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Since a few hours, Expression Studio 3 is available to MSDN subscribers. The entire suite contains Blend 3 + SketchFlow, Expression Web 3, Expression Design 3 and Expression Encoder 3. Below you can see the installation running on my PC.
While each product contains many new features, the most exciting one has to be SketchFlow, part of Expression Blend 3. The tool allows you as the developer or the designer to visually show your application in no time. This provides the ability to explore, iterate and prototype user interface scenarios so you can go a lot faster from ideas to something everyone can see. A lot of info can be found on: http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/Sketchflow_Overview.aspx. SketchFlow was first showcased at Mix09 and you can see that session here.
Note the pencil-like style applied to the elements: it certainly is a way to help avoiding the risk of getting reactions like “Oh, the application is done already, and still you need XXX man days?”. It really shows that it only a conceptual model of your application, not the entire app.
A trial of all Expression products can be downloaded at www.microsoft.com/expression .