NOTOC Commented out because image was deleted Image MacroMind.png left MacroMind was an Apple Macintosh software company founded in Chicago in 1984 by Marc Canter , Jamie Fenton 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. ref http www.rit.edu cmj2118 imm project2 careers.html MacroMind history on Chris Jacques s introduction to multimedia ref Along with other early programs, MusicWorks was originally distributed by Hayden Software. ref http 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 ref In 1988 the company moved to San Francisco , and in 1991 MacroMind merged with Paracomp to become MacroMind Paracomp , then in 1992 with Authorware Authorware, Inc forming Macromedia . Products MusicWorks 1984 music composer VideoWorks 1985 ref http www.fentonia.com bio Jamie Fenton with screenshot of VideoWorks ref , VideoWorks II 1987 and VideoWorks Interactive multimedia animation software Art Grabber Body Shop 1985 clip art software Comic Works Graphic Works Vector graphics object based paint program VideoWorks accelerator animation compiler for VideoWorks files MazeWars ref http www.digibarn.com collections games maze war macromind mazewars MacroMind 20MazeWars 20Mac 202a.jpg Advertisement for MazeWars ref 1987 multiplayer network game based on the classic Maze War MacroMind Director Director 1987 new name for VideoWorks II Director 2 1988 VideoWorks Interactive when released as a commercial ... images macrom3d.gif Screenshot of MacroMind 3D ref 3D modeling and animation software Mouse Practice ... CEO and co founder of MacroMind References references External links http www.superhappyfunfun.com company.html ... of desktop publishing software including MacroMind Comic Works Category Mac software companies mac ... more details
Paracomp was a Macintosh programming company known for their 3D computer graphics 3D software, Swivel 3D and ModelShop and Filmaker. Filmaker was known for its packaging which was a 16mm film reel tin which was used to contain the software and manuals. It was acquired by MacroMind in 1990 to briefly form MacroMind Paracomp, before adding Macromedia Authorware Authorware and becoming Macromedia . software stub compu stub Category Software companies ... more details
italic title Verbum was an early personal computer and computer art magazine focusing on interactive art and computer graphics . It was published from 1987 http findarticles.com p articles mi m3065 is n1 v20 ai 9242554 until the late 1990s. It, along with Info 64 , was one of the first periodicals to be entirely based on desktop publishing techniques. It was laid out in PageMaker 1.2 on Macintosh Plus computers and generated camera ready 300 dpi printout from an Apple LaserWriter Plus . It grew from early black and white content to include color and make use of the growing fields of image manipulation and multimedia . In 1989, Verbum held the first Digital Be In , which sought to meld the ideals of the 1960s counterculture with the emerging cyberculture of the early 1990s. Referring to iself as a journal of personal computer aesthetics, Verbum was notable for placing more emphasis on creative aspects of its subject matter in contrast to the overwhelmingly technical content of other publications. In 1991 the magazine began publishing Verbum Interactive , which was billed as the first CD ROM periodical. http www.caruso.com work dm index digital media august 1991 verbum interactive Verbum Interactive was produced using MacroMind Director http www.streettech.com bcp BCPgraf StreetTech verbum.html and was hailed as a groundbreaking product, but criticized for the high cost of the equipment needed to view it, and for the slow performance of the CD ROM technology it relied upon. http www.caruso.com work dm index digital media august 1991 verbum interactive Category Defunct computer magazines Compu mag stub ... more details
showcases. History in the technology industry Canter co founded MacroMind in 1984 and began developing ... 01 05 ref MacroMind became Macromedia in 1991. He was part of the team that created the first multimedia ... for over a decade. Prior to MacroMind, he worked for Bally Midway programming music for videogames ... MacroMind products shipped with virus infected media. Analysis later revealed that Canter s computer ... more details
Jamie Faye Fenton born Jay Fenton is a game programmer best known for the 1981 in video gaming 1981 hit video arcade game arcade game Gorf . ref name metro sv cite web url http www.metroactive.com papers metro 08.23.01 work 0134.html title Secrets of Ms. Gorf author Newitz, Annalee publisher Metro Silicon Valley year 2001 accessdate 2010 11 14 authorlink Annalee Newitz ref She has been active in the transgender community and Transgender transitioned from male to female around 1998 . ref name metro sv Fenton was drawn to computer technology while in school because its highly predictable nature appealed to her and it provided a safe haven from being School bullying picked on by other students . ref name metro sv She is also one of the creators of MacroMind s VideoWorks software since renamed Macromedia Director . Fenton s works Datsun 280 ZZZAP 1976 Checkmate video game Checkmate 1977 Bally Astrocade BASIC Re write 1980 Gorf 1981 Robby Roto 1981 References references External links http www.fentonia.com Fentonia.com http www.metroactive.com papers metro 08.23.01 work 0134.html Secrets of Ms. Gorf at Metro Silicon Valley Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Fenton, Jamie ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fenton, Jay SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Fenton, Jamie Category Computer programmers Category People from San Francisco, California Category Transgender and transsexual people Category Living people US compu bio stub de Jamie Fenton ... more details
After leaving Industrial Light and Magic , Glass worked on several projects with Marc Canter , founder of Macromind which later became Macromedia birthplace of Shockwave which later became Flash animation software. Glass later developed an application that allowed a user to enter an audio blog entry from a remote cell phone location. His small start up, known as AudBlog, was eventually folded into a partnership with Evan Williams entrepreneur Evan Williams , of Blogger.com fame to create the company Odeo. In 2006, while with Odeo, Glass helped to create and develop the seed idea for what would eventually become known as Twitter . Not only was Glass the prime motivating force leading to its eventual development, he is acknowledged as being responsible for coining the name twttr , the earliest form of the company s name. Noah E. Glass is not the same person as Noah Herbert Glass, the creator of a popular online food ordering platform. ref cite web last Carlson first Nicholas title An Interview With Twitter s Forgotten Founder, Noah Glass url http articles.businessinsider.com 2011 04 13 tech 30040064 1 jack dorsey business insider investors work Business Insider accessdate 19 September 2011 date 13 April 2011 ref ref cite web last Carlson first Nicholas title The Real History Of Twitter url http www.businessinsider.com how twitter was founded 2011 4 work Business Insider accessdate 19 September 2011 date 13 April 2011 ref References reflist 2 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Herbert Glass, Noah ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Herbert Glass, Noah Category American businesspeople Category Living people ... more details
started out as MacroMind VideoWorks , an application for the original Apple Macintosh . Animations ... Timeline 1985 VideoWorks 1988 Named Director 1.0 1993 Macromind Director became Macromedia Director ... more details
For the music festival Soundedit Festival Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Image SoundEdit icon.gif frame right SoundEdit icon SoundEdit was the first popular GUI based audio editor for digitized audio. It was not only one of the first important audio applications for Macintosh, but one of the first significant audio applications for personal computers in general. SoundEdit was one of three audio applications created during a sabbatical by Steve Capps during 1986. The Macintosh had no built in sound input, so the MacRecorder audio digitizer was invented for this purpose in 1985 by Michael Lamoureux, a mathematics student at the University of California, Berkeley. The MacRecorder hardware and software was publicly released through the Berkeley Macintosh Users Group as a kit in late 1985. SoundEdit first shipped in January 1988, as part of a hardware product called MacRecorder Sound System, by a company called Farallon Computing which eventually became Netopia . One of the major drivers for SoundEdit was Apple s HyperCard . With MacRecorder Sound System, stack makers could finally create alternatives to HyperCard s two built in sounds. The other multimedia programs of the time, Adobe Director Director and Adobe Authorware Authorware also adopted it right away. SoundEdit was later bought by Macromind Paracomp, which became Macromedia now Adobe Systems . Macromedia rebranded the program as SoundEdit 16 and expanded its capabilities to support CD quality audio 16 bit and added Quicktime soundtrack editing and an audio plug in architecture. A free plug in was included to convert sound files into .SWA format, an early form of mp3 file. These SWA files could be streamed to web viewers using by the free web audio player downloadable from Macromedia or by creating a custom interactive Adobe Shockwave Shockwave experience embedded into a web page. Adobe Shockwave Shockwave content is created by using the Adobe Director Director multimedia authoring program. Macrom ... more details
Infobox VG title Mouse Practice image developer publisher Apple Inc. Apple Computer Inc. designer engine released 1992 genre Game based learning modes Single player ratings platforms Apple Macintosh media Hard disk drive Preloaded on hard disk , Floppy disk requirements History of Mac OS Mac OS 6 to 9 input Mouse computing Mouse Mouse Practice was a Game based learning game based computer tutorial aimed at teaching new User computing users how to operate a computer Mouse computing mouse ref name mg mp cite web title Mouse Practice url http macintoshgarden.org apps mouse practice work Utilities Downloads publisher Macintosh Garden accessdate 13 March 2011 ref at a time when many were unfamiliar with this feature of a computer. Mouse Practice was created using MacroMind Director and released in 1992 by Apple Inc. Apple for the Macintosh computer platform. It involved the user learning the key functions of the mouse by controlling a scuba diver in an underwater environment. ref name mg mp Another program, Mouse Basics , served a similar purpose on earlier Macintosh computers, but did not have the game based approach of Mouse Practice. ref name mb txt cite web title Mouse Basics 4.5.txt url http download.info.apple.com Apple Support Area Apple Software Updates English North American Macintosh Utilities Mouse Basics 4.5.txt work Apple Macintosh Utilities Downloads publisher Apple Inc. accessdate 13 March 2011 date 22 July 1992 ref Gameplay The opening screen showed the scuba diver inviting the user to join him as he was going exploring underwater. To get started, the user had to move the mouse so that the pointer was on the scuba diver this required the skill of using the mouse to control the position of the Cursor computers pointer . An animation then showed the scuba diver descending. Controlling the pointer The next activity was to use the flashlight to look around, requiring the use to move the mouse to control the flashlight in order to illuminate a number of animal ... more details
program for SuperSet s Local Area Network system, which became Novell Netware . 1987, MacroMind ... Alto http www.digibarn.com collections games maze war macromind mazewars Ad and press release for MacroMind MazeWars Category 1974 video games Category First person shooters Category Mainframe ... more details
Acquired by Allaire Corporation Authorware Inc Merged to form Macromedia MacroMind Merged to form MacroMind Paracomp Paracomp Merged to form MacroMind Paracomp Altsys Acquired by Macromedia MacroMind ... off 1991 11 1 Paracomp MacroMind Software USA align center align center ref cite web url http www.alacrastore.com storecontent Thomson M&A Paracomp Inc acquires Macromind Inc from Adobe Systems Inc 219207020 title Paracomp Inc acquires Macromind Inc from Adobe Systems Inc publisher Thomson Financial ... more details
Infobox VG title image File Cosmic Osmo and the Worlds Beyond the Mackerel Cover.jpg 250px caption resolution developer publisher Cyan Worlds distributor license series engine version released 1989 genre modes ratings platforms Macintosh , Microsoft Windows media requirements input Cosmic Osmo and the Worlds Beyond the Mackerel is a Adventure game graphic adventure computer game for the Apple Macintosh Macintosh computer line Plus, SE, SE 30, II Series, Classic, LC created by Cyan, Inc. . It was published in 1989 and won the 1990 Mac User award. Fact date February 2008 Spelunx , Cyan s next title, was made with a similar style of gameplay. In 2007, a new Cosmic Osmo game titled Cosmic Osmo s Hex Isle was released, based loosely on the original s setting but with a more traditional platform game style of gameplay. Game mechanics The game features a point and click interface. The player clicks on various elements in a scene to trigger events. To move between scenes and rooms, the player clicks on doors or near the edge of the screen. The game begins when the player enters an animated spacecraft spaceship hovering in front of the title screen. While inside the ship, he can trigger various events. The spaceship gives the player the ability to visit various planets. Aside from using the ship to move between planets, a complicated network of shortcuts exists between planets and scenes. The game, being presented in first person view, enables shifts from the macroscopic to the microscopic level. Most of the shortcuts are found at the microscopic level through a water drain or a mouse s hole, for example. Development Cosmic Osmo was created by brothers Rand Miller Rand and Robyn Miller , who went on to form the company Cyan Worlds Cyan and develop the best selling adventure game Myst . It was created, and runs, using HyperCard . Animated portions were made using MacroMind VideoWorks, a linear animation program that later became Macromedia Director . A XCMD plug in enabled Vi ... more details
Infobox company company name Macromedia, Inc. company logo Image macromedia.svg 175px The final logo of MacroMedia company slogan What the web can be. fate Integrated into Adobe Systems , Inc. successor Adobe Systems , Inc. foundation 1992 defunct 2005 location San Francisco, California San Francisco , California br incorporated in Delaware br United States industry software Computer software key people Michael Nielsen, Co Founder br Marc Canter , Founder products Adobe ColdFusion Macromedia ColdFusion br Adobe Flash Macromedia Flash br Adobe Fireworks Macromedia Fireworks br Macromedia Freehand br Adobe Dreamweaver Macromedia Dreamweaver br Adobe Director Macromedia Director br Macromedia Authorware num employees 1,445 2004 Macromedia was an United States American graphics and web development software company 1992 2005 headquartered in San Francisco , California that produced such products as Adobe Flash Flash and Adobe Dreamweaver Dreamweaver . Its rival, Adobe Systems , acquired Macromedia on December 3, 2005 and controls the line of Macromedia products. History Macromedia originated in the 1992 merger of Authorware Inc. makers of Macromedia Authorware Authorware and MacroMind Paracomp makers of Adobe Director Macromind Director . Adobe Director Director , an interactive multimedia authoring tool used to make CD ROM s and information kiosks, served as Macromedia s flagship product until the mid 1990s. As the CD ROM market began to decline and the World Wide Web gained in popularity, Macromedia created Adobe Shockwave Shockwave , a Director viewer plug in computing plugin for web browsers, but decided Citation needed date April 2011 it also needed to expand its market by branching out into web native media tools. CompuServe was the first company to integrate Adobe Shockwave Shockwave . In October 1995, Macromedia licensed Sun s Java programming language Java Programming Language Sun worked with Macromedia to integrate Java in Macromedia s multimedia software. By 2 ... more details
Infobox VG title Dark Castle image File Dark Castle Coverart.png developer Silicon Beach Software publisher designer Mark Stephen Pierce graphics br Jonathan Gay programming engine released 1986 Mac br 1987 DOS br 1987 Commodore 64 br 1987 Commodore Amiga br 1987 Atari ST br 1989 Apple IIGS br 1991 Mega Drive Genesis br 1992 CD i br 1993 MSX genre Platform game modes Single player ratings platforms Commodore Amiga Amiga , Apple IIGS , Atari ST , Apple Macintosh , MS DOS , Sega Mega Drive Mega Drive Genesis , Commodore 64 , CD i , MSX media One 3.5 800k floppy Mac requirements input Mouse computing Mouse , Computer keyboard Keyboard Dark Castle may also refer to the metal band Dark Castle band Dark Castle or the movie production house Dark Castle Entertainment . Dark Castle is a 1986 in video gaming 1986 computer game for the Apple Macintosh Macintosh published by Silicon Beach Software , later ported to various platforms, where it was published by Three Sixty Pacific . It was designed and illustrated by Mark Pierce and programmed by Jonathan Gay . Dark Castle is a platform game where a young hero named Duncan tries to make his way to the evil Black Knight, dodging objects as well as solving occasional puzzles. The game is notable for its use of sampling music sampled sounds to great effect. A sequel titled Beyond Dark Castle was released in 1987 in video gaming 1987 . A second sequel, Return To Dark Castle , was announced in 2000, though it was not released until March 14, 2008. Development Mark Pierce was based in San Francisco with his own company MacroMind, while Jon Gay and the rest of the Silicon Beach team were in San Diego so after an an initial launch meeting, most of the collaboration between Pierce and Gay was handled remotely. Pierce designed the animations in MacroMind s VideoWorks the direct ancestor of Adobe Director and then mailed the files on floppies to Gay, who then coded the game in 68000 Assembly Language on an Apple Lisa a few parts like the hi ... more details
. MacroMindMacroMind Three D was a mid end 3D package running on the Mac in the early 1990s. MacroMindMacroMind Swivel 3D Professional was a mid end 3D package running on the Mac in the early ... more details
File Michael W. Allen.jpg thumb right Allen, 2012 Michael W. Allen born 1946 is an United States American software developer, educator, and author. He is known for his work on e learning , and led the development of the Authorware software. Biography Allen received a BA in psychology from Cornell College , and MA and Ph.D. from the Ohio State University in educational psychology. ref name oldsite cite web url http www.alleni.com about team.asp title Leadership Team work Allen Interactions accessdate July 4, 2011 deadurl yes archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20090105170354 http www.alleni.com about team.asp archivedate January 5, 2009 ref From 1971 to 1984 Allen worked for Control Data Corporation on its PLATO computer system PLATO computer based education system . He rose to be director of advanced educational systems R&D. Allen founded Authorware in 1984, incorporating it in 1985. Authorware merged with MacroMind Paracomp in 1992 to form Macromedia , which was later bought by Adobe Systems . ref name newsite cite web title Our e Learning Team publisher Allen Interactions Inc. url http www.alleninteractions.com our e learning team accessdate July 4, 2011 ref Allen formed a spinoff of the professional services division of Authorware called MediaPros, which was acquired by Lifetouch, Inc. a year later. ref cite news title Learning Executive, Michael Allen, is Recognized by the American Society for Training & Development work News release date June 3, 2011 url http www.sfgate.com cgi bin article.cgi?f g a 2011 06 03 prweb8525049.DTL accessdate July 4, 2011 ref He founded Allen Interactions, Inc. in 1993, acting as chairman and Chief Executive Officer . The company designs custom interactive e learning applications and provides consulting and training services. ref name newsite He founded Allen Learning Technologies in 2010 and serves as chairman and Chief Executive Officer. The company announced project Zebra in 2010, a new e learning authoring system. ref cite web t ... more details
DEOSNews . Authorware Inc. merges with MacroMind ParaComp to create Macromedia . MacroMind specialized in animation software Macromind Director Director and ParaComp specialized in 3D imagery Swivel ... more details
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