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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 creativity tool VideoWorks (which later became Director). Along with other early programs, MusicWorks and VideoWorks were originally published and distributed by Hayden Software.[2]
Industry | Software |
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Founded | 1984Chicago, Illinois, United States | in
Founders | Marc Canter Jamie Fenton Mark Stephen Pierce |
Fate | Merged with Paracomp |
Successors | MacroMind–Paracomp (1991) Macromedia (1992-2005) Adobe (2005-present) |
Headquarters | San Francisco, California , United States |
Products | See Products |
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.
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