InfoCentral opened this issue on Jun 19, 2005 ยท 7 posts
InfoCentral posted Sun, 19 June 2005 at 5:03 PM
Attached Link: http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/previous/expression3_home.aspx
You can for a "very limited time" still download Expression 3 for FREE. Microsoft is now in beta for the next version called "Acrylic." So hurry and capture this one while you still can!
notefinger posted Sun, 19 June 2005 at 8:59 PM
What file formates does it save to?
wyrwulf posted Sun, 19 June 2005 at 9:00 PM
Thanks for the heads up. I got Expression 2 when MS bought it. The file downloaded with no extention for me. I renamed and added .exe to make it work.
Engel47 posted Mon, 20 June 2005 at 7:58 AM
In the blurb on the page the above link takes you to it says "a free download version is available to existing users of the product" can I assume from that then that this is only for existing users and just some sort of update to an earlier product?
RHaseltine posted Mon, 20 June 2005 at 8:56 AM
It seems to be open to everyone - I downloaded it a while back but have been nervous about using it due to the unclear terms and conditions. You do need to be aware that it is an out-on-a-limb application - I don't think any other standard illustration tools will open its native files, and since it is non-postscript at heart the exports to the likes of Ai and Freehand are less than exact.
InfoCentral posted Mon, 20 June 2005 at 11:21 PM
Beside saving in the native format like Corel Draw does also; you can save in a various other bitmap (photoshop) and vector (ai, swf) even encapsulated postscript. Not too bad for FREE!
InfoCentral posted Sat, 08 October 2005 at 10:31 AM
Just to let everyone know that the door has closed. You are no longer able to download this product. For those who took advantage of it; you got a great product for FREE!