MacroMind was an

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software company founded in

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in 1984 by

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and Mark Stephen Pierce. The company's first product was SoundVision, a combined music and graphics editor. Before the release, the graphics editor was removed, and SoundVision became MusicWorks. Along with other early programs, MusicWorks was originally distributed by Hayden Software. In 1988 the company moved to

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, and in 1991 MacroMind merged with

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to become MacroMind–Paracomp, then in 1992 merged with Authorware Inc., forming

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Products

*MusicWorks (1984) - music composer *

VideoWorks Adobe Director (formerly Macromedia Director, MacroMind Director, and MacroMind VideoWorks) was a multimedia application authoring platform created by Macromedia and managed by Adobe Systems until its discontinuation. Director was the primary edi ...

(1985), VideoWorks II (1987) and VideoWorks Interactive - multimedia animation software *Art Grabber/Body Shop (1985) -

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software *Comic Works/Graphic Works -

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paint program *VideoWorks accelerator - animation compiler for VideoWorks files *MazeWars+ (1987) - multiplayer network game based on the classic ''

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Director Director may refer to: Literature * ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine * ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker * ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty Music * Director (band), an Irish rock band * ''Di ...

(1987) - new name for VideoWorks II *Director 2 (1988) - VideoWorks Interactive when released as a commercial product *Director 2.2 (1989 - Introduction of

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, an extensible animation scripting language *Director 3 (1989), and introduction of XObjects *Three-D (1990)Screenshot of MacroMind 3D
/ref> - 3D modeling and animation software *MacroModel * Renderworks (1990) - rendering software for Three-D files * Fireworks (1990) - post-production software for Renderworks renderings *

Mouse Practice ''Mouse Practice'' was a game-based computer tutorial aimed at teaching new users how to operate a computer mouse at a time when many were unfamiliar with this feature of a computer. Mouse Practice was created using MacroMind Director and release ...

(1992) – a tutorial on how to use the mouse where the user controls a scuba diver

References

External links

Mark Stephen Pierce's resumeComputer chronicles: Desktop Publishing #1 (11/2/1986)
- demo of desktop publishing software including MacroMind Comic Works Macintosh software companies {{mac-software-stub

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