In this article, I’d like to provide you with some information and tips that you’ll find...
Date: 09/09/2009
Control Styling Tips: Button
Hello! In this article, I’d like to provide you with some information and tips that you’ll find...
Date: 09/08/2009
Common Styling Tips: CheckBox
Hello! In this article, I’d like to provide you with some information and tips that you’ll find...
Date: 09/08/2009
Control Styling Tips: Slider
Hello! In this article, I’d like to provide you with some information and tips that you’ll find...
Date: 09/08/2009
Control Styling Tips: ScrollBar
Hello! In this article, I’d like to provide you with some information and tips that you’ll find...
Date: 09/08/2009
Control Styling Tips: PasswordBox
Hello! In this article, I’d like to provide you with some information and tips that you’ll find...
Date: 09/08/2009
Control Styling Tips: TextBox
Hello! In this article, I’d like to provide you with some information and tips that you’ll find...
Date: 09/08/2009
Control Styling Tips: ScrollViewer
Hello! In this article, I’d like to provide you with some information and tips that you’ll find...
Date: 09/08/2009
Control Styling Tips: ListBox
Hello! In this article, I’d like to provide you with some information and tips that you’ll find...
Date: 09/08/2009
Control Styling Tips: ComboBox
Hello! In this article, I’d like to provide you with some information and tips that you’ll find...
Date: 09/08/2009
Keyframe Marquee Selection, and other Timeline Tips
With Blend 3 it’s now possible to draw a marquee (or lasso) around keyframes to select all the...
Date: 09/02/2009
Using Custom Value Editors for Behaviors
Ok, Jeff Kelly is back with Part IV of his coverage on behaviors-related topics. This one talks...
Date: 08/26/2009
Blend 3 Samples Deconstructed
In my previous post, I mentioned that most of the samples from previous versions of Expression Blend...
Date: 08/24/2009
All Expression Blend Samples Posted to the Expression Gallery!
Hi everyone, As many of you probably already know, the Expression Community site is where you go to...
Date: 08/18/2009
Deep Zoom Composer Updated to Fix an Export Related Bug
Hi everyone, We have released an update to last week’s Deep Zoom Composer release to address a...
Date: 07/30/2009
The States Pane and WPF Controls
Last October I described how to use the States pane in a WPF project with Blend 2 Service Pack 1....
Date: 07/26/2009
Expression Blend 3 – Secrets of Working With Data
Evgeny is back with a great blog post describing some cool features related to the new Sample Data...
Date: 07/23/2009
Caching and Deep Zoom Composer Downloads
Hi everyone, Some of you have let us know that the version of Deep Zoom Composer you downloaded...
Date: 07/23/2009
Deep Zoom Composer Released!
Hi everyone, To coincide with the official launch of Expression Studio 3, we have released the first...
Date: 07/23/2009
Expression Studio 3 LAUNCHED TODAY!
Today we announced the official launch of Expression® Studio 3, a suite of professional design tools...
Date: 07/22/2009
A Look at Some Advanced Behaviors Features
Jeff Kelly is back with Part III of his behaviors coverage. This time, he focuses on the more...
Date: 07/15/2009