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Messages from your Expression Media Support TeamTips, tricks, issues, musingshttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmediasupport/atom.aspxTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)2008-04-15T18:02:23ZHTML Rendering Issue in Snow Leopardhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmediasupport/archive/2010/06/22/html-rendering-issue-in-snow-leopard.aspx2010-06-22T20:55:50Z2010-06-22T20:55:50Z

Expression Media 2 doesn't render HTML files properly in a catalog on Snow Leopard. It does still work in Leopard. I have confirmed this and am providing sample screenshots below. This issue occurs in Thumbnail View and Media View. There currently is not a workaround for this issue.

Snow Leopard

Leopard

jmckinnhttp://blogs.msdn.com/jmckinn/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxWhere Can I Download Expression Media?http://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmediasupport/archive/2009/11/16/where-can-i-download-expression-media.aspx2009-11-16T21:02:55Z2009-11-16T21:02:55Z
I have had several of you ask where the Expression Media download packages are. I am providing the links below for your reference.

Expression Media Version 1:

Windows:
(Expression Media Post-SP1 Rollup for Microsoft Windows 1.0.9058.0)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=cce477e8-6a2e-4d40-8609-0a976e8b645f

NOTE: This package will install on a clean machine or upgrade a previous version of Expression Media Version 1 for Windows

Macintosh:
(Expression Media Post-SP1 Rollup for Macintosh 1.0.9058.0)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=eab20be5-785e-45b9-97b8-9172af5ee0c5

NOTE: This package will install on a clean machine or upgrade a previous version of Expression Media Version 1 for Macintosh

Expression Media 2:

Windows:
(Original Released Version 2.0.1477.0)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=CD359E7D-FD27-4901-BAFF-6D564CFBD700&displaylang=en

(SP1 Patch 2.0.1631.0 ***This patch requires the 2.0.1477.0 package to be installed first)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9440796E-6860-4586-948B-CCE2656AB811&displaylang=en

(SP2 Patch 2.0.2096.0 ***This patch requires the 2.0.1631.0 SP1 package to be installed first)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=52F05135-13B0-4F40-A9FF-77229822B0E3&displaylang=en

Macintosh:
(SP2 2.0.2096.0 package)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bb6aa4e5-1101-4116-9513-030679a14b77&displaylang=en

NOTE: This package will install on a clean machine or upgrade a previous version of Expression Media 2 for Macintosh
jmckinnhttp://blogs.msdn.com/jmckinn/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxKnown Issues on Windows 7 & Snow Leopardhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmediasupport/archive/2009/10/22/known-issues-on-windows-7-snow-leopard.aspx2009-10-22T20:59:49Z2009-10-22T20:59:49Z

Hello Expression Media 2 users. It's been awhile since we've posted on here. Recently, we've had reports of some issues using Expression Media 2 on Windows 7 and Snow Leopard. Below, you'll find the issues we're tracking along with some possible workarounds for some of these issues.

Windows 7

Expression Media 2 crashes when navigating folders in the "Open" dialog. This problem appears to only affect the 32-bit version of Windows 7. There is a workaround. Go into the properties of the Microsoft Expression 2 shortcut that you use to open Expression Media 2. On the "Compatibility" tab, check the box next to "Disable visual themes" and click OK.

Export Slide Show to Movie Maker in Expression Media 2 doesn't launch Movie Maker. When using this feature, it will prompt for a file location and create an XML file. Movie Maker can be added to Windows 7 from Windows Live Essentials but it will not open automatically from Expression Media 2.

Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)

Nikon NEF RAW images do not render when the RAW importer is set to manufacturer in Expression Media 2. The images appear as generic icons in Thumbnail view and display a render error in Media view. To workaround this issue, set the "Preferred Engine" to Apple (Expression Media 2 > Preferences > Media Rendering > RAW tab).

Microsoft Expression Media 2 Import via Control-Click is missing. In Leopard, when performing a control-click on an image, there was an option called "Microsoft Expression Media 2 Import". This option does not exist in Snow Leopard.

jmckinnhttp://blogs.msdn.com/jmckinn/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxincorporating an HTML gallery into Expression Webhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmediasupport/archive/2009/04/27/incorporating-an-html-gallery-into-expression-web.aspx2009-04-27T22:02:30Z2009-04-27T22:02:30Z
We quite often have questions on the Expression Media forum about how people can take the galleries they created in Expression Media and integrate them into their overall website in Expression Web.

To answer that question in a central location, here is a tutorial using the sample images in Windows (XP, but Vista has some too). I'm really starting from scratch, so if you already know how to use Expression Media to create galleries, I apologize for being too granular.

Open Expression Media.

On the File menu, click Import Items --> From Files or folders

Navigate to My Documents --> My Pictures, and follow the shortcut to Sample Pictures.

Select the JPG images in the sample pcitures, and click Import.

This creates your catalog. Your gallery will be created from any images that are showing when you create the gallery. So, to illustrate that, hide one of the images by clicking on the thumbnail and clicking Find --> Hide Selected.

Now:

Click Make --> HTML Gallery

Give the site a title - in the title box

From the Theme dropdown, pick a gallery that you like. Let's say Dark Gray. On the Settings tab, change the JPEG quality to high.

For now, leave the rest of the options as they are. You may want to alter the thumbnail size or make other changes at other times, but this will give you a start.

Click on the Make... button. Select your desktop and Click Make New Folder. Name it whatever you like.

Click OK. Your gallery will be created.

To incorporate the gallery to your website:

Open your Expression Web site, and arrange Web so that you can see the folder with your gallery in it on the desktop. Drag the folder into Expression Web's folder structure at the root of the web.

Open the page that you want to link to the gallery. Insert a hyperlink to the index page of your new gallery, just as if you were using FrontPage.

Note: You will not have a link back to the rest of your web from the gallery unless you open the index page and add one. You can do that or let people click on Back to get to the rest of the web.

To get around the lack of a link back to the rest of the web, I created a custom template with a navigation bar to the different sections of my web. So to get from any of the galleries to anywhere else in the site. I also have several galleries, so I created an index page manually with links to each gallery. This is the index page:

This is a gallery:

If you are interested in creating your own custom template, see http://blogs.msdn.com/xmediasupport/archive/2007/12/27/under-the-covers-how-html-galleries-work.aspx.
AnitaOhttp://blogs.msdn.com/AnitaO/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxREplacement for SP2 is out!http://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmediasupport/archive/2009/03/20/replacement-for-sp2-is-out.aspx2009-03-20T23:43:28Z2009-03-20T23:43:28Z
The download sites for Windows build 2.0.2096.0, which replaces the original SP2, are now live. Note: the Windows versions are patches, not full installs. Make sure you look below the links for installation instructions.

Links to each country's downloads are:

1. http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/4/5/94594C63-A4CA-4468-A271-7DEDFB050C4D/MediaPatch_fr.msp

2. http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/6/2/4625C8CC-4BBD-41C4-BAE0-DD90C202E8B7/MediaPatch_es.msp

3. http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/5/6353ABBA-2076-4856-B259-ABD8987644E7/MediaPatch_en.msp

4. http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/9/D/89D51C10-7504-45A3-A8AB-CDD9296EC5CC/MediaPatch_de.msp

5. http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/D/C/8DC92A13-33AC-45B3-94C3-8C2C8FD005C9/MediaPatch_zh-CHS.msp

6. http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/5/6/0566AF5F-B608-4732-82E4-82A52E60C7B9/MediaPatch_ja.msp

7. http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/2/9/E29725F8-B476-414A-B3BC-9C7B1DCD507B/MediaPatch_zh-CHT.msp

8. http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/4/0/8402AA0B-75DB-4626-B8F7-C395866CD8C1/MediaPatch_it.msp

9. http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/B/5/3B5F9116-FEDB-4411-8B7F-36B96ED4CB6E/MediaPatch_ko.msp

If you are on the original SP2 for Windows, you will need to roll back to SP1. If that's impossible, uninstall and install SP1, and then patch to receive the upgrade.

The English link for Mac is http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=bb6aa4e5-1101-4116-9513-030679a14b77. I do not have all of them for other localized versions, but if you search www.microsoft.com/downloads for SP2, and make sure you download build 2096, you will get the right one. It will install properly over any older build.

Issues that this fixes, which were broken in the original SP2 release are:

On French and Dutch Macintosh only, the media rendering preferences dialog was unusable. The first tab changed some of the options, and you could not interact with it to reset them. The second and third tabs were totally blank.

On both platforms, arrowing through the images in Media view would stick asynchronous rendering at the preview stage. On Windows, the only way to get out of this state was to kill the process. If you simply closed Expression Media, the media.exe process was left in memory.

On both platforms, if you build full screen previews, and your media items are offline, you can't get to media view. The tab changes but on Windows the media window is blank, and on Mac, the media window still shows all the thumbnails.

Our apologies for the problems inherent in the first release. We are confident that this one is solid.

Regards,
Anita Oakley
AnitaOhttp://blogs.msdn.com/AnitaO/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxMicrosoft Future Pro Photographer's Competitionhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmediasupport/archive/2009/03/16/microsoft-future-pro-photographer-s-competition.aspx2009-03-16T23:11:20Z2009-03-16T23:11:20Z
Hi everyone,

Our Pro Photo group has announced the 4th annual Microsoft Future Pro Photographer Competition. It's open to full time college and university students from around the world.* There are no entry fees, and students are invited to submit their three best photos in one of three categories:

Nature and Landscape

People and Portraits

Sports and Photojournalism

Prizes include a $20,000 Grand Prize and three 1st place prizes of $3,000. Winners also receive an Epson printer, Lenovo PC mobile workstation, and a five year membership in Professional Photographers of America.

You can get more information about the competition, see http://blogs.msdn.com/prophoto/archive/2009/03/12/20-000-microsoft-photo-contest.aspx.

You can see some of the work of previous winners at http://www.microsoft.com/prophoto/galleries/fppc08_gallery.aspx.

Official rules of competition are at http://prophoto.microsoft.avitivacorp.com/Site.aspx?cfn=Submission_guidelines_and_official_rules.html.

**Void in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria, and the Province of Quebec
AnitaOhttp://blogs.msdn.com/AnitaO/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxReplacement for SP2 coming soonhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmediasupport/archive/2009/03/13/replacement-for-sp2-coming-soon.aspx2009-03-14T00:17:19Z2009-03-14T00:17:19Z
The development team, testers, and your support team have been working hard to get a replacement for SP2 to you as soon as possible. Most of the issues have been resolved, and testing is underway.

Based on user feedback we will be removing asynchronous rendering from the product with the replacement service pack. Rendering in Media and Light Table views will default back to the way it was done in SP1.

Microsoft really does listen.
AnitaOhttp://blogs.msdn.com/AnitaO/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxSP2 bug alerthttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmediasupport/archive/2009/03/05/sp2-bug-alert.aspx2009-03-05T03:08:59Z2009-03-05T03:08:59Z
Hello,

I'm sorry to report that we've discovered two rather serious problems with SP2 in all languages:

As several threads have discussed, we have two rather bad issues connected to SP2:

Even if you have offline previews built, they won't show in the Media View

Asynchronous rendering may get stuck if you page through images in Media View or the Light Table

 We have found a fix for offline previews, and it's currently in testing. As soon as we feel confident that the fix does not have any undesirable side-effects, we will release an update.
The asynchronous rendering issue is still under investigation. When we have a fix for it, we'll test and release it as a hotfix as well.AnitaOhttp://blogs.msdn.com/AnitaO/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxproblem discovered in French and Dutch SP2http://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmediasupport/archive/2009/02/26/problem-discovered-in-french-and-dutch-sp2.aspx2009-02-26T21:54:33Z2009-02-26T21:54:33Z
We have discovered a serious bug in Rendering Preferences for Macintosh Dutch and French versions of SP2. The development team is pulling those from the update site, and fixing the problem as quickly as they can. We expect these versions to be reposted before the end of the day today.

We apologize for any inconvenience this causes.
AnitaOhttp://blogs.msdn.com/AnitaO/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxExpression media 2 SP2 has been released!http://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmediasupport/archive/2009/02/25/expression-media-2-sp2-has-been-released.aspx2009-02-25T04:26:34Z2009-02-25T04:26:34Z
Hello Everyone,

The release for Expression Media 2, Service pack 2 was released for the following languages today:

German, French, Italian, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean on Windows

Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish on Mac

I promised a list of fixes – you can also find these in Microsoft KB article 962902. The download site mentioned in the article may not quite be available yet, but the Microsoft Update and the Mac AutoUpdate sites are working. Just check for updates to download the service pack!

Issues that this service pack fixes in Macintosh and in Windows

Importing a number of large images is very slow

XML export and import may scramble custom fields

Catalogs that are saved from a Macintosh lose paths to original media if the catalogs are opened from a server on a Windows-based computer

Original file paths are used instead of new file paths when you are copying items to a new catalog

Silverlight 2.0 is not detected correctly by Mozilla Firefox browsers when you are viewing Silverlight HTML galleries

Thumbnails cannot honor file's embedded color profile
Note Thumbnails should be rebuilt after you install this service pack for colors to be correct.

Issues that this service pack fixes in Windows

User preference for rendering engine is not used

Right-clicking to open a file in the default application opens wrong file after you sort the files in list view

Moving hierarchical keywords may incorrectly apply flat keywords to images

Scripting annotations garbles text with Unicode characters

File paths are broken if the imported folder contains more than 1024 subfolders

You cannot reset paths when you set a path to the root of a drive

Expression Media 2 may crash when you import a file from a folder that was removed from the organize panel

Expression Media 2 may crash when an import is canceled and then files are imported from the root of a drive

Renaming a folder on a network share may fail and the folder may disappear from organize panel

Files whose names have more than 64 characters are always imported again when you update folders in organize panel

Additional folders are not added in organize panel for saved catalogs when the disk volume name is the system default. Typically, the system default is <s>a </s>"Local Disk"

TIFF RAW files from Phase One Digital Backs consume several megabytes in catalog space

Random numbers may display on catalog folders if the disk does not have a volume name

HTML gallery links show question marks when the gallery is viewed in Mozilla Firefox browsers

Issues that this service pack fixes in Macintosh

You cannot import PPT and XLS files

"Contact sheet out of range" errors are improved and the experience for making contact sheets is improved

Batch Rename feature changes Cyrillic characters into question mark characters when you are using the "Strip Diacriticals" function

When you use the "Update Folders Now" function, duplicate folders may be shown and file links may be broken

AnitaOhttp://blogs.msdn.com/AnitaO/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxExpression Media 2, SP2 coming soonhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmediasupport/archive/2009/02/04/expression-media-2-sp2-coming-soon.aspx2009-02-04T21:14:11Z2009-02-04T21:14:11Z
Hi everyone,

It's been a long time since I've blogged here. But I have great news for the Expression Media user community, and it's too big to just put a quick notice in the Expression Media forum!

At the end of February we will release a service pack of epic proportions – well, to me it seems that way. Some of the notable problems fixed in this service pack are:

Importing a number of large images is very slow

Original file paths are used instead of new file paths when copying items to a new catalog.

Moving hierarchical keywords may incorrectly apply flat keywords to images

HTML gallery links show question marks when viewed in Mozilla Firefox browsers

All of these issues have been prominent on the Expression Media Forum, but the fix I'm most excited about is improved color management. People with high gamut monitors will especially notice that the colors in Expression Media match those in other color managed applications.

Watch for a complete list in the knowledgebase article that will release with the service pack. I'll post the URL to it when it's time.

-Anita-
AnitaOhttp://blogs.msdn.com/AnitaO/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxAgency submission tools now availablehttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmediasupport/archive/2009/01/02/agency-submission-tools-now-available.aspx2009-01-02T19:15:31Z2009-01-02T19:15:31Z
Hello everyone,

From time to time we've had requests for the agency uploaders that iView Media Pro provided. They are finally available for Expression Media! You can get them from http://expression.microsoft.com/en-us/cc825382.aspx, downloadable as Power Toys, and available for Getty, Corbis, and Almay. The advantages of using them include:

Upload directly from Expression Media to your stock agency.
Each Uploader is programmed with requirements for its agency, so it will flag any images that don't meet them.
AnitaOhttp://blogs.msdn.com/AnitaO/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxiview forums are going awayhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmediasupport/archive/2008/11/21/iview-forums-are-going-away.aspx2008-11-21T22:18:27Z2008-11-21T22:18:27Z
Expression Media won't be affected, but we want to make sure that everyone knows that the iView user forums are not going to be active after the end of this month. Our hosting contracts are expiring, but we are making plans to move the content to Microsoft servers. You will be able to search the content and pull out previous posts, but not post new questions or answers.

Other content from the servers will also be migrated, and we are migrating DNS mappings so that existing URLs continue to work.

Note: This is the iView forum, not the Expression Media forum. http://social.expression.microsoft.com/forums/en-us/media/threads/ will still be going strong. Any new forum topics should be opened on the Expression Media forum.
AnitaOhttp://blogs.msdn.com/AnitaO/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxNew upgrade eligibility for Expression Mediahttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmediasupport/archive/2008/10/16/new-upgrade-eligibility-for-expression-media.aspx2008-10-16T22:14:08Z2008-10-16T22:14:08Z
This is just a quick note to let you know that the upgrade requirements for Expression Media have changed effective immediately to open up the upgrade version to a larger number of users. Users may purchase the upgrade SKU of Expression Media 2 if:

· They have licensed copy of an earlier version of xMedia or iView.

· Any licensed photographic software including Windows Photo Gallery or iPhoto.

Essentially, everyone qualifies for the upgrade pricing!
AnitaOhttp://blogs.msdn.com/AnitaO/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxPhotokina reporthttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmediasupport/archive/2008/10/02/photokina-report.aspx2008-10-02T19:55:22Z2008-10-02T19:55:22Z
Hi all,

I've just returned from Photokina in Cologne, Germany. It was quite an experience. Ten huge buildings, two floors each, full of photo gear, accessories, software, printers, you name it. If it is photographic, it must have been there somewhere.

There was no way I could see the whole thing, but I made it a point to get to the Epson and Canon displays, and they were truly impressive. The new 5D Mark II created a huge buzz, and the G10 did too, on the Point and Shoot front. I salivated over the large format printers, and shed tears over some of the fast L series lenses.

One interesting thing that I haven't seen elsewhere is that several of the companies sponsored models and lighting setups. You could shoot to your heart's consent, no charge, no model release. Here's one I got during the show:

The Microsoft Booth was really quite attractive - very modern and sleek. We had a theater and lounge areas on either end. Between and to the sides there were booths for different Microsoft Imaging technologies. The Pro Photo Tools were featured, as were Expression Media, Office 2008 Media Edition, Windows Home Server, Microsoft Research.

Then in the theater, we had presentations on Pro Photo Tools, PhotoSynth, Deep Zoom and the Yosemite Project, Capture One, Using Capture One and Expression Media to improve your workflow, Image Composite Editor, Windows Live, and many others.

In conjunction with the show, we focused on both Photosynth - which allows you to create 3D composites of a subject or area, and the Microsoft ICE (Image Composite Editor) for incredible panorama stitching. Pro Photo Tools also got quite a bit of attention.

A little more about ICE - No more do you need to carefully calculate your nodal point, level the camera, and carefully match the exposure to get a good panorama. It runs as an application on your system, and you can save out in one of several different formats, including common ones like JPEG or TIFF, and more advanced tiled formats like HD View and Silverlight Deep Zoom. ICE makes panoramas easy! I stood in one spot and shot a 360 of the Canon booth - didn't switch to manual exposure; didn't pay any attention to the level of my camera. ICE did a remarkable job stitching them into a single panorama.

Unlike Microsoft ICE, Photosynth runs as a web-based service. The viewer is necessary to explore a synth, but it's a free download. Here is a great video tutorial on how to synth (new verb) http://photosynth.net/howtosynth.aspx. Essentially, Photosynth can analyze similarities between hundreds of images of the same item or place, taken by one photographer or many. Then it builds a 3-D model of that, and you can move around the scene, zoom in and out, and truly get the experience of being there. Relive a vacation, or visit a distant place you have always wanted to see.

Another fascinating theater session was the Deep Zoom Yosemite Project... Combining panorama with Silverlight, Microsoft - in conjunction with the park service and several other sponsor companies - photographed the entire Yosemite Valley in a single hour. It required months of planning and many volunteer teams, but the results are starting to come in, and they are fantastic! One complete side of the valley is now stitched together, and the other side is in process. You can dig into some of the composite panoramas here. You can also download the Deep Zoom composer here.

The area around Cologne is absolutely beautiful. We took a drive down the Rhine Valley to the south, and shot some castles. Toured one - quite a climb up from the roadside! But it was well worth it. Then at night, we did a couple of trips over to the river - just on the other side of the Fair - and shot  the Cologne Cathedral and railroad bridge at night. I know every photographer who ever went to Cologne has the same shots, but now I have them, too.

All in all a great trip, good reception for Expression Media and Capture One as partners in photographic workflow. This brings me to the big announcement... Phase One and Microsoft have joined forces - Capture One limited edition, and Expression Media 2 are now available in a bundled package. Current Capture One users can purchase Expression Media 2 for 79 Euro, or 119 US Dollars through the Phase One site. Windows or Mac - a great deal!

Capture One is simply the best RAW processor I've ever seen. You can make several adjustments to an image and then selectively apply some of them to any number of additional images. The controls for RAW processing are intuitive and very powerful. In many (most) cases, processing in Capture One and saving out as uncompressed TIFF is all I need to do.

Expression Media doesn't do a good job of editing - Capture One doesn't do a great job at image organization and catalogs. Together we've got the workflow pretty well sown up.
AnitaOhttp://blogs.msdn.com/AnitaO/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxUploading to consumer sharing siteshttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmediasupport/archive/2008/09/16/uploading-to-consumer-sharing-sites.aspx2008-09-17T01:20:29Z2008-09-17T01:20:29Z
Hello All,

It's come to our attention that you can use some third-party consumer upload apps successfully through Expression Media. For instance, I was able to use the Flickr uploader app from Expression Media easily. Do do that:

Sign up for a Flickr account.

Download and install the Flickr uploader

In the Flickr uploader set permissions for the uploader to access your Flickr account.

Under Edit --> Preferences --> Helper Apps, add the Flickr uploader app in as a helper.

Select the files that you want to upload. Sync annotations back to the media files.

Right-click and select open with --> Flickr Uploadr

Click Upload. The uploader will add images to your image store on Flickr, and any metadata you synched with the original media files will be transferred along with the images.

At this point, you can click the link to open Flickr and add any more comments or tags that you want.

AnitaOhttp://blogs.msdn.com/AnitaO/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxExpression Studio 2 Product keyshttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmediasupport/archive/2008/09/12/expression-studio-2-product-keys.aspx2008-09-13T01:14:13Z2008-09-13T01:14:13Z
There were some questions about product keys and which keys to use with which products. There are four products keys located behind Expression Studio 2 box. Brief description about these product keys is given below (order in which they appear on the box).

Studio 2: This product key can be used to activate following products, Media 2, Design 2, Blend 2 and Encoder 2. After installing Expression Studio 2 you need to activate just one of these products. The rest of the products (except Web 2) will automatically start using the activated license and function as full version since they share and use Expression Studio 2 licensing sub system.

For Example, after installing Expression Studio 2 suite, launch Design 2, click "Enter Product Key" option under Help menu, type the product key labeled as "Studio 2" and then click continue. You'll receive a confirmation message, "Thank you for licensing this product. You will not be prompted for the key again." At this point, other Expression Studio products such as Media, Blend and Encoder will start using the license that was activated by Design 2 and function as full version.

Media 2 Mac: Expression Media 2 is the only Expression Studio product that can be installed on Windows and Macintosh platforms. This product key is meant for Expression Media 2 installed on Macintosh operating systems such as Tiger or Leopard. This key will not work on Windows platform.

Web 2: This product key is meant for Expression Web 2.

Visual Studio Std 2008: This fourth product key is for Visual Studio Standard 2008, which is included with Expression Studio 2 as companion disk.

sekarhttp://blogs.msdn.com/sekar/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxUsing Metadata Templates - Part 2http://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmediasupport/archive/2008/08/22/using-metadata-templates-part-2.aspx2008-08-23T00:44:38Z2008-08-23T00:44:38Z
Metadata templates are a tool for saving a set of frequently used annotations and applying them to media items. A metadata template applies Annotations, People, Keywords, Scenes, Subject Codes, Categories, and Descriptions to each item selected in the catalog.

We have a blog post here that explains how to use metadata template in Expression Media to annotate media items. In this second part you'll learn how to use the metadata template created by Expression Media in some other third party applications like Adobe Bridge for annotating media items.

Phase 1: Create a metadata template in Expression Media:

In a Expression Media catalog, select an media item and type metadata information into annotation fields as required

In the menu at the top of the Info panel (pencil icon), select Save Metadata Template. In the dialog box, give the template a name. Expression Media will saves the metadata template as a XMP file at the following location:

Windows XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\Application Data\Expression Media\Plug-ins\Metadata Templates

Windows Vista:
C:\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Roaming\Expression Media 2\Plug-ins\ Metadata Templates

Macintosh:
Macintosh HD : Users : <user_name> : Library : Application Support : Expression Media : Plug-ins : Metadata Templates

Phase 2: Apply metadata template to media items in Adobe CS applications:

Copy the template (XMP file) that was created by Expression Media from locations mentioned above;

and paste it under;

Windows XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\<user_name>\Application Data\ Adobe\ XMP\ Metadata Templates

Windows Vista:
C:\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\XMP\Metadata Templates

Macintosh:
Macintosh HD : Users : <user_name> : Library : Application Support : Adobe : Metadata Templates

Note: Create "Metadata Templates" folder if it doesn't exist. On Macintosh, Expression Media doesn't include xmp extension on its own to the metadata template so you need to add .xmp extension manually after copy/paste into above location.

Open a file in Adobe Photoshop or select the media items in Adobe Bridge and click File > File Info

Select the template you wish to apply from the fly-out menu (small triangle at top right corner).

Alternatively, you can enter the metadata for an image in Expression Media, sync the annotations to image, open that image in an adobe application, click File > File Info, click fly-out menu on top right corner, save it as metadata template. Then select media items that you wanted to apply the metadata in an Adobe application, click File > File Info and select the metadata template created above.

As always test and verify that all the metadata information will transfer correctly from metadata template to other media items.
sekarhttp://blogs.msdn.com/sekar/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxWindows Scripting Guide available for downloadhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmediasupport/archive/2008/08/22/windows-scripting-guide-available-for-download.aspx2008-08-22T20:16:40Z2008-08-22T20:16:40Z
Hello everyone,
I'm pleased to be able to tell you that the updated Windows Scripting guide is now available on

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C0845865-B7C3-4DD5-B549-45A8B6F7E8F9&displaylang=en

There is no comparable guide for Macintosh, but one is not generally needed. On the Mac, you can open the script library for Expression Media inside the Script Editor, and that will give you the appropriate objects and methods.

Thanks,
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AnitaOhttp://blogs.msdn.com/AnitaO/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxSaved Sort ordershttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmediasupport/archive/2008/08/05/saved-sort-orders.aspx2008-08-05T22:53:31Z2008-08-05T22:53:31Z
We've requested the ability to save sort orders in a future version of Expression Media, but for now, that's not a functionality we have. However, there is a relatively easy workaround that will allow you to get back to a search or sort order quickly and easily:

Open your catalog, and show the Organize panel.

Expand Keywords and click on the Add term + mark

Add a keyword to denote your sort order.

Hide any files you don't want included, and sort the media items in your chosen order.

Drag them all over to the keyword to apply it to the images.

Now, any time you want to get back to the same view, just click the option button next to your keyword. A word of warning, though: if you reorder the images without deslecting the option button, they become a part of that view. Make sure that you clear the option button before moving images around.
AnitaOhttp://blogs.msdn.com/AnitaO/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxVirtual earth and Geotagging with Expression media 2http://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmediasupport/archive/2008/06/18/virtual-earth-and-geotagging-with-expression-media-2.aspx2008-06-18T17:56:00Z2008-06-18T17:56:00Z
Expression Media 2 includes a Virtual Earth feature that enables you to plot the location of your photographs on a world map, if your photograph contains GPS information. Or, if your photograph does not contain GPS information, you can add GPS information to it by dragging the image to the map. In either case, Expression Media will position a pushpin icon at the Virtual Map location that corresponds to the latitude and longitude coordinates of the GPS information.

Please refer to an article titled "Geotagging with Microsoft Expression Media 2" (link given below) for step by step instructions on adding GPS information with Expression Media 2.

You may have to consider few important points if you choose to add GPS information using Virtual Earth feature of Expression Media:

EXIF data is typically considered read-only so Expression Media doesn't write anything to it. Therefore, when you add GPS information using Virtual Earth it will add corresponding values to the IPTC annotation fields called Latitude and Longitude. This GPS information is NOT added to the Camera EXIF section.

The Latitude and Longitude information captured and recorded by Expression Media will be saved and stay only at the catalog level and cannot be synchronized back into the photos.

So, what is the best way to add GPS coordinate information?

If your objective is not to synchronize the GPS information to original photos then you can add GPS coordinate information in Expression Media and let the GPS information stored with the catalog.

If your objective is to synchronize the GPS information back to your original photos, then you can use Microsoft Pro-Photo tools to add GPS coordinate information to your photos and save the GPS information back into the photos. Then, you can import the geotagged photos into Expression Media catalogs. Microsoft Pro Photo tools is a free tool.

More Information on Pro-Photo tools:
In Pro Photo Tools you can place photos on the Live Earth map and then drag them to the right location. The GPS information will be stored back into the photos. If you have a GPS device, can load track route files from the most popular formats (NMEA, GPX, and KML) and see them on the map. Then you can place your photos on the track route. Again, the GPS info will be stored into your file. When you have the right GPS location for your photos, you can automatically generate location info like country, state, city and even street names. Or if you know the location where a picture was taken, you can type it in and get the GPS location information automatically.

Resources:

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sekarhttp://blogs.msdn.com/sekar/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxAnnotations may change unexpectedlyhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmediasupport/archive/2008/06/16/annotations-may-change-unexpectedly.aspx2008-06-17T01:38:23Z2008-06-17T01:38:23Z
Hi all,

We've had periodic reports of trouble with annotations changing unexpectedly, and we are pretty sure we have a reproduction of the issue and and explanation. A workaround, too!

If you make a change to the annotations and press Enter, you will notice a green pencil icon to the left of the field that you changed. This indicates that you have unsaved changes:

If you then select several images in addition to the one you have been working on, you will inadvertently replicate the unsaved annotations on all selected images to the same values. This is a bad thing.

We've asked the development team to change this behavior, but in the meantime, there is a very simple workaround:

Annotate your image

Either click on the checkmark at the top of the Info Panel to save, or click on another image to deselect the image you edited

Hold down shift or control, and select the other images you want to select

Hope this helps!
AnitaOhttp://blogs.msdn.com/AnitaO/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxSilverlight Web Gallerieshttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmediasupport/archive/2008/05/08/silverlight-web-galleries.aspx2008-05-08T18:22:32Z2008-05-08T18:22:32Z
Another totally new thing in Expression Media 2: Silverlight HTML galleries. Granted, we only shipped one with the product, but another will be downloadable soon. We expect that people will also develop their own and want to share them.

What's so different about Silverlight galleries?

Creative and Dynamic

Movies play in place

Sound Effects

Modern Look

So, let's take a look at the one we ship with Expression Media 2. It's called Scatter. You create the gallery just as you would use any of the other templates shipped with Expression Media:

Select the images you want to include

On the Find menu, Show selected

On the Make menu, click HTML Gallery

Enter the name for your gallery under Site Title

Select Scatter under the Theme dropdown

Set other options like thumbnail size, Media size, watermark, etc. as desired

Click Make

Choose a directory to build the gallery in, and click OK

It's that simple! The results? First of all, the thumbnails come up in a scatter pattern. Each time someone goes to the site, the pattern is different:

Mouse over a thumbnail, and it straightens up and grows a bit:

Click on an image, and it's displayed enlarged and superimposed on the index page:

Click on the arrow to go to the next page, and the thumbnails slide off to left - the new ones slide in from the right - accompanied by a swishing sound. If there are several pages, and you click on the first page or last page arrow, all of the pages between slide by quickly. Altogether a more impressive showing than the older style gallery.

If you would like to learn more about Silverlight development itself, you can find it on MSDN at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb188743.aspx.
AnitaOhttp://blogs.msdn.com/AnitaO/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxImproved performancehttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmediasupport/archive/2008/04/30/improved-performance.aspx2008-04-30T20:58:26Z2008-04-30T20:58:26Z
Many of Expression Media 2's most impressive improvements are way under the covers. Today I'd like to talk about file import - or more correctly, file ingestion. The improvements here are in two areas - reliability and performance.

Let's talk about performance first. iView and Expression Media have traditionally been for use on a stand-alone machine with one user. When people started putting media files on servers and importing across the network, they found that performance, well, stunk. Expression Media 2 improves performance, particularly across networks, dramatically. What used to take 5 minutes to ingest, may realistically take 2 minutes under Expression Media2.

Secondly, reliability. Under Expression Media 1, the file import process would crash the application if importing a single file failed. Sometimes that failure actually occurred in QuickTime, which Expression Media used to render the thumbnails. In those cases, Expression Media would fail silently. The application "went away" without showing you an error. You simply lost your unsaved catalog changes.

With Expression Media 2, we have completely rewritten the file import process.

If ingesting one file fails, the app does not crash. It simply logs the failure and picks up again on the next file.

Import is broken into multiple code threads - so that we can work on ingesting multiple files at the same time. We might be importing metadata on one file, and building thumbnails on 2 others simultaneously.

For you, this means a much more reliable, useable application. True, it doesn't look much different on the outside, but it's very much changed on the inside.
AnitaOhttp://blogs.msdn.com/AnitaO/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxRelief is here!http://blogs.msdn.com/b/xmediasupport/archive/2008/04/15/relief-is-here.aspx2008-04-15T20:02:23Z2008-04-15T20:02:23Z
Hi everyone!

The English fix release for our three top issues in Expression Media 1 has been posted, with the rest to follow very soon.

This update fixes:

Nikon D3 and D300 compressed NEF files crash Expression Media SP1

Custom fields have garbage characters appended to the end of data when opened in Expression Media Service Pack 1

After upgrading to Apple QuickTime 7.4, files/folders added to a Catalog that previously existed are duplicated in the Catalog Folder panel and use 8.3 naming instead of long file names.
The English version for Windows is now available for download at:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=CCE477E8-6A2E-4D40-8609-0A976E8B645F&displaylang=en.

The Macintosh fixes are available at:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=EAB20BE5-785E-45B9-97B8-9172AF5EE0C5&displaylang=en

The other languages should be ready within the next 2-3 weeks, with both versions added to the Microsoft update sites for Windows and Mac as soon as they are.

I can hear a sigh of relief from here!

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MegaGlest r[3077] from trunk, compiled with build_mg.sh
Launched with mk/linux/megaglest --ini-path=mk/linux/ --data-path=mk/linux/
Repeat these actions to reproduce the problem:
New game -> Internet -> Create host -> Play game
It'll crash during loading screen. Stacktrace:
>>> test path=mk/linux/techs/megapack
>>> path=mk/linux/techs/megapack
[New Thread 0x7fffd5ffc700 (LWP 24390)]
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread 0x7fffd47f8700 (LWP 24380)]
0x0000000003368b80 in ?? ()
(gdb) bt
#0 0x0000000003368b80 in ?? ()
#1 0x00000000008833ff in ~SimpleTaskThread (this=0x1083b50,
__in_chrg=<optimized out>)
at /home/artem/SVN/megaglest/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/common/simple_threads.cpp:310
#2 Shared::PlatformCommon::SimpleTaskThread::~SimpleTaskThread (
this=0x1083b50, __in_chrg=<optimized out>)
at /home/artem/SVN/megaglest/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/common/simple_threads.cpp:311
#3 0x0000000000884fab in Shared::PlatformCommon::SimpleTaskThread::execute (
at /home/artem/SVN/megaglest/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/common/simple_threads.cpp:401
#4 0x00000000008c9ecf in Shared::Platform::Thread::beginExecution (
data=<optimized out>)
at /home/artem/SVN/megaglest/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/sdl/thread.cpp:79
#5 0x00007ffff7b54705 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0
#6 0x00007ffff7b983e9 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0
#7 0x00007ffff792fefc in start_thread (arg=0x7fffd47f8700)
at pthread_create.c:304
#8 0x00007ffff435889d in clone ()
at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:112
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
#9 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
Does this still occur using svn head? I cannot reproduce this.


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My partner and I so looked forward to Thursdays @ 9 so we could watch
one of our Fave shows, Secret Circle!!!!.....I soo Hate learning it has
been canceled.....
Please, I implore you, please give it some consideration and hopefully u guys will bring it back.....
I liked this show much better than all the "here's a vampire, there's a vampire" on just about every show u watch these days....
I really enjoyed watching the young witches doin' their thing....
Please bring Secret Circle back to the CW....I love your Supernatural show but it's no Secret Circle..
Not my normal television genre, my sister raved about Vampire Diaries
and mentioned this show was from the same showrunner and from the same
author's works, so I gave it a shot. Initially, I only knew about Britt
Robertson, but I was delighted to see some stellar newcomers and
The show looks promising. It doesn't seem afraid to go dark when necessary, nor does it appear to rush into anything. The stars are agreeably pretty, but Thomas Dekker and Robertson seem able to anchor the youngsters. Thrilled to see Natasha Henstridge and can't wait to see what's in store for her.
If the show doesn't embrace the camp, if it goes for a fairly realistic portrayal of teenagers (unlike, say, Twilight), this could be a lot of fun to watch. Fingers crossed!
The Secret Circle is an amazing television show and myself and many people enjoy it ! Worst thing is it has been canceled and so much was opened up on the finale of season 1 which will now never be complete :( not to mention the books were only a slight guide so they wont answer the questions of what happens either. SIGN THIS PETITION TO RENEW TSC FOR A SEASON 2 :) The petition can be found on change.org, just search the secret circle in the search bar and it is the first petition to appear. Don't let this amazing show that actually has a great plot and great characters go to waste leaving behind shows which actually have not good content. The secret circle is one of a kind, so save it !
The Secret Circle is definitely a show that is worth your time. Don't
judge it just because the central characters are teenagers, it doesn't
only focus on them. Any adult who is into genre shows such as this,
will find just as much enjoyment out of this show as anyone else. It
has a promising Pilot that offers massive potential for the show, and
trust me when I say this, the show does take advantage of that
potential and is developing into quite an addictive and fun new TV
series. The farther you get into it, the better it gets and the more
compelling the characters and story become. Once you get passed the
first three episodes, the fourth episode, "Heather" is really when the
show catches its footing. It becomes darker, more mysterious, the
pacing becomes faster and the show itself begins to develop into a
really great series of its own.
The Secret Circle is a show where you can't make assumptions and think you're right, because the writers will end up spinning that assumption and giving you the unexpected. The show is compelling, it has a dark theme, plot-twists, there is mystery, romance, action, drama, horror, and of course the paranormal/supernatural elements of witches and magic.
Like I said, The Secret Circle is a must-see! After all, it isn't an official People's Choice Award nominee for nothing.
Great show - It keeps you interested, has a great story so far and
definitely looks like it will be around for a while. I used to be a
Smallville fan and I've just been searching for something that had some
of that superpower supernatural stuff in it. This has delivered so far
- I'm diggin it.
It's not dramatic just to be dramatic.. like some other CW shows - but this actually has meaning behind it since it's an interesting plot. The only potential downfall would be that they screw up the story, right now I say they have the right cast, they have the right crew, and they have the right writers.. but I've definitely seen it happen before.. the writing eventually takes a downfall..
For now. They're doing it well. So If you're into some sci-fi, some drama, and a hot lead who can act..
Watch it.
I'll just put this in pros and cons since there's no really point
writing 1000 words review for the show that barely started.
+ 1. Plot seems interesting 2. Chicks are hot 3. I love places of shooting (whole town really) 4. I love dark breeze of it 5. Acting is quite a good but it could be improved 6. Solid character development - 1. Lines are sometimes cheesy and really stupid 2. Sometimes nothing makes sense at all 3. Special effects seems really bad made 4. Whole concept of witchcraft is messed up and pretty much old story
Show has potential but it really needs to work up if it wants to achieve anything. They need to create something new, to write better lines, to actually create better chemistry between characters, to remove stupid 10s looks and a lots of other small things. So far the show is good; the rating does justice to it. Solid 7.5/6 show that has potential to rise to 8 if played well.
It's a good one. It is one of these shows you wanna watch while you are
drinking a cup of coffee and enjoying some time on your own.
The plot is really interesting, it catches your attention from the very first episode.
The basic characters are many and different from one an other and you can't pick a favorite. They are all really good.
Each episode is thrilling and like all TV-shows the ending of each one is breath-taking, so you can't wait to see what will happen next.
So, if you are into teen drama combined with supernatural abilities, this is your show.
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
The Secret Circle follows Cassie Blake (Britt Robertson), the new girl
in the town of Chance Harbor. Now living with her grandmother (Ashley
Crow) due to the sudden death of her mom, she wonders why there are a
lot of strange things happening around her. When 5 school kids take her
to an isolated place in the woods, they explain that she is a witch, a
revelation that leads to more questions than answers.
While watching the pilot episode, I understood why the show was able to break opening records in the CW network. The Secret Circle is a nice blend of supernatural drama and suspense, a formula that works given the Vampire Diaries' immense success. The characters are interesting enough to care about; the kids are central to the plot but the activities of the grown-ups get your attention as well.
When you have a new show, the one thing you absolutely need to do is get your audience hooked. The Secret Circle is able to do this well. Although nothing that will change your life happens in the premiere (a burning vehicle, magic-induced rain and a person drowning without even swimming) and at times it becomes slow in pace, the events put in place are exciting incentives for you to catch the next episode. Like Cassie, you would like to know what is really going on.
The show's presentation of magical powers is also refreshing. From my understanding, a witch needs to channel the energy inside her and concentrate so that she can alter the environment. Like in most things, there is strength in numbers. It's not as simple as a point-and-shoot type of ability but not as complicated as bloodletting (well, at least not yet). Even with a fantasy show, things have to remain grounded in reality to make it more believable. In terms of special effects, I am not yet completely sold. The forest scene was beautiful to look at but I think the storm could have been handled much better.
Britt Robertson is no stranger to this type of role, having starred in the CW's short-lived show Life Unexpected. She has this quality about her that makes her a strong female lead. Delicate and fierce at the same time, Cassie Blake is one girl you should not mess with. Thomas Dekker will be bringing fans from his previous shows Heroes and Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles. Given his experience in playing various teen characters, his portrayal of Adam won't be a problem. Among all the kids, I like Faye (Phoebe Tonkin) the most. She's the type of bad girl you can't help but root for. I hope she is given more story and background in the succeeding episodes. With veteran actress Natasha Henstridge rounding up the cast, The Secret Circle is looking pretty solid acting-wise.
I realize now that the Secret Circle reminds me of Marvel Comics' The Runaways. The kids are on a path of self-discovery through their little group while the adults have their own plans for them. At the core, this show tackles being independent, growing up with these gifts, learning to control them, and dealing with the consequences of their actions.
The Secret Circle is obviously targeted towards a young audience so it is almost certain that usual elements of teen romance and anxiety will be present. However, with witchcraft being at the center of it all, it will be enough to keep older viewers interested. Besides, I don't think there's enough of a cheese atmosphere here to repel a wider audience. If magic is your cup of tea, look no further. If not, then I advise you to still stick around. After all, the pilot gives enough to wet the appetite. When witches are involved, you just don't know what's going to happen next.
The show started off quite simple and the story line was obviously just getting started, but after the first few episodes it's developed and now i can see that the show is going to get a lot better in time. I haven't read the books, but i know some things have changed (kind of like they did with The Vampire Diaries, making elena's character the opposite of who she is, bringing in new- non-existent character's and getting rid of some and changing loads of aspects of the story), but i can't help thinking they do this to make it more TV friendly. They do it to stretch it out and make it last longer, put their own twists and spins, making you're more eager to see the next episode to see if what you know should happen, does. I can say that The Secret Circle is a good show, it needs work, some of the actors aren't that great and are obviously just starting out. The thing that drew me to TSC was Phoebe Tonkins, the Australian actor from H2O: Just add water, and she is a brilliant part of the show. I love her character, she's full of surprises and she's a brilliant actor too. Cassie also shines a light on the show as well, i had seen her in 'life unexpected' and thought she was great in that. But anyway, the story line is developing so their's no point in shunning it until it's a good way into the series, and i just overall think it's pretty good.
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
I had high hopes for this series. I read the books when they were first
published and I was in high school. They became some of my favorites
and I read and re-read them many times. That being said, this show
bares a very small resemblance to the books.
I expected the updating (cell phones, music, etc.), but much of the story has been changed. The premise (young girl moves to a new town and discovers that she is a witch and part of a coven of teenage witches whose power is growing and vulnerable) is the same. However, there is a lot more that is different than I expected. If you want to avoid spoilers, read no further, and know that if you have read the books, this show is very different.
Instead of New England, it is set in western Washington. Not that I have anything against this, I happen to live in a small WA island town myself, but much of the original story hinges around the historical treatment of witches (especially the ancestors of the main characters) and how it impacts the secrecy they live with.
Also, many of the characters are not in the show. This may be done in order to keep the mystery, but those who are fans of the Vampire Diaries (show and books), the Secret Circle doesn't seem to follow the books as closely in characters as the Vampire Diaries does. In the books, the coven is 12 young witches. In fact, Cassie's spot originally belonged to the younger sibling of two of the other members of the coven, but she is murdered to make room for Cassie (not by Cassie BTW). Much of this story line is left out of the show.
All of this aside, it is a fun teenage drama. I am a little leery of the Twilight-esque genre, but this one didn't quite seem as bad. Cassie is a much more sympathetic character (in my mind) than Bella is. Brit does a good job of portraying a young girl with power who has been thrown in the deep end of the pool and is doing her best to swim with the sharks.
I will keep watching to see where it goes. My advice is to watch the show with fresh eyes and pretend that you don't have any preconceptions about what the story is about or where it will go. Like I said, I loved these books as a teen and I hope that others will like the books and show as well.
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