MacroMind was an Apple Macintosh software company founded in Chicago 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[1] and the animation creativity tool VideoWorks (which later became Director). Along with other early programs, MusicWorks and VideoWorks were originally published and distributed by Hayden Software.[2]
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| Industry | Software |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1984 in Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Founders | Marc Canter Jamie Fenton Mark Stephen Pierce |
| Fate | Merged with Paracomp |
| Successors | MacroMind–Paracomp (1991) Macromedia (1992-2005) Adobe (2005-present) |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California , United States |
| Products | See Products |
In 1988 the company moved to San Francisco, and in 1991 MacroMind merged with Paracomp to become MacroMind–Paracomp, then in 1992 merged with Authorware Inc., forming Macromedia.
Products
edit- MusicWorks (1984) - music composer
- VideoWorks (1985),[3] VideoWorks II (1987) and VideoWorks Interactive - multimedia animation software
- Art Grabber/Body Shop (1985) - clip art software
- Comic Works/Graphic Works - object based paint program
- VideoWorks accelerator - animation compiler for VideoWorks files
- MazeWars+[4] (1987) - multiplayer network game based on the classic Maze War
- Director (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), an extensible animation scripting language
- Director 3 (1989),[5] and introduction of XObjects
- Three-D (1990)[6][7] - 3D modeling and animation software
- MacroModel
- Renderworks (1990) - rendering software for Three-D files MacroMind at Google Books
- 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
edit- Marc Canter - CEO and co-founder of MacroMind
References
edit- ^ MacroMind history at the Wayback Machine (archived 2006-04-23) on Chris Jacques's introduction to multimedia
- ^ The New York Times, "PERIPHERALS; PORTABLE SCREEN FOR APPLE", By PETER H. LEWIS, Published: February 19, 1985
- ^ Jamie Fenton Archived 2009-03-07 at the Wayback Machine with screenshot of VideoWorks
- ^ Advertisement for MazeWars
- ^ DIRECT-L archives -- July 1999, week 3 (#73) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-03-17)
- ^ Julian E. Gómez' resume Archived 2005-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Screenshot of MacroMind 3D
External links
edit- Mark Stephen Pierce's resume
- Download MazeWars+
- Computer chronicles: Desktop Publishing #1 (11/2/1986) - demo of desktop publishing software including MacroMind Comic Works
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