How to get Expression Design 4 tool with Expression Blend 4 tool

The layout and design of the interface is involved in the VS2010+C#+WPF development project, and it is quite convenient for someone on the web to use Expression Design 4 and the Expression Blend 4 tool.

So decided to take a look at the following to share this process with you.

First, the purpose of installation

Although programmers can construct the user interface in a way that uses vs to write XAML code, for a user with a design interest, using an expression suite like Photoshop can

Maximum software artwork. The design process uses expression Design to shape the graphic and then import it into Expression Blend for layout processing.

Second, Expression Design

1. Introduction to Expression Design

Expression Design is a professional charting and graphic design tool. The tool provides the ability to draw vector graphics, and the power to design a user interface or the desired amount of graphics like Photoshop,

Use its export functionality to export as a XAML resource or code.

2. How to obtain

If expression Design 4 and expression Blend 4 are to be installed, then refer to the steps in the second big point of this article.

If just want to install expression Design4, then through the following method;

First enter the Microsoft (China) Download Center, search Expression Design, in the results of the search to choose expression Web 4 download, get the installation package is about 200 m.

Then run the installation package to install and select the second expression Design 4 when installing.

When the installation is complete, the Microsoft Expression group appears in the Program menu, which has Microsoft Expression Design 4.

The main interface is as follows:

Third, Expression Blend 4

1. Introduction to Expression Blend

Expression Blend, which is a visualizer for designing the desktop and Web App user interface. Users can create user interfaces by dragging and dropping controls, and in blend, a software prototyping tool, Sketchflow, that allows users to quickly develop a professional prototype of a project, create a design prototype and present it to the customer with a rich interface effect, which is described in detail later in this article.

2. How to obtain

As with expression Design, it is downloaded from the Microsoft (China) Download Center.

Address: http://www.microsoft.com/zh-cn/download/details.aspx?id=5915

The resulting installation of the Expressionstudio_ultimatetrial_zh-hans.exe file has more than 300 m,

It's so big because it includes four types of components, including:

As you can see through it you can also install Expression Design 4.

Because we only use expression Blend 4, we only tick the second item.

The main interface after successful installation:

Reference article: http://blog.csdn.net/gaofeng2000/article/details/6257621

How to get Expression Design 4 tool with Expression Blend 4 tool