- MacroMind
__NOTOC__ MacroMind was an
Apple Macintosh software company founded inChicago in 1984 byMarc Canter , Jay Fenton andMark 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. [ [http://www.rit.edu/~cmj2118/imm/project2/careers.html MacroMind history] on "Chris Jacques's introduction to multimedia"]In 1988 the company moved to
San Francisco , and in 1991 MacroMind merged withParacomp to become MacroMind-Paracomp, then in 1992 with Authorware, Inc formingMacromedia .Products
*MusicWorks (1984) - music composer
*VideoWorks (1985) [ [http://www.fentonia.com/bio/ Jay's (now Jamie's) resume] with screenshot of VideoWorks] , 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+ [ [http://www.digibarn.com/collections/games/maze-war/macromind-mazewars/MacroMind%20MazeWars%20Mac%202a.jpgAdvertisement for MazeWars] ] (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) [ [http://listserv.uark.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind9907C&L=direct-l&F=&S=&P=7947 DIRECT-L archives -- July 1999, week 3 (#73)] ]
*Three-D (1990) [ [http://www.colloq.uni-wuppertal.de/longbio/longbiogomez.htm Julian E. Gómez' resume] ] [ [http://etl.uom.gr/greek/projects/multimedia/images/macrom3d.gifScreenshot of MacroMind 3D] ] - 3D modeling and animation softwareReferences
ee also
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John H. Thompson - former MacroMind employee and creator of the Lingo programming languageExternal links
* [http://www.superhappyfunfun.com/company.html Mark Stephen Pierce's resume]
* [http://www.grenier-du-mac.net/fiches/mazewar.htm Download MazeWars+]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/DesktopP1986 Computer chronicles: Desktop Publishing #1 (11/2/1986)] - demo of desktop publishing software including MacroMind Comic Works
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