Editing Microsoft Blend (section)

===Release history===
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| style="text-align:center;" | 2008-04-28||Support developing [[Microsoft Silverlight]] browser-based [[Rich web application|rich web 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.
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| style="text-align:center;" | 2009-07-22||Support for PSD and AI files, SketchFlow,<ref>[http://electricbeach.org/?p=214 SketchFlow Concepts: An Overview]</ref> TFS support and number of other significant improvements.  Sketchflow is a user experience prototyping module implemented in Blend.<ref>[http://electricbeach.org/?p=145 SketchFlow – Sketching and Prototyping in Expression Blend]</ref><ref>[http://electricbeach.org/?p=332 SketchFlow: A Bit of History]</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;" | 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.<ref>[http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/Blend4RC_Features.aspx What’s New for Expression Blend 4 Release Candidate]</ref> Support for Windows Phone 7 projects to Expression Blend 4 Release Candidate.<ref>[http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/Blend4Beta_WindowsPhoneReleaseNotes.aspx Microsoft Expression Blend Add-in Preview 2 for Windows Phone Release Notes]</ref><ref>[http://www.microsoft.com/showcase/en/us/details/61ed7e86-0b1c-432e-a1fb-a882f95ec250 Microsoft Expression Blend 4 for Windows Phone video]</ref><ref>[http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/Blend_FAQ.aspx Blend FAQ]</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;" | 2012
| style="text-align:center;" | 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.<ref name=insider-announcing>{{cite web|last=Arthur|first=Erik|title=Announcing Blend + SketchFlow Preview for Visual Studio 2012|url=http://blendinsider.com/technical/announcing-blend-sketchflow-preview-for-visual-studio-2012-2012-08-15/|work=Blend Insider|publisher=Microsoft|access-date=26 April 2013|date=15 August 2012}}</ref><ref name=insider-now_GA>{{cite web|last=Schormann|first=Christian|title=Available Now: Blend for Visual Studio 2012|url=http://blendinsider.com/technical/available-now-blend-for-visual-studio-2012-2012-08-15/|work=Blend Insider|publisher=Microsoft|access-date=26 April 2013|date=15 August 2012}}</ref><ref name=Microsoft-download-blend>{{cite web|title=Download: Blend + SketchFlow Preview for Microsoft Visual Studio 2012|url=http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30702|work=Download Center|publisher=Microsoft|access-date=26 April 2013|date=15 August 2012}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;" | 2013
| style="text-align:center;" | 2013-10-17||Released alongside Visual Studio 2013 RTMs
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| style="text-align:center;" | 2015
| style="text-align:center;" | 2015-07-20||Released alongside Visual Studio 2015 RTMs<ref name="Microsoft VisualStudio blog 2016-06">{{cite web|title=Visual Studio 2015 RTM|url=https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/news/vs2015-vs.aspx|work=Visual Studio News|publisher=Microsoft|access-date=20 June 2016|date=20 July 2015}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;" | 2017
| style="text-align:center;" | 2017-03-07||Released alongside Visual Studio 2017 RTMs<ref name="Microsoft VisualStudio blog 2017-03">{{cite web|title=Visual Studio 2017 RTM|url=https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/news/releasenotes/vs2017-relnotes|work=Visual Studio News|publisher=Microsoft|access-date=8 March 2017|date=7 March 2017}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;" | 2019
| style="text-align:center;" | 2019-04-02||Released alongside Visual Studio 2019 RTMs<ref name="Microsoft VisualStudio blog 2019-04">{{cite web|title=Visual Studio 2019 RTM|url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2019/release-notes|work=Visual Studio News|publisher=Microsoft|access-date=8 April 2019|date=1 April 2019}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;" | 2022
| style="text-align:center;" | 2022-04-19
|Released alongside Visual Studio 2022 RTMs<ref>{{cite web|title=Visual Studio 2022 RTM|url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes|work=Visual Studio News|publisher=Microsoft|access-date=14 March 2023|date=1 March 2023}}</ref>
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