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From Concept to Production - Prototyping with Blend 3 & SketchFlow. Martin Tirion User Experience Evangelist Microsoft. Designer / Developer Experience. designer. developer. designers & developers: Speak the same language. designers & developers: Speak different languages.
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From Concept to Production - Prototyping with Blend 3 & SketchFlow Martin Tirion User Experience Evangelist Microsoft
Designer / Developer Experience designer developer • designers & developers: • Speak the same language • designers & developers: • Speak different languages designers design developers add business logic
Expression Blend 3 Compelling Experiences Iterate and deliver your ideas faster Create solutions for desktop and the web Easy demonstrate your vision with SketchFlow (NEW) Use Behaviors for interactivity, animation and transitions without writing code (NEW) Control skinning (NEW) Various animation easing functions (NEW) Accelerated Results Maximize synergy between design and development Export prototype or application structure to Microsoft Word Import design time sample data or create it on the fly (NEW) Robust code editing with XAML, C# and VB with Intellisense (NEW) Improved workspace and design surface Powerfull Technology Supports Silverlight, WPF, XAML, C# and VB Photoshop and Illustrator import (NEW) Extensibility model for Blend (NEW) Visual Studio TFS integration for source control (NEW) Take your ideas from concept to completion
NEXT STEPS Try out Blend 3 Preview (NO SketchFlow)http://www.microsoft.com/expression/blendpreview Go to Expression Galleryhttp://gallery.expression.microsoft.com/ Information from the Expression Teamhttp://team.silverlight.net/ My Blog (Dutch!)www.uxblog.nl E-mailmtirion@microsoft.com