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Message: [QUOTE="Rob Giordano \(Crash\), post: 6555724"] A few months ago I messed around with Expression, they had a free download back then. I found it clunky, I'll stick with PS for now. But, I would like to see Acrylic when it's released. | Well, Microsoft is again skipping down the yellow brick | road to see the Wizard about getting a graphics package | equivalent to Adobe Photoshop. How many products | have there been? I've lost count. Image Composer was | my favorite of these, even though the interface was not | intuitive. It had some cute tricks. | | And I doubt that Macromedia executives are unloading | their stock in fear of Microsoft's intrusion into their | domain...especially since the Expressions FAQ pointedly | brushed aside any potential for future Mac sales. | | Microsoft certainly has the resources to blow away | Adobe and Macromedia but its heart has never | been in the effort. | | I'll keep my copies of Photoshop and Frontpage 2003. | | | | > Good morning group. | > | > I stumbled across an article at PCWorld.com | > ([URL]http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,122551,00.asp[/URL]) about the | > upcoming | > "Microsoft Expressions" designer tools. That, of course, lead me to | > Microsoft's pages on it | > ([URL]http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/default.aspx[/URL]). | > | > Incredibly, I had started out reading reviews on Adobe Illustrator | > CS2 ... | > ANY-WAY ... | > | > Is anyone here familiar with Microsoft Expression? If so, would you | > say it's | > a compliment to, and / or replacement for FrontPage? Do you see it | > being | > Microsoft's answer to (as inferred in the PCWorld article), | > Microsoft's | > answer to MM Flash, Dreamweaver, and Photoshop? Do you have any idea | > when it | > will be available for purchase? Can you recommend further reviews / | > information to read? Any other comments? | > | > Thanks. | > | > Margaret | > | | [/QUOTE]

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