Expression 3

Posted July 17, 2004

Read about a program by chance today online called Creative House, which was bought by Microsoft in September of 2003 and is now called Expression 3.Hailed in one article as the vector program to finally displace Flash and expose it’s weak vector creation toolset, I was surprised after a 57 MB download that the program was only a vector program and not animation or timeline based at all.

With a very brief jaunt through the program, it just seemed like a more advanced controllable vector program for the illustrator in you. For those you who want to create textures and line weights, and have it be vector, then try it out. The program is very intuitive and flexible for creation of vector in every sense and knowing Microsoftâ€™s reputation for taking a good product, making it the best, and displacing everyone else, if I was Macromedia Freehand, I would be worried. It could even give Illustrator a run for its money.