Microsoft Expression Encoder 2 is a professional encoding tool that offers enhancement, encoding, and publishing rich video experiences with Microsoft Silverlight.
Microsoft Expression Encoder 2.0 is a tool that simplifies analog data into figures conversion processes, improves image quality and publication of multifunctional media content. Interface allows users to convert file-oriented media content into Silverlight format.
With built in Silverlight media player templates, Expression Encoder offers the fastest way to publish media assets to the web in a Silverlight experience. You can make simple edits to clips directly in Expression Encoder. Cut out noise, mistakes or surprises from your video. Expression Encoder supports the newest VC-1 encoder features offering greater control, higher quality and multi-core, multi-processor performance improvements for your Silverlight media experiences. Expression Encoder offers simple setup and easy to use switching interface for live and file-based content in your live production. Live encoding supports USB webcams and DV camcorders. This program offers flexible file import support. You can import files from the content creation application of your choice. AVI, QuickTime, MPEG and any codec with a DirectShow decoder can be imported into Expression Encoder and output as a WMV, ready for Silverlight. Also you can add images, animations and video with transparency as watermarks to media using JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF, XAML and QuickTime. The powerful asset management tools allows finding and previewing video and audio clips in Expression Media and then dragging and dropping the right clips to Expression Encoder for final output.
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Pros
- Rich media enhancement
- Publish perfect experience
- Flexible file import support
- VC-1 quality
- Expression media integration
Cons
- Not smart enough design
