MacroMind
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MacroMind was an Apple Macintosh software company founded in Chicago in 1984 by Marc Canter, Jay 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] Along with other early programs, MusicWorks was originally distributed by Hayden Software.[2]
In 1988 the company moved to San Francisco, and in 1991 MacroMind merged with Paracomp to become MacroMind-Paracomp, then in 1992 with Authorware, Inc forming Macromedia.
[edit] Products
- 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 3 (1989)[5]
- Three-D (1990)[6][7] - 3D modeling and animation software
- Mouse Practice (1992) – a tutorial on how to use the mouse where the user controls a scuba diver
[edit] See also
- Marc Canter - CEO and co-founder of MacroMind
[edit] References
- ^ MacroMind history 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 with screenshot of VideoWorks
- ^ Advertisement for MazeWars
- ^ DIRECT-L archives -- July 1999, week 3 (#73)
- ^ Julian E. Gómez' resume
- ^ Screenshot of MacroMind 3D
[edit] External links
- 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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