This task-based, visual reference guide uses step-by-step instructions and plenty of screenshots to teach beginning and intermediate users how to create streamlined, innovative and just plain beautiful applications with Microsoft's new application development tool . Design expert and author Robert Reinhardt takes readers step-by-step through the features and tools, and shows them how they can use Microsoft Expression Blend to create engaging, cinematic user interfaces with a rich design environment that combines multiple media elements including vectors, pixel images, 3D content, video and...

Microsoft Expression Design on Demand FOR THOSE WHO WOULD RATHER BE SHOWN HOW THAN TOLD HOW SEE HOW TO • Create, open, and save Expression Design documents • Navigate documents easily by zooming and scrolling • Understand how to use the Expression Design interface controls • Align objects by snapping to grids, guides, and points • Select objects, path segments, and points with the various selection making tools • Arrange, align, distribute, and stack objects on the artboard • Control object visibility and position using Layers panel controls • Draw shapes and paths...