Yesterday Microsoft released the August CTP of Acrylic, the design program targeted for XAML developers.
And in the words of Microsoft:
""Acrylic" (code name) is the professional design program that brings together the richness of pixel-based painting and the performance of editable vector graphics for a more fluid and flexible creative workflow. Create sophisticated designs and graphic elements for your on-screen, web, and print projects."
"Acrylic supports the creation of graphic designs for export to the XAML file format, the declarative markup language used to describe application user interface elements, and rich content (such as 2-D, 3-D, text, animation, and
video) for the WPF."
You can download the CTP as well as find documentation and demonstration videos in:
http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/
Later tomorrow I will post more details and comment about Acrylic.