30 Apr
iView Media Pro Has Been Assimilated by Microsoft
Posted in News & Current Events, Photography, Software, Technology by JimI just received word, as an iView Media Pro affiliate, that iView Media Pro will no longer be available after May 16th. Now that iView Media Pro is part of Microsoft the application has been assimilated into Microsoft Expression Media.
Looking at the Microsoft Expression Media page it looks as though Microsoft is finally ramping up its design and image product line to compete with Adobe’s software suite. Unfortunately I couldn’t tell if there was Apple support as the web site froze my browser. Not a good sign and odds are Microsoft is only releasing a PC version.
Microsoft Expression products include:
Expression Web - web authoring design tool
Expression Blend - “the professional design tool to create engaging, Web-connected, user experiences for Windows”… whatever that means.
Expression Design - an illustration and graphic design tool
Expression Media - “professional asset management tool to visually catalog and organize all your digital assets”
and Expression Studio - more than likely all these applications in one package.
iView Media Pro was great. I hope Microsoft doesn’t cannibalize it and ruin it.
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Richard
on April 30 2007
Yuck. That’s unfortunate. I have tried both trial versions of iView and Lightroom and I think iView is lightyears in front of Adobe’s w.o.m. when it comes to image management.
jim
on April 30 2007
Richard… iView is very lightweight which makes it quite nice. Ultimately I think Lightroom is the better and more complete package. None the less for an older laptop iView is much quicker to use in the field. Once I get a newer laptop I’ll likely never miss iView.
Angela
on May 10 2007
Richard, just wanted to let you know that we are indeed continuing development of iView as Expression Media for the Mac. A 60 day trial to the Mac version can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=08BD92C3-AF99-447F-BECC-638259322DEF&displaylang=en
You might be interested in this video of the team although it is a little old (filmed in October). http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=247419
By the way, your photos are stunning!
Cheers!
Ang
jim
on May 11 2007
Angela thanks for replying to my blog entry. The information about the mac version is something I’ll reference later. It’d be good to evaluate the application.
Jim