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 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.
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), 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+ (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), and introduction of XObjects Three-D (1990) - 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
References
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