Many new features have been added to Microsoft Acrylic, including:

Hint Palette: If you're new to Acrylic (formerly Microsoft Expression) you'll benefit from the new Hint palette. [More]

Hybrid Graphics: In addition to vector layers, we now have the ability to paint on pixel layers and to combine the two types of layers. [More]

Raster Painting: Raster painting is as easy as creating a pixel layer, choosing the Pixel Brush tool, and painting on the drawing area with a variety of brushes. [More]

Live Effects: Acrylic sports its own set of filters that can be applied to either vector objects of pixel paint! [More]

Variations: For all you vector enthusiasts, Acrylic now let's you paint with variations in hue, saturation, transparency and other fun variations! [More]

Image Stitching: Stitch together multiple images with amazing accuracy. [More]

HTML Work Flow: We now have the ability to turn out artwork into rollover buttons, preview rollovers in pixel preview mode and export to HTML. [More]