Microsoft Unveils Expression Family of Designer Tools

Microsoft.com: "Professional design tools give you greater flexibility to create sophisticated applications and content. Innovative technologies enable faster and richer interface development for Windows applications or the Web. Compatibility between products increases all levels of your personal productivity."

Interesting to see Microsoft finally release an entire suite aimed at the creative pro community. Now it is clear that the Adobe and Macromedia merger wasn't fuled merely by paranoia.

The suite appears to be broken into three main modules: graphics; interactive; web design (read: Photoshop/Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver). This FAQ is helpful and also makes it plain that the web design component does not replace FrontPage.