Developer(s) | Microsoft |
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Stable release | 2019 v16.4.1 / December 11, 2019; 11 months ago[1] |
Operating system | Windows 7, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, Windows 10[2] |
Platform | DirectX[2] |
License | Same as Visual Studio[3] |
Website | blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/wpf/2015/04/29/blend-for-visual-studio-2015-rc/ |
Release | Release Date | Highlights |
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2 | 2008-04-28 | Support developing Microsoft Silverlight browser-based Rich Internet Applications providing animation, vector graphics, interactivity and video playback capabilities. Version 2.0 supported only Silverlight 1.0 applications at release and Microsoft had planned Blend 2.5 for Silverlight 2.0 applications, however the capabilities of the preview version 2.5 have been added to Blend 2.0 Service Pack 1. |
3 | 2009-07-22 | Support for PSD and AI files, SketchFlow,[8] TFS support and number of other significant improvements. Sketchflow is a user experience prototyping module implemented in Blend.[9][10] |
4 | 2010-06-07 | Support for Silverlight 4 and WPF 4 while also remaining compatible with Silverlight 3 and WPF 3.5 SP1 applications. Other improvements and additions: shapes library, improved Photoshop file support, added pixel shader effects, path layout, transition effects, ListBox item transitions, Model-View-ViewModel pattern support, additional Behaviors, conditional Behaviors, sample data from CLR classes, design time resource resolution, easing functions for WPF 4, cleaner XAML, and .ZIP support for projects and templates.[11] Support for Windows Phone 7 projects to Expression Blend 4 Release Candidate.[12][13][14] |
2012 | 2012-08-15 | Name changed to 'Blend for Visual Studio 2012'. Released alongside the Windows 8 & Visual Studio 2012 RTMs. Includes support for WPF version 3.5, 4.0 and 4.5, Silverlight 4.0 and 5.0, SketchFlow, and Blend tools for Windows 8.[15][3][2] |
2013 | 2013-10-17 | Released alongside Visual Studio 2013 RTMs |
2015 | 2015-07-20 | Released alongside Visual Studio 2015 RTMs[16] |
2017 | 2017-03-07 | Released alongside Visual Studio 2017 RTMs[17] |
2019 | 2019-04-02 | Released alongside Visual Studio 2019 RTMs[18] |