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| Developer(s) | Microsoft Corporation |
| Stable release | 2.0.2096.0 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS |
| License | Proprietary software |
| Website | Homepage |
Microsoft Expression Media is a commercial digital asset management (DAM) cataloging program for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. It is the next version of iView MediaPro (also see iView Media) which Microsoft acquired in June 2006, and is available as:
- Standalone version
- As part of Office 2008 for Mac Special Media Edition
Expression Media's key function is cataloguing digital assets. Professional and amateur photographers use the program to display and manage a wide range of formats from high resolution raw image formats to complex multi-layered Photoshop files and more common formats such as JPEG and GIF. It can also catalogue a wider range of other media formats including music and video, Adobe PDF, fonts, and rich media formats like Adobe Flash. The user is able to organize and categorize without being limited to assets' actual folder locations, can add metadata including IPTC annotations, and locate assets which may spread over multiple folder and drive locations, including offline discs.
As well as cataloguing, Expression Media has a range of output functions:
- Print - formats include contact sheets, lists
- Web gallery output
- Conversion to other formats - eg raw files can be resized, output as JPEG, and attached to emails
- Slideshow
Expression Media was released to manufacturing along with other Expression products on 30 April, 2007. The RTM news was announced at Microsoft's MIX 07 conference for web developers and designers.[1] In September 2007, Microsoft released Expression Media Service Pack 1 for Windows and Mac which adds support for HD Photo.[2] Expression Media 2 was released in May 2008 as part of Expression Studio 2. Expression Media 2 Service Pack 1 was released in October 2008. [3] The latest version is Expression Media 2 Service Pack 2, which requires SP1 to be installed. [4]
Expression Studio 3 no longer includes Expression Media. The Expression Media homepage has been moved to the Microsoft Professional Photography section.
Trial versions of Expression Media 2 are available.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Expression Studio RTM news
- ^ Expression Media SP1
- ^ Expression Media 2 SP1
- ^ Expression Media 2 Service Pack 2
- ^ Expression Media 2 Trial Windows version, Mac OS X version
External links
- Expression Media Windows official website
- Expression Media Mac official website
- Expression Media user forum Advice on using Expression Media
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