Phase One gets Microsoft art tool

In a rare example of an acquisition from Microsoft, Phase One today said it had bought the rights to Expression Media. The app gives Phase One's medium format cameras a ready-made photo management and tagging tool for both the Mac and Windows PCs. The company doesn't expect it to replace Capture One, its in-house RAW editing tool.

Expression Media 2 will still cost $199, but a brief transition period will give any new customers a free copy of Capture One until the end of June. Microsoft has also said it will still handle support for the app for the next 90 days, at which point Phase One will take over.

Microsoft still has control over Expression Studio, a set of design tools for its own .NET and Silverlight frameworks.

By Electronista Staff