New (old) drawing package

[itoolfred]

Many years ago there was a very nice vector drawing package called Expression by a company called Fractal Design (media house). It was very unique in that it could brush strokes and very natural media looking things but was all vector based. Fractal Design imploded with the .com world, but it looks like the product is back. Microsoft bought the developer and has now muddied the 'water' a bit with the implementation of bitmap/raster in the product but it looks very promising for some signage and such where you are looking for nice design elements.. Right now it is in testing and MS is giving it away free. I would encourage everyone to take a look. There are 3 versions and I think the "Graphic Designer" version is most applicable to this group.
Enjoy:
http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/default.mspx
Fred

[itoolfred]

Forgot to add... that coupling this product and some of its output with vectric's v-carve and artcam and there is some really nice/fun output.
Fred

[bleeth]

If you think the original version is for you, you can get it at the "Previous Versions" link on the side bar.