Silverlight graphics are vector-based, compared to regular web sites where
images are usually pixel-based. In all fairness, Silverlight also supports
pixelized graphics, but vector graphics have some advantages: no quality
loss when scaling, for instance. There are several vector graphics
editors, but very few of them currently support XAML. Microsoft Design was one of the first to do so and it is part of
the Microsoft Expression Studio. At http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/download.aspx?key=design
you will find more information about it and can download a time-bombed
trial (60 days). Microsoft Design can import a series of other formats and
also export to a few, including XAML, as Figure 1
shows.
