Introducing Microsoft Expression Studio: Using Design, Web, Blend, and Media to Create Professional Digital Content - Softcover

Holden, Greg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 159863156X ISBN 13: 9781598631562

Publisher: Cengage Learning PTR, 2008

Synopsis

The World WideWeb is continually becoming more complex in sophistication. To get attention and be credible, your site has to have professional-quality graphics. It needs to be usable and give your visitors an interactive and compelling experience. For professional graphic designers and Web site architects, it's a golden age, because there's so much work to do and the standards are so high.Those who aren't artists, programmers, or designers are left wondering how to achieveall of those cool effects: how to make their Web sites user-friendly and eye-catching while maintaining Web standards. Microsoft's suite of graphics and design tools, collectively called Expression Studio, provides a terrific option for anyone who wants to create high-quality graphics,Web presentations, or user interfaces.This book serves as an introduction to using Expression Studio to create Web sites, graphics, and presentations, and to organize and edit media files. You'll learn how to use the Expression Studio programs individually, and you'll also learn how easy it is to export files and projects from one application to another. Each section of the book covers a specific program, so you can read the book from cover to cover to get a complete idea of how the entire suite works together, or just jump to specific topics of interest on the program you want to learn more about. By the end of the book, you'll be creating interactive sites that utilize Cascading Style Sheets and databases with Expression Web, creating and manipulating images with Expression Design, cataloging and keeping track of your content and creations with Expression Media, and putting it all together with Expression Blend.

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About the Author

Greg Holden is the author of more than 35 books on Internet- and computer-related topics, including the Web design applications Microsoft FrontPage and Macromedia Dreamweaver. He also does Web development for the design firm NewCor Group. He helped design recruitment literature and course catalogs for the University of Chicago. He lives in Chicago with his two teenage daughters and assorted birds, fish, and other pets.

Review

PART I: EXPLORING MICROSOFT EXPRESSION STUDIO Chapter 1: Introducing Microsoft Expression Studio Chapter 2: Working in the Expression Studio Environment PART II: STANDARDS-BASED DESIGN WEB SITE CONTENT Chapter 3: Formatting Basic Web Site Content Chapter 4: Giving Your Web Site a Look and Feel Chapter 5: Managing Your Site with CSS Chapter 6: Making Your Site Dynamic and Interactive Chapter 7: Publishing and Updating Your Web Site PART III: PROFESSIONAL GRAPHICS WITH EXPRESSION DESIGN Chapter 8: Getting Started with Design Chapter 9: Creating and Manipulating Inages Chapter 10: Working with Text Chapter 11: Gradients, Transformations, and Live Effects Chapter 12: Optimizing Images for Publication PART IV: CREATING USER EXPERIENCES WITH EXPRESSION BLEND Chapter 13: Introducing Expression Blend Chapter 14: Managing Projects Chapter 15: Putting Together Presentations with Blend Chapter 16: Adding User Controls and Other Content PART V: MANAGING YOUR IMAGE FILES WITH EXPRESSION MEDIA Chapter 17: Organizing Your Image FIles Chapter 18: Editing Images with Expression Media Chapter 19: Creating Presentations with Expression Media PART VI: APPENDICES Appendix A: Other Expression Studio Components Appendix B: Expression Studio Resources on the Web Index

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning PTR
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 159863156X
• ISBN 13: 9781598631562
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 524