<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Expression	I-Application
Design	I-Application
was	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
commercial	O
professional	O
illustration	O
vector	B-Application
and	O
raster	B-Algorithm
graphic	I-Algorithm
design	O
tool	O
for	O
web	O
images	O
based	O
on	O
Creature	B-Application
House	I-Application
Expression	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
available	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
is	O
component	O
of	O
the	O
discontinued	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Expression	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Expression	B-Application
Design	I-Application
is	O
more	O
oriented	O
towards	O
editing	O
XAML	B-Device
and	O
web	O
graphics	O
rather	O
than	O
print	O
graphics	O
(	O
like	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
and	O
Illustrator	B-Language
)	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
incorporate	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
raster	B-Algorithm
image	I-Algorithm
editing	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Creature	B-Application
House	I-Application
Expression	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Expression	B-Application
Design	I-Application
was	O
codenamed	B-General_Concept
Acrylic	O
Graphic	O
Designer	O
during	O
Microsoft	O
Professional	O
Developer	O
Conference	O
2005	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Expression	I-Application
professional	O
tools	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
originally	O
announced	O
as	O
Expression	B-Application
Graphic	I-Application
Designer	I-Application
until	O
the	O
current	O
name	O
was	O
adopted	O
in	O
December	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Expression	B-Application
Design	I-Application
was	O
released	O
to	O
manufacturing	O
along	O
with	O
other	O
Expression	O
products	O
on	O
30	O
April	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Service	O
Pack	O
1	O
for	O
Expression	B-Application
Design	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
17	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Expression	B-Application
Design	I-Application
requires	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
3.0	O
as	O
it	O
uses	O
Windows	B-Device
Presentation	I-Device
Foundation	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Expression	B-Application
Design	I-Application
is	O
not	O
available	O
as	O
an	O
individual	O
product	O
,	O
but	O
rather	O
only	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Expression	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
Expression	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
was	O
not	O
included	O
in	O
any	O
MSDN	O
subscription	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
2007	O
Microsoft	O
added	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
highest	O
level	O
MSDN	O
Subscription	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
2	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
2008	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Expression	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Expression	B-Application
Design	I-Application
is	O
available	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
XP	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
,	O
and	O
remains	O
compatible	O
with	O
Windows	B-Device
8.1	I-Device
and	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
as	O
of	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
trial	O
version	O
of	O
Expression	B-Application
Design	I-Application
is	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
free	O
copy	O
of	O
Expression	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
4	O
(	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
older	O
versions	O
)	O
is	O
available	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
DreamSpark	O
campaign	O
to	O
eligible	O
students	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Expression	B-Application
Design	I-Application
4	O
,	O
released	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Expression	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
4	O
added	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
import	O
Windows	O
Metafile	O
(	O
WMF	O
)	O
,	O
Enhanced	O
Metafile	O
(	O
EMF	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Enhanced	O
Metafile	O
Plus	O
(	O
EMF+	O
)	O
files	O
into	O
your	O
Expression	B-Application
Design	I-Application
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
December	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
has	O
announced	O
that	O
Expression	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
will	O
no	O
longer	O
be	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Expression	B-Application
Blend	I-Application
is	O
being	O
integrated	O
into	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
,	O
while	O
Expression	B-Application
Web	I-Application
and	O
Expression	B-Application
Design	I-Application
will	O
now	O
be	O
free	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	O
new	O
versions	O
of	O
Expression	B-Application
Web	I-Application
or	O
Design	O
are	O
planned	O
.	O
</s>
