MacroMind explained

MacroMind
Industry:	Software
Fate:	Merged with Paracomp
Predecessors:	-->
Successors:	MacroMind–Paracomp (1991) Macromedia (1992-2005) Adobe (2005-present)
Founded:	in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Founders:	Marc Canter Jamie Fenton Mark Stephen Pierce
Hq Location City:	San Francisco, California
Hq Location Country:	United States
Areas Served:	-->
Products:	See Products
Owners:	-->

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 creativiy tool VideoWorks (which later became Director). Along with other early programs, MusicWorks and VideoWorks were originally published and 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 merged with Authorware Inc., forming Macromedia.

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 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
• 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

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.rit.edu/~cmj2118/imm/project2/careers.html MacroMind history
2. https://www.nytimes.com/1985/02/19/science/peripherals-portable-screen-for-apple.html The New York Times, "PERIPHERALS; PORTABLE SCREEN FOR APPLE", By PETER H. LEWIS, Published: February 19, 1985
3. http://www.fentonia.com/bio/ Jamie Fenton
4. http://www.digibarn.com/collections/games/maze-war/macromind-mazewars/MacroMind%20MazeWars%20Mac%202a.jpg Advertisement for MazeWars
5. http://listserv.uark.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind9907C&L=direct-l&F=&S=&P=7947 DIRECT-L archives -- July 1999, week 3 (#73)
6. http://www.colloq.uni-wuppertal.de/longbio/longbiogomez.htm Julian E. Gómez' resume
7. http://etl.uom.gr/greek/projects/multimedia/images/macrom3d.gif Screenshot of MacroMind 3D