FutureWave Software

FutureWave Software
Type	Private
Fate	Acquired by Macromedia
Founded	January 22, 1993
Founder	Charlie Jackson; Jonathan Gay
Defunct	December 1996
Headquarters	San Diego, California, U.S.
Area served	United States

FutureWave Software, Inc[1] was a software development company based in San Diego, California. The company was co-founded by Charlie Jackson and Jonathan Gay on January 22, 1993.[1][2] VP of Marketing was Michelle Welsh who also came from Silicon Beach Software, then Aldus.[3][4][5][6]

The company's first product was SmartSketch, a drawing program for the PenPoint OS and EO tablet computer. When pen computing did not take off, SmartSketch was ported to the Microsoft Windows and Macintosh platforms.[7]

As the Internet became more popular, FutureWave realized the potential for a vector-based web animation tool that might challenge Macromedia Shockwave technology.[3] In 1995, FutureWave modified SmartSketch by adding frame-by-frame animation features and re-released it as FutureSplash Animator on Macintosh and Windows.[3][8] By that time, the company had added a second programmer Robert Tatsumi, artist Adam Grofcsik, and PR specialist Ralph Mittman.[3]

In December 1996, FutureWave was acquired by Macromedia, who renamed the animation editor Macromedia Flash.[8]

References

"FUTUREWAVE SOFTWARE, INC. :: OpenCorporates". opencorporates.com. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
The History of Flash: Back to Graphics Archived 2015-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
Grandmasters of Flash: An Interview with the Creators of Flash, Cold Hard Flash
MACROMEDIA FLASH BACK, Digital Archaeology
PC Graphics & Video, Volume 6, Issues 1-6, Advanstar Communications, 1997
Personal Computer Magazine, PC Communications Corporation, 1995
Chris Kaplan; Paul Milbourne; Michael Boucher (10 March 2009). The Essential Guide to Flash CS4 with ActionScript. Apress. pp. 6–. ISBN 978-1-4302-1812-8.
"Macromedia - Showcase : The Dawn of Web Animation". Adobe. Archived from the original on 2006-07-17. Retrieved 2016-09-04.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[:0-1] "FUTUREWAVE SOFTWARE, INC. :: OpenCorporates". opencorporates.com. Retrieved 2019-01-02.

[Back_to_Graphics-2] The History of Flash: Back to Graphics Archived 2015-01-01 at the Wayback Machine

[hs-3] Grandmasters of Flash: An Interview with the Creators of Flash, Cold Hard Flash

[4] MACROMEDIA FLASH BACK, Digital Archaeology

[bh1-5] PC Graphics & Video, Volume 6, Issues 1-6, Advanstar Communications, 1997

[bh2-6] Personal Computer Magazine, PC Communications Corporation, 1995

[KaplanMilbourne2009-7] Chris Kaplan; Paul Milbourne; Michael Boucher (10 March 2009). The Essential Guide to Flash CS4 with ActionScript. Apress. pp. 6–. ISBN 978-1-4302-1812-8.

[The_Dawn_of_Web_Animation-8] "Macromedia - Showcase : The Dawn of Web Animation". Adobe. Archived from the original on 2006-07-17. Retrieved 2016-09-04.