"The Expression Blend 2 August Preview allows you to create Microsoft Silverlight-based applications. Additionally, you can export content from Microsoft Expression Design in a format that can be used in Silverlight-based applications that you create in Expression Blend 2 August Preview.

You may also find Microsoft Expression Media Encoder Preview to be helpful when working with video, Silverlight, and Expression Blend 2 August Preview. Learn more about Silverlight and its community today.

What’s new in this preview?

Visual Studio 2008 support
Make User Control
XAML Editor Improvements
Build options
Storyboard Picker
Object manipulation"