Microsoft Expression Media 2 Upgrade Mac/Win

by Microsoft

Product Features

• Wherever your files are stored and whomever you collaborate with, Expression Media 2 supercharges the way you organize, find and share your digital media on your computer, offline or on the web
• Make digital asset management easy--just drag and drop to import more than 100 different media formats, including digital camera RAW files
• Support for RAW formats from the most popular cameras and industry-standard metadata formats means your metadata is already there; keep keywords consistent with custom dictionaries
• Take care of basic image editing tasks like rotating, cropping, and resizing from right inside Expression Media 2; color management profiles are preserved throughout, or you can quickly adjust levels, sharpness, brightness or color balance yourself
• Publish and distribute media with cross-platform slide shows, video, and interactive Silverlight-powered Web galleries, or quickly export media into multiple formats for delivery to your client

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0013IPGOS
• Item model number: 45567G
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,704 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #45 in Software > Web Development > Web Page Editors

Product Description

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With support for more than 100 media formats, Microsoft Expression Media 2 Upgrade makes managing your digital universe a snap. Wherever your files are stored and whomever you collaborate with, Expression Media 2 supercharges the way you organize, find and share your digital media on your computer, offline or on the web.

Store your files anywhere: shared folders, CDs, hard drives, or DVDs, and use integrated search tools to can find them in seconds.

Add, edit, or export metadata in IPTC, XMP, or Dublin Core formats to make sharing easier. Metatags are automatically updated from Adobe Photoshop edits.

Geotag your images to an actual location anywhere on Earth with Virtual Earth GPS mapping.

Manage Your Digital Universe

Effortless Organization
Make digital asset management easy with Expression Media 2--just drag and drop to import more than 100 different media formats, including digital camera RAW files. Store your files anywhere: shared folders, CDs, hard drives, or DVDs, and use integrated search tools to can find them in seconds.

Seamless Workflow Integration
Stick with the workflow that works for you and Expression Media 2 will fill in the gaps. Support for RAW formats from the most popular cameras and industry-standard metadata formats means that your metadata is already there. Keep keywords consistent with custom dictionaries--just drag and drop to quickly tag thousands of files.

Image Editing
Save time by taking care of basic image editing tasks like rotating, cropping, and resizing from right inside Expression Media 2. Color management profiles are preserved throughout, or you can quickly adjust levels, sharpness, brightness or color balance yourself.

Professional Presentations and Delivery
Sharing is what it's all about. Publish and distribute media with cross-platform slide shows, video, and interactive Silverlight-powered Web galleries, or quickly export media into multiple formats for delivery to your client. Even upload your photos to popular photo sharing sites, or stock photography agencies.

Effortless organization

• Add up to 128,000 files per catalog, with support for over 120 file formats.
• Find files across all hard drives, CDs, or media cards, and save popular searches to use again later.
• Search, browse, or annotate catalogs even when the original assets are offline. Your changes will be synchronized later.
• Geotag your images to an actual location anywhere on Earth with Virtual Earth GPS mapping.

Seamless workflow integration

• Import RAW format files from most camera manufacturers using Windows Imaging Component (Windows) and Core Image processing (Mac OS).
• Add, edit, or export metadata in IPTC, XMP, or Dublin Core formats to make sharing easier. Metatags are automatically updated from Adobe Photoshop edits.
• Add tags and keywords in seconds using drag-and-drop tagging. Custom keyword dictionaries keep tags consistent throughout your workgroup.
• Rename, resize, or reformat hundreds of files at a time with batch-processing and scripting features.
• Share your catalogs with others on your network or by email. New shared catalog support enables multiple users to work with the same catalog.

Image and video editing

• Quickly rotate, resize, or crop your photos or adjust color balance, sharpness, or brightness.
• Preserve existing ICC color profiles for JPEG, TIFF, PICT, and Adobe Photoshop documents or assign new profiles to multiple images based on their color space.
• Browse and annotate video in MPEG-4, QuickTime, Windows Media¨ Video, or DV. Add watermarks or logo keys to brand your content.

Professional presentations and delivery

• Banish static HTML galleries to the past by using our new Silverlight-based web galleries to present your images dynamically and interactively.
• Use the included customizable presentation templates to easily create Web galleries or hard-copy layouts.
• Export and repurpose assets for clients and colleagues in whatever format, size, or resolution needed while preserving originals.

Product Description

EXPRESSION MP 2 MAC/WIN UPG DVD

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Product won't upgrade - No Microsoft Support, October 3, 2008

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Scott F. Lowry (Walnut Creek, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Expression Media 2 Upgrade Mac/Win (CD-ROM)

Expression Media is a wonderful product, however, previous users of iView Media Pro should beware. I purchased iView Media Pro about 3 years ago and then upgraded to Microsoft Expression Media after Microsoft purchased iView. I have an email from Microsoft with details about my upgrade and my license number.
I just purchased the Expression Media2 upgrade and am being told that my license number is invalid. Microsoft does NOT have technical support that you can call to get a quick remedy. After searching online, I see that others have experienced the same problem.
If you are a previous user of iView Media Pro and are upgrading DO NOT PURCHASE THIS, as your license number may not work. There isn't an option to insert a cd of an older version, etc, like what Adobe does. Apparently Microsoft is too big a company to provide assistance to individuals.

To see if your product will upgrade, it must be in the form: 51872-442-2230403-56078. If it has a bunch of letters in it (like the original iView license) it won't upgrade.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Upgrade from iView Media - No Problems, December 5, 2008

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J. D. Ecker (Ohio,) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Expression Media 2 Upgrade Mac/Win (CD-ROM)

Upgrading from iView Media Pro (2.x) was no problem for me. You need to enter the "Expression Media" license key not the old iView key. The Expression Media key is inside the box.
Big improvements over iView Media Pro (2.x) -- especially performance. I run this on an old G4 Mac (OS 10.5)

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Program if not using Lightroom, October 27, 2010

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James Doyle - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Microsoft Expression Media 2 Upgrade Mac/Win (CD-ROM)

I used the predecessor iView Pro for many years as my sole source of DAM and when it was taken over by Microsoft, the program remained mostly unchanged.

If you are not using Lightroom for your DAM, this program will manage all your images.

It's a good solid program and an old friend before Lightroom.