Microsoft releases Expression 3

When Silverlight 3 debuted nearly two weeks ago, Microsoft also premiered the release candidate of Expression Blend 3 with SketchFlow, a new interface prototyping tool, and one of the premier features of Expression Studio. Microsoft promised that the rest of the Expression family would be delivered in 30 days.

Just ahead of schedule, Microsoft today announced that all of its Expression 3 products are now available for download, including updates to Expression Web, Design, and Encoder.

While SketchFlow is the big new feature in Blend, the other banner feature being added to Expression Web is called SuperPreview, a multi-browser previewing tool that lets developers quickly identify cross-browser rendering problems.

Products are available as 60-day trial versions, or as full retail packages. Purchasing the full version of Expression Studio 3 will cost $599, and Expression Web 3 will cost $149.