MacroMind was an
Apple Macintosh
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software company founded in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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in 1984 by
Marc Canter,
Jamie Fenton 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
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...
, and in 1991 MacroMind merged with
Paracomp
Paracomp was a Macintosh programming company known for their 3D software, Swivel 3D and ModelShop and FilmMaker. FilmMaker was known for its packaging which was a 16mm film reel tin which was used to contain the software and manuals. Paracomp was ...
to become MacroMind–Paracomp, then in 1992 merged with
Authorware Inc., forming
Macromedia
Macromedia, Inc., was an American graphics, multimedia, and web development software company (1992–2005) headquartered in San Francisco, California, that made products such as Flash and Dreamweaver. It was purchased by its rival Adobe System ...
.
Products
*MusicWorks (1984) - music composer
*
VideoWorks (1985), VideoWorks II (1987) and VideoWorks Interactive - multimedia animation software
*Art Grabber/Body Shop (1985) -
clip art
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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 ''
Maze War
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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
* ''D ...
(1987) - new name for VideoWorks II
*Director 2 (1988) - VideoWorks Interactive when released as a commercial product
*Director 2.2 (1989 - Introduction of
Lingo (programming language)
Lingo is a verbose object-oriented (OO) scripting language developed by John H. Thompson for use in Adobe Director (formerly Macromedia Director). Lingo is used to develop desktop application software, interactive kiosks, CD-ROMs and Adobe Shockw ...
, an extensible animation scripting language
*Director 3 (1989), and introduction of
XObjects
*Three-D (1990)
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*MacroModel
* Renderworks (1990) - rendering software for Three-D files
* Fireworks (1990) - post-production software for Renderworks renderings
* Mouse Practice (1992) – a tutorial on how to use the mouse where the user controls a scuba diver
See also
* Marc Canter - CEO and co-founder of MacroMind
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
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