Menu
Home
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
MacroMind
open-in-new
<h2 id="products">Products</h2> <ul><li>MusicWorks (1984) - music composer</li> <li><a href="/facts/VideoWorks/N6a7Vltl">VideoWorks</a> (1985),<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> VideoWorks II (1987) and VideoWorks Interactive - multimedia animation software</li> <li>Art Grabber/Body Shop (1985) - <a href="/facts/Clip_art/UXBYAB3r">clip art</a> software</li> <li>Comic Works/Graphic Works - <a href="/facts/Vector_graphics/y8ok7M2P">object based</a> paint program</li> <li>VideoWorks accelerator - animation compiler for VideoWorks files</li> <li>MazeWars+<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> (1987) - multiplayer network game based on the classic <i><a href="/facts/Maze_War/xrAocCDg">Maze War</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/MacroMind_Director/N6a7Vltl">Director</a> (1987) - new name for VideoWorks II</li> <li>Director 2 (1988) - VideoWorks Interactive when released as a commercial product</li> <li>Director 2.2 (1989 - Introduction of <a href="/facts/Lingo_(programming_language)/KCtz6nd3">Lingo (programming language)</a>, an extensible animation scripting language</li> <li>Director 3 (1989),<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> and introduction of <a href="/facts/Lingo_(programming_language)/KCtz6nd3">XObjects</a></li> <li>Three-D (1990)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> - 3D modeling and animation software</li> <li>MacroModel</li> <li>Renderworks (1990) - rendering software for Three-D files <i><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=jVAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA73">MacroMind</a></i> at <a href="/facts/Google_Books/lnGRMWXs">Google Books</a></li> <li>Fireworks (1990) - post-production software for Renderworks renderings</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mouse_Practice/3cNC8QFw">Mouse Practice</a> (1992) – a tutorial on how to use the mouse where the user controls a scuba diver</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Marc_Canter/Sw2bvEFV">Marc Canter</a> - CEO and co-founder of MacroMind</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.superhappyfunfun.com/company.html">Mark Stephen Pierce's resume</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030517205152/http://www.grenier-du-mac.net/fiches/mazewar.htm">Download MazeWars+</a></li> <li><a href="https://archive.org/details/DesktopP1986">Computer chronicles: Desktop Publishing #1 (11/2/1986)</a> - demo of desktop publishing software including MacroMind Comic Works</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>MacroMind history at the Wayback Machine (archived 2006-04-23) on Chris Jacques's introduction to multimedia <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060423175257/http://www.rit.edu/~cmj2118/imm/project2/careers.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20060423175257/http://www.rit.edu/~cmj2118/imm/project2/careers.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>The New York Times, "PERIPHERALS; PORTABLE SCREEN FOR APPLE", By PETER H. LEWIS, Published: February 19, 1985 <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1985/02/19/science/peripherals-portable-screen-for-apple.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/1985/02/19/science/peripherals-portable-screen-for-apple.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Jamie Fenton Archived 2009-03-07 at the Wayback Machine with screenshot of VideoWorks <a href="http://www.fentonia.com/bio/" target="_blank">http://www.fentonia.com/bio/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Advertisement for MazeWars <a href="http://www.digibarn.com/collections/games/maze-war/macromind-mazewars/MacroMind%20MazeWars%20Mac%202a.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.digibarn.com/collections/games/maze-war/macromind-mazewars/MacroMind%20MazeWars%20Mac%202a.jpg</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>DIRECT-L archives -- July 1999, week 3 (#73) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-03-17) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070317141623/http://listserv.uark.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind9907C&L=direct-l&F=&S=&P=7947" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20070317141623/http://listserv.uark.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind9907C&L=direct-l&F=&S=&P=7947</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Julian E. Gómez' resume Archived 2005-12-01 at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://www.colloq.uni-wuppertal.de/longbio/longbiogomez.htm" target="_blank">http://www.colloq.uni-wuppertal.de/longbio/longbiogomez.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Screenshot of MacroMind 3D <a href="http://etl.uom.gr/greek/projects/multimedia/images/macrom3d.gif" target="_blank">http://etl.uom.gr/greek/projects/multimedia/images/macrom3d.gif</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>