With outstanding VC-1 output and surprisingly good H.264 output, Expression Encoder 3 is an impressive update to the encoding component of Microsoft's Expression Studio.

With outstanding VC-1 output and surprisingly good H.264 output, Expression Encoder 3 is an impressive update to the encoding component of Microsoft's Expression Studio.

When Expression Studio 2 was released in May 2008, it shipped with Expression Web 2, Expression Blend 2, Expression Design 2, Expression Media 2, and Expression Encoder 2.

Expression Blend will only be in the Premium and Ultimate versions, and features like the new H.264 encoder and SketchFlow prototyping are restricted to Ultimate.

Expression Web supports HTML/Ajax design, Expression Design and Expression Blend support XAML, Microsoft's declarative graphic language, while Expression Media and Encoder are targeted at creating ...

The catch? "Standard" Expression Encoder limits your screencast to 10 minutes, and the output is only in Windows Media formats. But the videos come out in 1080p high-def, they're entirely YouTube ...

A new version of Encoder, called Expression Encoder Pro 4, enhances publishing of video to Microsoft's Silverlight rich Internet plug-in platform and backs the latest H.264 video codec ...

Expression Media will include a new tool, called Expression Media Encoder. Microsoft said it would be a complete solution for the preparation, encoding and deployment of rich video and audio for Web ...

Expression Encoder 2, now a core offering of the suite, is a program for encoding digital audio and video media.

Other tools in the Expression Studio suite have included: Expression Design, for graphic design; Expression Web, for Web design; Expression Blend, for interactive design, and Expression Encoder ...