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Monday, September 17, 2007

Expression Blend 2.0 September Preview

by Don Burnett

The Expression Blend 2.0 preview is out! A lot of of new features have been added including one very special one I have been waiting for as an animator. To celebrate Microsoft has added a new page to the Expression Studio Website just to showcase the new features of Expression Blend 2.0.

Here's a run down of the new features:

ANIMATION (YEAH!)

  • Vertex Animation
  • Improved Animation property editing
  • A graphical editor for animation interpolation

SCENE EDITING

  • The Breadcrumb Bar- Improved navigation into template and style hierarchies.
  • Quick switching in and out of templates without having to follow the entire hierarchy, even across multiple documents.
  • Drag-to-Duplicate
  • Enhanced transform support for multiple selections

PROJECT and XAML EDITING

  • XAML Split-View (See XAML graphics and edit them too! at the same time no more switching from design view to XAML view)
  • Font Embedding and Subset Creation for WPF project (Windows Platform Applications)
  • Drag & Drop (says it all!)

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USER CONTROLS

  • User Control Creation
  • Draw Controls on the Artboard and turn them into user controls

usercontrol

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