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1. EMF files into your Expression Design project After you import them you have full control over the vector paths and also any clipping paths in the images Expression Design 4 also adds the ability to save your workspace which is your specific layout of panels You can now save work spaces that can accommodate the variety of projects that you may work on or the variety of working scenarios that you may work in such as using multiple monitors or smaller monitors For a complete list of features see What s new in the Expression Design User Guide on the Help menu 33 Import Windows Metafile and Enhanced Metafile Documents You can import Windows Metafile WMF Enhanced Meta file EMF and Enhanced Metafile Plus EMF files into your Expression Design project WMF and EMF files are highly por table files that contain vector based graphics that are commonly created by using the art and illustration tools in Microsoft Office applications such as Office Word and Office Visio For example Office Word uses the EMF format to create WordArt images and the slides and charts created in Office PowerPoint use this for mat also The metafile formats can store complex rich image data in relatively small files 1 COPY AWMF OR EMF DRAWING You can use various WordArt features to create an image as here or you can create an image in any application that supports WMF or EMF files 2 PASTE YOUR ART INTO EXPRESSION DESIGN2. expression microsoft com e Expression discussion forums social expression microsoft com forums e Expression gallery gallery expression microsoft com e Expression library msdn microsoft com library e Feedback and bug reporting center connect microsoft com expression e Microsoft Help and Support support microsoft com oas Microsoft Expression Web 4 Using Microsoft Expression Web 4 you can design develop and publish compelling feature rich websites that conform to web standards The Expression Web SuperPreview online service expands cross browser testing to include more browsers and operating systems than in previous versions The SEO Checker ana lyzes your site and generates reports to help identify ways to improve the ranking of your site in search engine results For a complete list of new features see What s new in the Expression Web User Guide on the Help menu SuperPreview Online Service The Expression Web SuperPreview online service is a beta service that extends the capability of SuperPreview to include support for additional browsers and operating systems such as Safari on Macintosh Now you can see how your page will look even on a different operating system For more information about the SuperPreview online service see Displaying pages in SuperPreview in the Expression Web User Guide TEIL Gree 2 an 50 150 200 400 100 250 300 350 50 100 Advanced Sea
3. Capture application to capture activity on your screen and then save it to stream or edit further in Expression Encoder This version adds the ability to streamline your workflow by working in one of three project specific workspaces Transcod ing Project Silverlight Project or Live Broadcasting Project Expression Encoder Pro adds the ability to use Digital Rights Management DRM protection for your smooth streaming content Using the tools in Expression Encoder you can encrypt and encode files that are compatible with Microsoft PlayReady technology With DRM you can be confident that your media will be used only as you specify For a complete list of new features see What s new in the Expression Encoder User Guide on the Help menu Available in Expression Encoder Pro only Not available in the DreamSpark or MSDN versions of Expression Encoder Pro 23 Create Live Smooth Streaming Broadcasts Expression Encoder Pro Only Ina Live Broadcasting Project you can set your live production to broadcast using Live Smooth Streaming technology This tech nology is the Microsoft implementation of adaptive streaming technology which is a form of audio video web based content delivery that uses HTTP progressive download technology Live Smooth Streaming content is encoded into streams of several different quality levels During playback this content is dynamically monitored for local bandwidth and video ren dering perf
4. User Guide Not available in the DreamSpark or MSDN versions of Expression Encoder Pro 28 Load a new project Microsoft Expression Get Started Open Job Recent Jobs you with several Silverlight o create a graphically rich Default to last project type on load 1 THE NEW PROJECT DIALOG BOX Choose a project to work in You can also choose from recent jobs or browse to a specific job 2 A TRANSCODING PROJECT In this project you can use various tools to edit and encode your video 3 A SILVERLIGHT PROJECT In this project you can quickly choose Silverlight templates 4 ALIVE BROADCASTING PROJECT In this project you can assemble live and saved sources and create a live broadcast from them 29 Work with DKFP Caption Files Expression Encoder adds the ability to import text files that contain capture and subtitle data such as SUB SRT SAMI DXFP and LRC files Once the files have been imported you can then output the media content along with the caption files into a single Silverlight package Using an Expression Encoder template you can then display the captions during playback Expression Encoder will preserve the format and styling of your original DFXP files and provide uniform for matting for your SUB SRT SAMI and LRC files Use New Live Broadcasting Panels to Monitor Your Content Live Broadcasting gets an overhaul in Expression Encoder 4 with a redesigned user interface that adds
5. in Expression Blend include a new Shapes category in the Assets panel path layout shader effects during state transitions and support for Adobe Photoshop layer effects Expression Blend 4 also offers support for RichText Box controls in Silverlight projects Expression Blend also includes new behaviors that are quickly and easily configured making it easier to add interactivity without knowing any code To support the development of line of business LOB applications Expression Blend introduces support for Views and ViewModels For a complete list of new features see What s new in the Expression Blend User Guide on the Help menu 11 Publish to SharePoint with SketchFlow Expression Studio Ultimate only After you have created a Silverlight SketchFlow project you can publish your project to a Microsoft SharePoint document library The SketchFlow project will be available to anyone who has read only permission to view content on the SharePoint site Reviewers with read write permission will be able to publish feedback for the prototype to the SharePoint site Reviewers can leave their feedback in the SketchFlow Player and then share their feedback with other stakeholders by pub lishing their feedback to the SharePoint site Designers can then open the shared feedback from within Blend For more information about publishing to SharePoint see Publish to SharePoint in the Expression Blend User Guide 1
6. 2 Microsoft SketchFlow Prototype M 4 gt Version 3 NAVIGATE SketchFlowAnimationi Microsoft SketchFlow Prototype M 4 gt Version 3 MY FEEDBACK SHAR NEA MA NAVIGATE SketchFlowAnimationi 1 like the animation r SketchFlow Feedback MY FEEDBACK SHARED 2 Local amp Shared Armando Pinto 5 7 2010 4 37 PM Armando Pinto 5 7 2010 N Armando Pinto 4 2 2010 12 57 PM 4 Revision 1 A Armando Pinto 5 7 2010 4 37 PM I like the animation 1 MY FEEDBACK PANEL The feedback that you leave in the SketchFlow Player appears in the My Feedback panel 2 SHARED PANEL The feedback that others publish to SharePoint appears in the Shared panel 3 SKETCHFLOW FEEDBACK PANEL designer working in Expression Blend can view all the shared feedback in the SketchFlow Feedback panel 13 SketchFlow Integration with TFS Expression Studio Ultimate only If the SketchFlow project that you are working on is being tracked by Team Foundation source control you can quickly create a work item from a feedback file When you convert feedback to a work item a screen shot of the screen that the feedback applies to is added to the work item and information about the work item is included in the work item template You can add or modify the information directly in the work item template For more information about publishing to SharePoint see Convert feedback into a Team Foundation work item in the Ex
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8. Note that Expression Design displays all the control points for vector artwork You can also import your art from the File menu drag it from another program or open it directly in Expression Design Each path appears in the Layers panel along with clipping masks for full control over editing your art 34 A Paste Options mr 1 SI A Edit Text Grouping gt Order F Hyperlinks Set utoShape Defaults Format YyordArt 35
9. SECURITY CATEGORY Enter your DRM encryption information here before you encode your file 2 PROTECTED PLAYBACK VIEW Your content plays back only for users licensed to use it 27 Create Content in Specifically Designed Workspaces In Expression Encoder 4 you have a choice of three different workspaces in which to assemble your media These work spaces are called projects Each project presents a unique layout and appearance and each includes all the tools you need to create the output associated with that project With the exception of screen capture you will do all your work in Expression Encoder in a project Create a Transcoding Project to quickly access the tools you need to build edit and encode your job as VC 1 H 264 Expression Encoder Pro only or Smooth Streaming files Expression Encoder Pro only suitable for playback online or on devices Create a Silverlight Project if you want to encode media that is compatible with Silverlight and that is embedded in a rich interactive Silverlight template Create a Live Broadcasting Project if you want to assemble audio and video content on the fly that you can then broadcast to many different clients using Smooth Streaming technology Expression Encoder Pro only You can also choose to save this broadcast to a file for later editing streaming or combining with other digital media content For more information see Working with projects in the Expression Encoder
10. a Connections panel that keeps track of all the network connections that are occurring as you stream your content You can also use the new Statistics panel to dynamically track the various input and output functions that occur as you create your live broadcast 30 Refine Your MP4 Encoding with Expanded H 264 Options Expression Encoder Pro Only Expression Encoder 4 adds new parameters that give you more control over the quality of the compression of your H 264 encoded content Along with increased performance you now have more control over such parameters as reference B frames adaptive B frames and scene change detection Not available in the DreamSpark or MSDN versions of Expression Encoder Pro Create Multicast Compatible Broadcasts Expression Encoder 4 adds the ability to generate a stream format file which is necessary for you to multicast your multi cast compatible content Now your content can take advan tage of multicast functionality after you have set a multi cast publishing point on a Windows Media Server 31 2 00 9 9 ot oos 9 a ee a amp e Microsoft Expression Design 4 Microsoft Expression Design 4 is an application for creative professionals and developers who want to build graphics for application user interfaces the web or any other medium This version adds the ability to import Windows Metafile WMF Enhanced Metafile EMF and Enhanced Metafile Plus
11. ast will be streamed 3 BROADCASTING If you view the broadcast in a graphing Silverlight player you can see frame rate bit rate and CPU load information that adjusts dynami cally depending on network conditions 25 Protect Your IIS Smooth Streaming Content with Digital Rights Management Expression Encoder Pro Only Digital Rights Management DRM is a technology that you can use to protect your distributed content You can use the tools in Expression Encoder to create DRM encrypted files that are compatible with Microsoft PlayReady Once you implement DRM in your content anyone who wants to view it must have a license The process of playback is handled by both the client application and the license server In addition you can specify what actions the user can perform with your content from merely playing it back to possibly copying and distributing your content After implementing DRM you can freely post your content to your web server or you can broadcast it live with the confi dence that your content will not be used in any way other than what you have specified The licensing can be specific to your location your device or your network domain meaning that you can specify even the environment in which your content will play back 26 v Security Digital Rights Management License URL tp www southridgevideo com M Validate Generate Key Seed ba m1m 00 00 01 00 00 30 batie dj 1 THE
12. erties panel 17 Behaviors You can add interactivity to your application without having to write code by using behaviors Behaviors are reusable compo nents that can be directly applied to any object on the artboard and they are composed of extensible triggers extensible actions and other behaviors Expression Blend includes the new TranslateZoomRotateBehav ior multi touch behavior and a Panningltems control that you can use to scroll between items by using touch Expression Blend also has a new trigger that responds to a frame change or the pausing or completion of a SketchFlow animation called the SketchFlowAnimationTrigger Expression Blend has new sets of behaviors for dragging items between list boxes for modifying menu navigation and for preserving data across screen states such as SetDataStoreValueAction and DataStoreChangedTrigger An exciting enhancement has been made to the FluidMove Behavior if you apply it to different views of the same data item when the item moves from one view to another for example from a list view to a details view it fluidly animates the transition between the two views For more information about behaviors see Working with behaviors in the Expression Blend User Guide SketchFlow is available only in Expression Studio Ultimate 18 Data and Resources Expression Blend makes it easy to prototype build and test data connected applications even when run time data and res
13. nsition effect by applying one of the built in transition effects available in Expression Blend or you can use a custom transition effect For more information about transition effects see Apply a transition effect to a visual state change in the Expression Blend User Guide 20 Shapes You can add a variety of common shapes such as callouts stars rings and arrows directly from the Assets panel by clicking Shapes and then clicking the shape that you want You can animate shapes and bind data to shape properties after you add them to the artboard For more information about shapes see Draw a shape or path in your project in the Expression Blend User Guide Rich Text Boxes Expression Blend has tooling support for the RichTextBox control in Silverlight For more information about working with RichTextBox con trols see Add an object to the text flow in the Expression Blend User Guide 21 Microsoft Expression Encoder4 Microsoft Expression Encoder 4 is a program for creating high quality audio and video that you can play back or stream seamlessly from the web using Internet Information Services IIS Smooth Streaming technology Expression Encoder gen erates high quality VC 1 encoded and in Expression Encoder Pro H 264 encoded content This content integrates well with the rich media interactive presentation capabilities of Microsoft Silverlight You can also use the Expression Encoder Screen
14. ormance Depending on the resources available Smooth Streaming will play back the encoded stream that best matches the available bandwidth Expression Encoder includes templates that have the ability to monitor network bandwidth CPU load and screen resolution and based on the conditions select the stream that will playback smoothly Now your users can receive your real time broadcasts and those broadcasts maintain glitch free playback even when network bandwidths fluctuate Live Smooth Streaming is the live broadcasting extension of On Demand Smooth Streaming It uses the same encoding methods and creates the same file types You can encode your Live Smooth Streaming broadcasts using either VC 1 or H 264 codecs For more information see About Live Smooth Streaming in the Expression Encoder User Guide Not available in the DreamSpark or MSDN versions of Expression Encoder Pro 24 Encode gt Metadata Output Output Format US Smooth Streaming h Video VC 1 Advanced Encode Metadata Output Audio WMA Professional v Streaming Publishing Point Location http www woodgrovebank com FinanceUpdate Live isml w Connect Learn more about IIS Live Smooth Streaming 2 962M ame Rate 30 fps 30 2 056M 1427K 991K 688K 1 IIS SMOOTH STREAMING Select IIS Smooth Streaming as your Output Format in order to perform Live Smooth Streaming 2 PUBLISHING POINT Type the publishing point where your live broadc
15. ources are not available Data Context The Data Context category on Data panel provides a view of the data context of an object whether design time or run time and lets you drag properties commands and methods onto the design surface to bind your user interface Ul to them Design Time ViewModels If your application uses Views and ViewModels patterns you can use the Create Sample Data From Class command in the Data panel to generate design time sample ViewModels so that you can continue to design your application in the context of this data Easier Element To Element Property Binding It s easier than ever to use the Advanced options in the Properties panel to bind element properties together For more information about working with data see Displaying data in the Expression Blend User Guide 19 Photoshop Layer Effects You can now import layer effects from Photoshop If a layer effect has been applied to a layer the Layer effect icon appears next to the layer in the Import Adobe Photoshop File dialog box A layer effect can be imported either by selecting the Flattened bitmap import option or by merging the layer with other layers For more information about importing layer effects see Import Photoshop and Illustrator files in the Expression Blend User Guide Transition Effects After you have created a user control and defined state changes for that user control you can quickly and easily add a tra
16. pression Blend User Guide 14 Export Feedback to Microsoft Word Expression Studio Ultimate only You can now include feedback for a SketchFlow project in the Microsoft Word document when you export your SketchFlow feedback to Word In addition to feedback the Word docu ment will include a table of contents a list of figures the SketchFlow map each screen in the application flow and all associated annotations For more information about exporting your project to Word see Export to Microsoft Word in the Expression Blend User Guide 15 Path Layout A new feature of Expression Blend is the ability to lay out items along any path using the PathListBox control The path can be any element and can be of any size or shape Items can be arranged along the path according to several settings that can be animated By animating the Start property you can also use this feature in motion path scenarios Once you have created your list you can add PathListBoxltems explicitly or add a data source from the Data panel For more information about path layout see Lay out items along a path in the Expression Blend User Guide 16 Path Layout Rain Precipitation 1 PATHLISTBOK IN THE OBJECTS AND TIMELINE PANEL After you add a PathListBox to the project the path appears in the Objects and Timeline panel 2 LAYOUT PATHS IN THE PROPERTIES PANEL You can configure the path by using the Layout Paths category in the Prop
17. r registered trademarks or trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies Adobe and Photoshop are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and or other countries Macintosh and Safari are registered trademarks of Apple Incorporated in the United States and or other countries All other trademarks are property of their respective owners Contents Microsoft Expression Studio 4 Editions 2 Learning and Community Resources 3 Expression CDA ORE ee er Re a EG 5 Expression Blend nee een cn ea ee ee ek 11 Expression Encoder 4 nenn ante 23 Expression DESIGN A SEERDE ER der cam aachen 33 Microsoft Expression Studio 4 Editions Microsoft Expression Studio 4 Ultimate Expression Studio Ultimate edition includes Expression Blend SketchFlow Expression Web Expression Encoder Pro and Expression Design Microsoft Expression Studio 4 Premium Expression Studio Premium edition includes Expression Web Expression Blend Expression Encoder and Expression Design Microsoft Expression Studio 4 Web Professional Expression Studio Web Professional edition includes Expression Web Expression Encoder and Expression Design Learning and Community Resources In addition to the User Guides on the Help menu for each Expres sion product the following content and resources are available e Expression community website
18. rch Advanced Search Category Cables v Category Cables System xbox kbox 360 all System Xbox box 360 All Top Searches Top Searches Product Title Product Title Xbox 360 Xbox 360 Internet Explorer 8 radio Tag Name input Left 254px Top 211px Width 20px Height 20px Id idsd 2 SUPERPREVIEW ONLINE SERVICE You can enable the online service to view a page in another operating system or in a browser that isn t installed on your computer OPERATING SYSTEM NATIVE CONTROLS If you choose a browser in another operating system your page renders with the native controls for that operating system SYNTAX COLORING IN DOM VIEW Keywords are displayed in color in the DOM view helping you to more quickly find the properties for a tag SEO Checker The SEO Checker helps you optimize the pages in your site for discovery and indexing by search engines Pages that fol low good Search Engine Optimization SEO guidelines rank higher in search engine results helping people find your site more easily You can choose SEO options display an SEO report filter the results in the SEO report and step forward and back through the list of results in the SEO report to see more detail for indi vidual list items For more information about the SEO Checker see Search Engine Optimization in the Expression Web User Guide Extensibility Expression Web includes a new Software Development Kit SDK that you can u
19. se to extend the capabilities of Expression Web New for version 4 Expression Web introduces a JavaScript Application Programming Interface API and a JavaScript bridge to the managed code API Developing extensions in JavaScript and HTML is familiar to web developers which makes it easier than developing extensions in managed or native code In addition to using the JavaScript files that provide the logic for an add in you can construct panels dialog boxes and oth er display elements for your add in using HTML and CSS And because you re using web technology you can use Expression Web as your development environment For more information about extensibility in Expression Web see Getting started in the Expression Web SDK User Guide Microsoft Expression Blend 4 With Microsoft Expression Blend 4 you can create websites and applications based on Microsoft Silverlight 3 and Microsoft Silverlight 4 and desktop applications based on Windows Presentation Foundation WPF 3 5 with Service Pack 1 SP1 and WPF 4 Expression Blend introduces new SketchFlow features Using Publish to SharePoint you can share feedback among multiple reviewers for Silverlight projects You can also use Team Foundation Server TFS services to create work items from feedback in both Silverlight SketchFlow projects and WPF SketchFlow projects SketchFlow is available only in Expres sion Studio Ultimate New graphics tools and support
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