FutureWave Software

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FutureWave Software, Inc.
Company type Private
FoundedJanuary 22, 1993;32 years ago (1993-01-22)
Founder Charlie Jackson
Jonathan Gay
DefunctDecember 1996 (1996-12)
FateAcquired by Macromedia
Headquarters San Diego, California, U.S.
32°49′37″N117°08′50″W / 32.82694°N 117.14722°W / 32.82694; -117.14722
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 Linda Michelle Alsip, who also came from Silicon Beach Software, then Aldus Corporation. [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

  1. 1 2 "FUTUREWAVE SOFTWARE, INC. :: OpenCorporates". opencorporates.com. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
  2. ↑ "The History of Flash: Back to Graphics". Archived from the original on 1 Jan 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Grandmasters of Flash: An Interview with the Creators of Flash". Cold Hard Flash. Archived from the original on 3 May 2008.
  4. ↑ MACROMEDIA FLASH BACK, Digital Archaeology
  5. ↑ PC Graphics & Video, Volume 6, Issues 1-6, Advanstar Communications, 1997
  6. ↑ Personal Computer Magazine, PC Communications Corporation, 1995
  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.
  8. 1 2 "Macromedia - Showcase : The Dawn of Web Animation". Adobe. Archived from the original on 2006-07-17. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
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