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Macromedia DevNet Resource Kit

**Macromedia DevNet Resource Kits** were a series of CD-ROMs that were issued quarterly by Macromedia as part of its DevNet subscription and support program. Each disc included components and extensions for Macromedia development tools. These succeeded Macromedia MX Developer Resource Kits in 2003.

## Product history

Originally known as the Macromedia MX Developer Resource Kit, the first volume was released on September 6, 2002 and was priced at $99. Starting with the third volume in 2003, the MX Developer Resource Kits were retitled and released as Macromedia DevNet Resource Kits.

The first two volumes were later combined into a **Macromedia DevNet Resource Kit Special Edition**, which was included with Macromedia Studio MX Plus. DevNet subscribers could receive 4 additional volumes for $299 per year.

### Discontinuation

On January 3, 2005, Macromedia stopped accepting new subscribers. The final disc was volume 13, which was released in October 2005.

## References

1. ↑ DevNet Resource Kit, Macromedia. Archived 2003-04-13.
2. ↑ Macromedia MX Developer Resource Kit now available, Macromedia. 2002-09-06. Archived 2002-11-13.
3. ↑ DevNet Resource Kit, Macromedia. Archived 2003-04-13.
4. ↑ Levels and Features, Macromedia. Archived 2003-02-12.
5. ↑ DevNet Resource Kit, Macromedia. Archived 2003-06-03.
6. ↑ DevNet Resource Kit: Important Notice, Macromedia. Archived 2005-11-05.

## External links

* Macromedia DevNet Resource Kits at Macromedia (archived 2003-02-13)
	+ Macromedia MX Developer Resource Kit: Volume 1 (archived 2002-12-04)
	+ Macromedia MX Developer Resource Kit: Volume 2 (archived 2002-12-04)
	+ Macromedia DevNet Resource Kit: Volume 3 (archived 2003-06-03)
	+ Macromedia DevNet Resource Kit: Volume 4 (archived 2003-08-13)
	+ Macromedia DevNet Resource Kit: Volume 5 (archived 2003-12-05)
	+ Macromedia DevNet Resource Kit: Volume 6 (archived 2004-06-07)
	+ Macromedia DevNet Resource Kit: Volume 7 (archived 2004-06-10)
	+ Macromedia DevNet Resource Kit: Volume 8 (archived 2004-07-25)
	+ Macromedia DevNet Resource Kit: Volume 9 (archived 2004-10-28)
	+ DevNet Resource Kits – Released Volumes (archived 2005-01-04)
* Macromedia DevNet Resource Kits at the Adobe Wiki
RoboHelp Office

**RoboHelp Office**, previously known as **WinHelp Office**, was a series of software suites released by Blue Sky Software, then EHelp Corporation and Macromedia.

## Product history

RoboHELP 2.6 was bundled with a Help Compiler in May 1994 to eliminate the need for a 3rd-party development environment to create help files. This trend continued with RoboHELP 3 being bundled with WinHelp Video Kit in March 1995. RoboHELP 95 became available as part of **WinHelp Office 95**. When RoboHELP 5.5 began shipping on March 16, 1998, WinHelp Office was renamed to **RoboHELP Office 5.5**. Some versions, such as RoboHELP 2000, were only available in an office suite.

WinHelp Office 95 (1995)WinHelp Office 4 (1996)WinHelp Office 5 (1997)RoboHELP Office 6 (1998)RoboHELP Office 7 Special Edition (1998)RoboHELP Office 2000 (1999)RoboHelp Office 9 (2000)RoboHelp Office 2002 (2001)RoboHelp Office X3 (2002)RoboHelp Office X4 (2003)
eHelp Corporation introduced RoboHelp Enterprise as a server-based enhancement for the RoboHelp 9 office suite. This was renamed Office Pro with the RoboHelp X4 suite.

Macromedia RoboHelp X5, released by Macromedia in late January 2004, was the last version to feature an office suite. Future versions of Adobe RoboHelp included the office features as part of the standard package and spun off the server-based Office Pro product into RoboHelp Server.

## References

1. ↑ WinHelp Office, Blue Sky Software. Archived 1996-10-19.
2. ↑ RoboHelp is definitely worth the price by Paul Speranza, *InfoWorld* p.101. 1994-05-16.
3. ↑ On-line help developers benefit from Blue Sky bundle, *InfoWorld* p.107. 1995-03-20.
4. ↑ New Products, *ComputerWorld* p.77. 1995-03-20.
5. ↑ WinHELP Office 95: Blue Sky, nothing but Blue Sky, all day long by Al Massey, Houston Area League of PC Users. 1996-07-07.
6. ↑ RoboHELP Office 5.5 - Die komplette Hilfe-Dokumentations-Lösung (German) by Blue Sky Software, Austria Press Agency Originaltext-Service. 1998-03-16.
7. ↑ RoboHELP Office 5.5 Replaces Award-Winning WinHelp Office Suite, Blue Sky Software. Archived 1998-04-21.
8. ↑ RoboHELP Office 2000, Blue Sky Software. Archived 1999-10-06.
9. ↑ RoboHelp Enterprise, eHelp Corporation. Archived 2001-05-16.
10. ↑ RoboHelp Family (X4), eHelp Corporation. Archived 2003-06-08.
11. ↑ Macromedia RoboHelp X5, Macromedia. Archived 2004-06-09.
12. ↑ Adobe RoboHelp 6, Adobe Systems. Archived 2007-01-16.

## External links

* RoboHelp Office X5 at Macromedia (archived 2004-06-09)
	+ RoboHelp Office Pro and Office Pro for .NET (archived 2004-02-03)
* RoboHelp Office X4 at eHelp Corporation (archived 2003-08-24)
	+ RoboHelp Office X3 (archived 2002-10-17)
	+ RoboHelp Office 2002 (archived 2001-11-08)
	+ RoboHelp Office (9) (archived 2001-05-16)
* RoboHELP Office 2000 at Blue Sky Software (archived 1999-10-06)
	+ RoboHELP Office Version 7.0/ Special Edition (archived 1999-02-09 / 1998-12-02)
	+ RoboHELP Office 5.5 (archived 1998-04-21)
	+ WinHelp Office 5 (archived 1997-12-10)
	+ WinHelp Office 4 (archived 1996-10-19)
* RoboHelp Office at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia User Conference 1997

The 8th annual **Macromedia International User Conference** (**UCON '97**) was held October 8 to 10, **1997** by Macromedia at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. The theme was "Ignite the Web". It continued to be one of the industry's fastest-growing trade shows with year-to-year growth of over 40%.

## Events

Keynote speakers on October 8 included Bud Colligan, chairman of Macromedia, and Jake Winebaum, president of Disney Online. On October 9, Steve Jobs, interim CEO of Apple Computer received a standing ovation when he presented QuickTime 3.0 and VR Authoring Studio.

Macromedia Dreamweaver 1.0 was introduced at the conference.

"Made With Macromedia People's Choice Awards" in 16 categories were awarded at the event for projects developed with Macromedia applications.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Industry Leaders To Set Agenda for Internet & Multimedia Future at Macromedia International User Conference, Macromedia. 1996-03-04. Archived 1997-05-14.
2. ↑ Jobs wows Macromedia conference crowd, ZDNet. 1997-10-10.
3. ↑ Macromedia Focuses Internet Product Strategy at User Conference, Macromedia. 1997-10-08. Archived 1999-10-07.
4. ↑ *Oceanen van creativiteit: 15 jaar multimedia (1990-2005)*, p.32 (Dutch) by Christel de Maeyer, Lannoo Uitgeverij. 2006.
5. ↑ Entries Sought for "Made With Macromedia People's Choice Awards" to be Selected at Macromedia International User Conference Scheduled for October 8 - 10, Macromedia. 1997-05. Archived 1999-02-09.

## External links

* Macromedia International User Conference '97 at Macromedia Asia (archived 1997-01-11)
	+ UCON Live '97 at Macromedia (archived 1998-12-05)
Plug-in

In computing, a **plug-in** (or **plugin**, **add-in**, **addin**, **add-on**, or **addon**) is a software component that adds a specific feature to an existing computer program. When a program supports plug-ins, it enables customization.

## History

Digital Darkroom from Silicon Beach Software was the first Macintosh program to incorporate a plug-in architecture in 1988. Ed Bomke at Silicon Beach is credited with having coined the term "plug-in".

Web browsers historically allowed executables as plug-ins, such as Macromedia Flash Player to play back Flash content and Java virtual machine for applets, though they have now been mostly deprecated due to concerns of internet security.

## References

1. ↑ Electronic Darkrooms Perform Photo Retouching, Enhancement Traditionally done in labs, Shutterbug. 1999-12. Archived 2008-11-03.
2. ↑ Photoshop Compatible Plug-Ins, Shutterbug. 1999-12-01. Archived 2008-11-03.
3. ↑ Monochrome Plug-Ins; From Color To Black & White In A Few Steps by Joe Farace, Shutterbug. 2009-02-01. Archived 2008-11-03.
4. ↑ Google and Mozilla pull the plug on Adobe Flash: Tech giants disable the program on browsers following 'critical' security flaw by Victoria Woollaston, *Daily Mail*. 2015-07-14.

## External links

* Plug-in at the Adobe Wiki
* Plug-in at the Apple Wiki
* Plug-in at the Electronic Music Wiki
* Plug-in at Wiktionary
* Plug-in (computing) at Wikipedia
Macromedia Extreme 3D

**Macromedia Extreme 3D** was a 3D modeling, animation, and rendering application that was developed and marketed by Macromedia. It succeeded MacroMind Three-D and MacroModel, combining updated features of both. Extreme 3D was discontinued in 1998 with "no plans to develop future versions of Extreme 3D".

## Version history

* Macromedia Extreme 3D (version 1) shipped on January 31, 1996.
* Macromedia Extreme 3D 2 shipped on December 16, 1996.

## References

1. ↑ Extreme 3D Overview & Key Features, Macromedia. Archived 1996-10-27.
2. ↑ Macromedia takes 3-D to the Extreme by SJS, *MacUser* vol.11, p.41. 1995-10.
3. ↑ MacroModel weds Three-D, lives happily ever after by Carlos Dominic Martinez, *Macworld*, vol.13, p.60. 1996-07.
4. ↑ Extreme 3D is no longer being offered, Macromedia. Archived 1998-12-05.
5. ↑ Macromedia Ships Extreme 3D, Macromedia. 1996-01-31. Archived 1999-08-19.
6. ↑ Macromedia Ships Extreme 3D 2, Macromedia. 1996-12-16. Archived 2000-02-29.

## External links

* Macromedia Extreme 3D 1/ 2 at Macromedia (archived 1996-10-27 / 1997-03-29)
* Macromedia Extreme 3D at Tumblr
* Macromedia Extreme 3D at the Adobe Wiki

### Articles

* Computing in the Third Dimension: Extreme 3D's Ease vs. Studio Max's Precision by Luisa Simone at *PC Magazine* (1996-07)
Macromedia Final Cut

**Macromedia Final Cut** (code named "**Key Grip**") was a video editing application that was in development at Macromedia by a team led by Randy Ubillos, the original software engineer behind Adobe Premiere.

## Development

In 1995, a Macromedia board member approached Ubillos with a plan to develop a new video program for faster computers. The original 18-month plan took about 3 years before Final Cut was demonstrated at the NAB Show in April 1998.

## Acquisition by Apple

Apple Computer's interim CEO Steve Jobs expressed interest in the Final Cut project after it had been shown at the 1998 NAB Show. Jobs had also asked Adobe Systems to provide a consumer version of Premiere that could be bundled with the upcoming iMac DV, code named *Kihei*. However, as Apple had been financially struggling at the time, Adobe declined and focused Premiere on the Windows platform. In response, Apple acquired Final Cut's source code and its development team on May 4, 1998. Adobe then met with Apple's management, seeking to shut down the Final Cut project. However, Jobs made a case that Final Cut was different than Premiere and would be beneficial to the overall desktop computer market. It was released as Final Cut Pro in April 1999.

Final Cut Pro won a 2002 Primetime Emmy Engineering Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on August 21, 2002 for its impact on the television industry. Adobe briefly abandoned development of Premiere for the Mac and released Adobe Premiere Pro 1.0 in August 2003 for Windows only. Apple at the time was offering Premiere owners $500 discounts on upgrades to Final Cut Pro 4 HD or a free trade-in for the consumer version, Final Cut Express.

## Videos

Randy Ubillos Back to the beginnings of Final Cut Pro. Part 1Randy Ubillos Back to the beginnings of Final Cut Pro. Part 2
## References

1. ↑ Back to 1.0: Interview with Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro and iMovie developer Randy Ubillos by Alex Gollner, Alex4D. 2015-08-26.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 How Final Cut Ended up at Apple: an Excerpt from John Buck's 'Timeline: a History of Editing' by Ryan Koo, No Film School. 2011-12-08.
3. ↑ Apple buys Macromedia tools, CNET. 1998-05-04.
4. ↑ Adobe asked Apple to shut down Final Cut by Peter Wiggins, FCP. 2011-11-11.
5. ↑ Apple’s Final Cut Pro Wins Emmy Award, Apple. 2002-08-30.
6. ↑ Adobe Premiere Pro system requirements, Adobe Systems. Archived 2003-08-01.
7. ↑ Apple Offers Premiere Users Easy Switch to Final Cut Pro, Apple Computer. 2003-07-16.

## External links

* Final Cut Pro X at Apple
	+ Final Cut Pro 1.0/ 1.2.5 (archived 1999-10-22 / 2000-11-10)
* N.A.B. 1998: Final Cut by Philip Hodgetts at learnDYNAMICmedia (archived 1998-05-25)
* Macromedia Final Cut at the Adobe Wiki
* Final Cut Pro at the Apple Wiki
* Final Cut Pro: History at Wikipedia
Norm Meyrowitz

**Norman K. Meyrowitz** is the former president of products at Macromedia.

## Education

Meyrowitz received a Sc.B. in computer science from Brown University in 1981. In 1985, he developed intermedia, a predecessor to HTML, while at the Institute for Research in Information and Scholarship at Brown.

## Career

Meyrowitz joined Macromedia in October 1993 as director of advanced technology. By 1996, he was the vice president of product development. In September 1997, Meyrowitz became the president of Macromedia products and presented keynote addresses at Macromedia User Conferences. He left the company in February 2004.

## References

1. ↑ Steve Case, CEO of America On-Line, joins stellar list of keynote speakers for 1996 Macromedia International User Conference, Macromedia. 1996-05-20. Archived 1999-08-19.
2. ↑ Webcast - Opening Keynote Address, Macromedia. 1999-05-25. Archived 2000-04-12.

## External links

* Meyrowitz, Norm (Norman) oral history at the Computer History Museum
* Norman K. Meyrowitz at Crunchbase
* Norm Meyrowitz at LinkedIn
* Norm Meyrowitz at the Adobe Wiki
RoboHelp 2002

**RoboHelp 2002** was the 10th major version of the RoboHelp authoring tool, released by eHelp Corporation in late 2001.

## Editions

* RoboHelp Office 2002
* RoboHelp Enterprise 2002
* RoboHelp for Microsoft HTML Help 2002
* RoboHelp for WinHelp 2002
* RoboHelp for Word 2002

## See also

* RoboDemo 2
* RoboInfo 2

## External links

* RoboHelp Family (2002) at eHelp Corporation (archived 2002-08-03, 2001-11-07)
* RoboHelp 2002 at the Adobe Wiki
Presedia

**Presedia Inc.** was a privately-held web teleconferencing software company that was acquired by Macromedia in 2003.

## History

Based in Sunnyvale, California, Presidia was founded in 1999 by Kevin Lynch and Keith Kitani. Its first two applications were Presedia Publisher and Presedia Producer.

Presedia was bought by Macromedia in January 2003 for an undisclosed sum. The following month, its flagship Presedia Express System online presentation tools were relaunched as Macromedia Breeze. Presedia co-founder Kevin Lynch became executive vice president and Chief Software Architect of Macromedia.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Macromedia buys Presedia by Dennis Sellers, *Macworld*. 2003-01-17.
2. ↑ Contact Us, Presidia. Archived 2001-02-21.
3. ↑ About Presidia, Presidia. Archived 2001-02-20.
4. ↑ Macromedia relaunches Presedia product by Joris Evers, *NetworkWorld*. 2002-02-24.
5. ↑ Kevin Lynch, Macromedia. Archived 2003-10-05.

## External links

* Presedia official website (archived 2000-10-18, 2003-02-04)
* Macromedia Acquires Presedia, Inc. at Macromedia (archived 2003-01-18)
* Presedia at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Web Learning Studio

**Macromedia Web Learning Studio** is an early "Studio" software suite that was released by Macromedia on November 15, 2000. It superseded Authorware 4 Interactive Studio and was succeeded by Macromedia eLearning Studio.

## Applications

* Macromedia Authorware 5.2
* Macromedia Flash 5
* Macromedia Dreamweaver 3 (updated to Dreamweaver 4 at no extra charge in December 2000)
	+ Macromedia CourseBuilder for Dreamweaver

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia Announces New Web Learning Studio by Macromedia, *WhatTheyThink*. 2000-11-16.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Macromedia introduces new Web Learning Studio, Macromedia. 2000-11-15. Archived 2001-01-10.

## External links

* eLearning Resource Center at Macromedia (archived 2001-05-06)
	+ Macromedia Web Learning Studio (archived 2000-12-19)
	+ Macromedia CourseBuilder for Dreamweaver (archived 2000-06-17)
* Macromedia Web Learning Studio at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia SoundEdit 16

**Macromedia SoundEdit 16** was a sound editing application that was distributed by Macromedia.

## Product history

SoundEdit 16 was first shipped on July 5, 1994. It is the successor to SoundEdit Pro, which had been published by predecessor company MacroMind-Paracomp. It supported CD-quality 16-bit audio and the ability to handle sound files larger than available RAM.

SoundEdit 16 was also bundled with Macromedia Deck II until the latter was sold to Berkley Integrated Audio Software (BIAS) in 1999. Both had been included with Macromedia Director Multimedia Studio.

### Discontinuation

The last release was version 2.0.7. Macromedia discontinued sales of SoundEdit 16 on December 1, 2004. Technical support ended on June 1, 2005.

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia Ships SoundEdit 16, Macromedia. 1994-07-05. Archived 1999-09-09.
2. ↑ Deck II support information by Hank Hansen, Macromedia. 2000-01-26. Archived 2000-08-16.
3. ↑ BIAS Deck Resources & Compatibility, Berkley Integrated Audio Software. Archived 1999-05-01.
4. ↑ Macromedia discontinued sales of SoundEdit 16 as of 1 December 2004., Macromedia. Archived 2004-12-15.

## See also

* Adobe Audition and Soundbooth at the Adobe Wiki

## External links

* Macromedia SoundEdit 16 plus Deck II at Macromedia (archived 1996-10-27)
	+ SoundEdit 16 Developers Center support (archived 1997-03-29)
* Macromedia SoundEdit 16 v2.0, 2.0.7 at Macromedia (archived 1998-12-06 / 2001-01-24)
	+ SoundEdit 16 Developers Center support (archived 1997-04-06)
* Macromedia SoundEdit 16 by Mike Collins at *Sound on Sound* (1995-04)
* Macromedia SoundEdit 16 at the Adobe Wiki
* SoundEdit at the Apple Wiki
* SoundEdit: SoundEdit 16 at Wikipedia
Macromedia User Conference 2001

The **2001 Macromedia International User Conference** (**UCON 2001**) was held April 10 to 12, 2001 by Macromedia at the New York Hilton in New York City, New York. The theme was "Champion the User Experience". This was the final UCON as it was succeeded by Macromedia DevCon in the following October.

## Events

Keynote addresses were presented by Macromedia chairman and CEO Rob Burgess, president Kevin Lynch, and new CTO Jeremy Allaire.

New announcements included Macromedia Director 8.5. With Macromedia's recent merger with Allaire Corporation, the Allaire Developers Conference became Macromedia DevCon 2001, held October 21 to 24, 2001.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Macromedia UCON 2001 focuses on the user experience, Macromedia. 2001-04-10. Archived 2001-04-16.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Macromedia announces DevCon 2001, Macromedia. 2001-05-23. Archived 2001-08-22.
3. ↑ Keynote Webcasts, Macromedia. Archived 2001-04-13.

## External links

* Macromedia User Conference (UCON 2001) at Macromedia (archived 2001-04-16)
* Macromedia User Conference 2001 at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Extension Manager MX

**Macromedia Extension Manager MX** (1.5) is a version of Macromedia's Extension Manager utility that was included with Macromedia Studio MX.

## Supported products

Extension Manager 1.5 supported the following applications:

* Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, Dreamweaver 4, and UltraDev 4
* Macromedia Fireworks MX
* Macromedia Flash MX and Flash 5

## External links

* Download the Macromedia Extension Manager (1.5) at Adobe
	+ Macromedia Extension Manager 1.5 release notes (archived 2007-01-06)
* Macromedia Extension Manager MX at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Fireworks 8

**Macromedia Fireworks 8** is the last version of Fireworks to be released under the Macromedia name. It was also packaged with Macromedia Studio 8 and Adobe Web Bundle.

## Product history

After Adobe Systems' acquisition of Macromedia in December 2005, it was succeeded by Adobe Fireworks CS3, which replaced Adobe ImageReady in Adobe Creative Suite 3.

### End of support

Adobe discontinued active support for Macromedia Studio 8 in 2008.
On December 15, 2012, the activation server for legacy Macromedia products was shut down. Adobe provided a procedure to activate older applications from Macromedia Studio MX 2004, but not Studio 8.

## References

1. ↑ Adobe Bundles, Adobe Systems. Archived 2006-01-18.
2. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.
3. ↑ Macromedia Studio 8 ACTIVATION by davidm777 / Nancy\_OShea, Adobe Support Community. 2017-04-19 / 2017-04-20.
4. ↑ Activation error | Macromedia branded products, Adobe Systems. Archived 2013-10-10.
5. ↑ Macromedia Studio 8 activation by markw92963157 / Jeff\_A\_Wright, Adobe Support Community. 2017-02-16 / 2017-02-17.

## External links

* Fireworks 8 at Macromedia (archived 2005-08-10)
* Macromedia Fireworks 8 at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia JRun

The **Java Servlet Runner**, also known as **JRun**, is a J2EE application server that was created by Live Software and eventually marketed by Adobe Systems, after a series of acquisitions.

## Product history

JRun was originally developed in 1997 as a Java servlet engine by Live Software and subsequently purchased by Allaire, who brought out the first J2EE compliant version. It was acquired by Macromedia prior to its 2001 merger with and takeover of Allaire, and subsequently by Adobe Systems when it bought Macromedia in December 2005. Its latest patch Updater 7 was released by Adobe in 2007. Updater 7 added Sun JDK 1.6 support, Apache 2.2 support, Windows Vista/IIS7 support and Mac OS X 10.4 on Intel support.

### Discontinuation

Adobe Systems announced that it would discontinue sales and new feature development of JRun on August 3, 2007. Adobe's ColdFusion development team continued to make updates to its underlying Java engine as required up to ColdFusion 9, but replaced JRun in favor of Apache Tomcat since ColdFusion 10.

## Gallery

Live Software's logo of JRun 1 and 2.Box of Allaire JRun 3.Box of Macromedia JRun 4.
## References

1. ↑ The Java Servlet Runner, Live Software. Archived 1998-01-29.
2. ↑ Live Software, Inc. has been acquired by Allaire Corporation., Live Software. Archived 1999-10-12.
3. ↑ Macromedia Completes Merger With Allaire, Macromedia. 2001-03-20. Archived 2001-03-30.
4. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.
5. ↑ JRun and ColdFusion® from Adobe FAQ, Adobe Systems. 2017-01-13. Archived 2005-12-07.
6. ↑ Deploying ColdFusion 9 on JRun 4 by Adobe Systems, ColdFusion 9.0 Resources. 2009.
7. ↑ Replacement of JRun with Tomcat, Adobe Systems. 2018-01-18.

## External links

* Macromedia JRun 4 at Adobe (archived 2006-05-06)
	+ JRun from Adobe FAQ (archived 2007-10-17)
* Macromedia JRun 3.1/ 4 at Macromedia (archived 2001-10-22 / 2003-12-03)
* JRun 2.3.3/ 3 at Allaire (archived 2000-03-03 / 2000-06-21)
* JRun 2.0/ 2.1/ 2.2/ 2.2.1 at Live Software (archived 1998-01-09 / 1998-02-11 / 1998-12-01 / 1999-02-19)
* JRun 1.0 by Live Software (mirrored 1997 by Aalto University School of Science)
* JRun Servlet Runner by Clark Elliott at DePaul University (1998-Fall)
* JRun by Margaret Rouse at TheServerSide (2005-09)
* JRun at the Adobe Wiki
* Adobe JRun at Wikipedia
Macromedia Pathware

**Macromedia Pathware**, formerly **Pathway**, was an early enterprise learning management system that was marketed by Macromedia as part of the Macromedia Attain Enterprise Learning System.

## Product history

Macromedia acquired Sōlis, the original developer of Pathway, in October 1997. It was marketed as **Pathware Attain** in 1998 and then was acquired by Lotus Software from Macromedia in 2000.

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia buys training firm, CNET. Accessed 1997-10-08.
2. ↑ The Macromedia Attain Enterprise Learning System by Joseph Ganci, Authorware.com. Accessed 2019-11-03.
3. ↑ About Lotus Pathware, Macromedia. Archived 2000-08-23.

## External links

* Pathware at Macromedia (archived 2000-03-02)
	+ Pathware Attain product info (archived 1998-12-05)
	+ Pathware Attain online demo (archived 1999-02-09)
	+ Pathware 4 Attain administration and learning (archived 1999-10-13)
* Pathway at Sōlis (archived 1997-04-12)
* Macromedia Pathware at the Adobe Wiki

### Books

* Pathware Attain by Richard S. Schifman et.al., *The Ultimate Authorware Attain Tutorial* p.219-232, Springer-Verlag. 1999. ISBN: 978-3-642-64164-0
Macromedia JRun 4

**Macromedia JRun 4** is a J2EE application server that was marketed by Macromedia and then Adobe Systems.

## Product history

JRun was originally developed in 1997 as a Java servlet engine by Live Software and purchased by Allaire in 1999. A working prototype of JRun 4 was first presented at the 2000 Allaire Developer Conference in Washington, D.C.
 Allaire was absorbed into Macromedia through a merger that was completed in March 2001, and then acquired by Adobe Systems when it bought Macromedia in December 2005.

JRun 4 was included as a J2EE application server with Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 and Adobe ColdFusion 8. Its latest patch Updater 7 was released by Adobe in 2007. Updater 7 added Sun JDK 1.6 support, Apache 2.2 support, Windows Vista/IIS7 support and Mac OS X 10.4 on Intel support.

### Discontinuation

Allaire announced at the 2000 Allaire Developer Conference that their product roadmap included a successor to JRun 4, codenamed "Trinity", which would support Simple Object Access Protocol and business-to-business integration services.

However, Adobe Systems announced that it would discontinue sales and new feature development of JRun on August 3, 2007. Adobe's ColdFusion development team continued to make updates to its underlying Java engine as required up to ColdFusion 9, but replaced JRun in favor of Apache Tomcat since ColdFusion 10.

## References

1. ↑ The Java Servlet Runner, Live Software. Archived 1998-01-29.
2. ↑ Live Software, Inc. has been acquired by Allaire Corporation., Live Software. Archived 1999-10-12.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Allaire Developer Conference 2000 Recap, Allaire Corporation. Archived 2001-01-27.
4. ↑ Macromedia Completes Merger With Allaire, Macromedia. 2001-03-20. Archived 2001-03-30.
5. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 JRun and ColdFusion® from Adobe FAQ, Adobe Systems. 2017-01-13. Archived 2005-12-07.
7. ↑ Deploying ColdFusion 9 on JRun 4 by Adobe Systems, ColdFusion 9.0 Resources. 2009.
8. ↑ Replacement of JRun with Tomcat, Adobe Systems. 2018-01-18.

## External links

* Macromedia JRun 4 at Adobe (archived 2006-05-06)
	+ JRun from Adobe FAQ (archived 2007-10-17)
* Macromedia JRun 4 at Macromedia (archived 2003-12-03)
* Macromedia JRun 4 at the Adobe Wiki
Xtra

**Xtras** are plug-ins for the Lingo scripting language that can enable additional functionality in a Shockwave project. Xtras are typically used to add file system I/O, hardware integration, and advanced multimedia functions. Xtras were supported by Macromedia Director, Authorware and FreeHand.

Many of Director's own functions are implemented as Xtras. Xtras use the Macromedia Open Architecture which was designed to allow easy creation of interchangeable components between Macromedia products. They can be created with Director's XDK (Xtra Development Kit), a C++ SDK. Adobe (which acquired Macromedia in 2005) maintained a list of third-party Xtras.

Xtras for Microsoft Windows (32-bit) have an .X32 file extension. Xtras for Mac OS generally have an .XTR extension. The file extension \*.X16 is reserved for Xtras for Windows 3.1 (16-bit). With architectural changes in newer versions of Director, Xtra developers needed to modify their products to maintain ongoing support. With changing industry trends, many third-party Xtra developers discontinued products and dropped support due to the cost of development without a significant return.

## External links

* Director Support Center at Adobe
* Director Xtras and Tools at Dean's Director Tutorials & Resources
* OpenXtras.org, open source Xtras for Macromedia products
* A short tutorial on your first Macromedia Director Xtra programming by Michał Ścioch and Zbigniew “Ziggi” Szczęsny
* Xtras for Director and Authorware at Studio Dmm
* Xtra at the Adobe Wiki
* Xtra (Macromedia) and Adobe Director: Xtras at Wikipedia
Macromedia Director 6 Multimedia Studio

**Macromedia Director 6 Multimedia Studio** was a "Studio" software suite, released by Macromedia on May 27, 1997.

## Applications

* Macromedia Director 6 with Streaming Shockwave
* Macromedia Extreme 3D 2
* Macromedia xRes 3
* Macromedia SoundEdit 16 2.0 (for Macintosh)
	+ Sonic Foundry Sound Forge XP (for Windows)

## Release history

**Director 6.5 Multimedia Studio** was released on May 11, 1998. Macromedia Director 6.5 added QuickTime 3 support, PowerPoint integration, and Java applet creation. Aftershock 2 improved the process of preparation of Shockwave media. The other applications remained unchanged.

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia Ships Director 6 Multimedia Studio, Macromedia. 1997-05-27. Archived 1999-02-03.
2. ↑ Macromedia Announces and Ships Director 6.5 Upgrade, Macromedia. 1998-05-11. Archived 1999-05-08.

## External links

* Director 6 Multimedia Studio at Macromedia (archived 1997-03-29)
* Macromedia Director 6 Multimedia Studio at the Adobe Wiki
William Woodward

**William Russell "Bill" Woodward** (born August 24, 1959) is an American venture capitalist who founded Paracomp, one of the predecessor companies that formed Macromedia.

## Education

Woodward received a B.S. in business from the University of Southern California.

## Career

Woodward founded Westwood Management at the age of 23 and then Woodriver Capital in New York.

In January 1987, Woodward founded software publisher Paracomp in San Francisco. In 1991, Paracomp merged with MacroMind to briefly form MacroMind-Paracomp, which merged with Authorware Inc. in the following year to become Macromedia.

In 1996, Woodward co-founded Pulse Entertainment with Rich Bean and former Paracomp colleague Young Harvill.

After Macromedia was acquired by Adobe Systems in December 2005, Woodward returned to being a full-time venture capitalist at Anthem Venture Partners, based in Santa Monica, California.

## Personal life

In 2007, Woodward purchased a home in Hidden Hills, California from film music composer Graeme Revell.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 'You Want to Get Rich, but That's a Byproduct of Success', *Los Angeles Business Journal*. 2007-02-26.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The beat goes on, by Tom Abate, *San Francisco Chronicles*. 1997-02-16.
3. ↑ MacroMind, Paracomp plan multimedia software merger by Eric Lai, *Computer Business Review*. 1991-07-15.
4. ↑ Merger builds multimedia powerhouse by Jeannette Borzo, *InfoWorld*. 1992-03-09.
5. ↑ Author: Young Harvill, Interaction Design Foundation. Accessed 2019-12-30.
6. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Camera shy . . . for now by Ruth Ryon, *Los Angeles Times*. 2007-09-23.

## External links

* Bill Woodward at Anthem Venture Partners
* William Woodward at Crunchbase
* William Woodward at Pitchbook
Macromedia Web Design Studio

**Macromedia Web Design Studio** is a series of early "Studio" software suites that were released by Macromedia from 2000 to 2002.

## Versions

The suite replaced Macromedia Dream Team and went through four revisions before being superseded by Macromedia Studio MX.

### Version 1

* Macromedia Dreamweaver 3
* Macromedia Fireworks 3
* Macromedia Flash 4

### Version 2

* Macromedia Dreamweaver 3
* Macromedia Fireworks 3
* Macromedia Flash 5
* Macromedia FreeHand 9

### Version 3

* Macromedia Dreamweaver 4
* Macromedia Fireworks 4
* Macromedia Flash 5
* Macromedia FreeHand 9

### Version 4

* Macromedia Dreamweaver 4
* Macromedia Fireworks 4
* Macromedia Flash 5
* Macromedia FreeHand 10

## External links

* Macromedia Web Design Studio 4 Specs at CNET
* Macromedia Web Design Studio at the Adobe Wiki
RoboInfo Enterprise

**RoboInfo Enterprise** was the first version of the RoboInfo online documentation publishing tool, released by eHelp Corporation in Spring 2001.

## External links

* RoboInfo Enterprise at eHelp Corporation (archived 2001-05-16)
* RoboInfo Support Center at Adobe (archived 2006-05-19)
* RoboInfo Enterprise at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Dreamweaver 8

**Macromedia Dreamweaver 8** is the last version of Dreamweaver to be released under the Macromedia name. It was also packaged with Macromedia Studio 8 and Adobe Web Bundle.

## Product history

After Adobe Systems' acquisition of Macromedia in December 2005, it was added to Adobe Creative Suite 2.3 and was later succeeded by Adobe Dreamweaver CS3.

### End of support

Adobe discontinued active support for Macromedia Studio 8 in 2008.
On December 15, 2012, the activation server for legacy Macromedia products was shut down. Adobe provided a procedure to activate older applications from Macromedia Studio MX 2004, but not Studio 8.

## References

1. ↑ Adobe Bundles, Adobe Systems. Archived 2006-01-18.
2. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.
3. ↑ Macromedia Studio 8 ACTIVATION by davidm777 / Nancy\_OShea, Adobe Support Community. 2017-04-19 / 2017-04-20.
4. ↑ Activation error | Macromedia branded products, Adobe Systems. Archived 2013-10-10.
5. ↑ Macromedia Studio 8 activation by markw92963157 / Jeff\_A\_Wright, Adobe Support Community. 2017-02-16 / 2017-02-17.

## External links

* Dreamweaver 8 at Macromedia (archived 2005-08-10)
* Dreamweaver 8 Release Notes at Adobe
* Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev 4

**Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev 4** is an advanced version of Dreamweaver 4 from Macromedia with additional features that support building ASP, JSP, or ColdFusion applications. It succeeded Dreamweaver UltraDev (version 1) and was superseded by Dreamweaver MX.

Each copy of UltraDev was bundled with a single-user license of ColdFusion Server and HomeSite 4.5 (for Windows) or BBEdit 6.0 (for Macintosh). UltraDev 4 Fireworks 4 Studio came with HomeSite 5.

UltraDev 4 was also included in the following suites:

* Macromedia ColdFusion 4.5 UltraDev 4 Studio
* Macromedia ColdFusion 5 UltraDev 4 Studio
* Macromedia UltraDev 4 Fireworks 4 Studio
* Macromedia JRun 3 UltraDev 4 Studio

## References

1. ↑ ColdFusion Integration with Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev, Macromedia. Archived 2001-04-13
2. ↑ Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev Features, Macromedia. Archived 2001-04-13
3. ↑ WYSIWYG Editors by Sean R. Nicholson, *Inside Dreamweaver UltraDev 4* p.6. 2001-08.
4. ↑ UltraDev 4 Fireworks 4 Studio - box pack - 1 user - with Macromedia HomeSite 5 Specs, CNET. Accessed 2019-11-26.

## External links

* Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev 4 at Macromedia (archived 2001-04-13)
	+ Comparing Macromedia Dreamweaver and Dreamweaver UltraDev (archived 2001-01-23)
* Dreamweaver UltraDev Support Center: UltraDev 4 Release Notes at Adobe
* Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev 4 at the Adobe Wiki
RoboHelp Office 2002

**RoboHelp Office 2002** was the eighth major version of the RoboHelp Office suite, released by eHelp Corporation in late 2001 for business users of RoboHelp 2002. It superseded RoboHelp Office 9 and was succeeded by RoboHelp Office X3.

RoboHelp Enterprise 2002 was a server-based version for enterprise users.

## References

1. ↑ RoboHelp Enterprise 2002, eHelp Corporation. Archived 2001-11-09.

## External links

* RoboHelp Office 2002 at eHelp Corporation (archived 2001-11-08)
	+ RoboHelp Enterprise 2002 (archived 2001-11-09)
* RoboHelp Office 2002 at the Adobe Wiki
RoboDemo 4

**RoboDemo 4.0** was a version of the RoboDemo screen capture and presentation application, released by eHelp Corporation in early 2003.

## eLearning Edition

**RoboDemo eLearning Edition** included additional features to aid in developing interactive online tutorials and lessions that were compliant with SCORM / AICC standards.

## External links

* RoboDemo 4.0 at eHelp Corporation (archived 2003-03-24)
	+ RoboDemo eLearning Edition (archived 2003-04-18)
* RoboDemo 4 at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Exchange

**Macromedia Exchange** was a set of online marketplaces for extensions that worked with Macromedia's software applications.

## History

Macromedia Exchange was launched in April 2000 to supply object-based extensions to users of Macromedia Dreamweaver 3. Downloads were controlled through Macromedia Extension Manager which later added support for other Macromedia applications.

Macromedia was acquired by Adobe Systems in December 2005. The marketplace was renamed Adobe Exchange and was expanded to support Adobe's Creative Suite.

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia unites family of products with new extensions, Macromedia. 2000-10-25. Archived 2001-02-11.
2. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.
3. ↑ What Is a ZXP File? by Tim Fisher, Lifewire. 2019-09-22.

## External links

* Macromedia Exchange for Dreamweaver at Macromedia (archived 2000-05-10, 2000-08-15, 2003-02-07)
* Adobe Exchange App Marketplace at Adobe
	+ Adobe Exchange and more… at Adobe Blogs
* Macromedia Exchange at the Adobe Wiki
RoboHELP 2000

**RoboHELP 2000** was the 8th major version of the RoboHelp authoring tool, released in 1999 by Blue Sky Software, which renamed itself to eHelp Corporation in April 2000. It was only available as part of the RoboHELP Office 2000 suite.

## References

1. ↑ Blue Sky Software, Worldwide Leader in User Assistance Software, Emerges with New Name, *eHelp Corporation*., Business Wire. 2000-04-04. Archived 2017-02-26.
2. ↑ RoboHELP Office 2000, Blue Sky Software. Archived 1999-10-06.

## External links

* RoboHELP Office 2000 at Blue Sky Software (archived 1999-10-06)
* RoboHELP Office 2000 at eHelp Corporation (archived 2000-05-11)
* RoboHELP 2000 at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Dreamweaver

**Macromedia Dreamweaver** is a web development application that was marketed by Macromedia from 1998 to 2005.

## Product history

Dreamweaver was based on the codebase of Backstage, which was acquired by Macromedia in March 1996.

### Release history

* 1997: Macromedia Dreamweaver 1
* 1998: Macromedia Dreamweaver 2
* 1999: Macromedia Dreamweaver 3 and Dreamweaver UltraDev
* 2000: Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 and Dreamweaver UltraDev 4
* 2002: Macromedia Dreamweaver MX  (6.0)
* 2003: Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 (7.0)
* 2005: Macromedia Dreamweaver 8

After Macromedia was acquired by Adobe Systems in December 2005, Macromedia Dreamweaver was rebranded as Adobe Dreamweaver.

* 2007: Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 (9.0)
* 2008: Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 (10.0)
* 2010: Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 (11.0)
* 2011: Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.5 (11.5)
* 2012: Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 (12.0)
* 2013: Adobe Dreamweaver CC (13.0-20.0)

## References

1. ↑ Why Adobe Doesn’t Understand Web Designers by Joshua Johnson, Design Shack. 2011-08-08.
2. ↑ Macromedia in Deal To Acquire Iband by Reuters, *The New York Times*. 1996-03-15.
3. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.

## External links

* Dreamweaver 1.2 support center at Macromedia (archived 1998-06-13)
	+ Dreamweaver 2 (archived 1998-12-02)
	+ Dreamweaver 3 (archived 2000-03-05)
		- Dreamweaver UltraDev (archived 2000-08-15)
	+ Dreamweaver 4 (archived 2001-01-24, 2002-02-01)
		- Dreamweaver UltraDev 4 (archived 2001-04-13)
	+ Dreamweaver MX (archived 2002-08-03)
	+ Dreamweaver MX 2004 (archived 2003-10-08)
	+ Dreamweaver 8 (archived 2005-08-10)
* Dreamweaver Support Center at Adobe
	+ Dreamweaver Exchange (archived 2008-12-16)
* Adobe Dreamweaver at the Adobe Wiki
* Adobe Dreamweaver at Wikipedia
Macromedia Director 8 Shockwave Studio

**Macromedia Director 8 Shockwave Studio** was a "Studio" software suite that was released by Macromedia in March 2000.

## Release history

### Version 8

**Director 8 Shockwave Studio** shipped on March 22, 2000 and included:

* Macromedia Director 8
	+ Macromedia Shockwave Multiuser Server 2
* Macromedia Fireworks 3
* BIAS Peak LE 2.1 (for Macintosh)
	+ Sonic Foundry Sound Forge XP 4.5 (for Windows)

### Version 8.5

**Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio** shipped on April 24, 2001 and included:

* Macromedia Director 8.5
	+ Macromedia Shockwave Multiuser Server 3
* Macromedia Fireworks 4
* BIAS Peak LE (for Macintosh)
	+ Sonic Foundry Sound Forge XP (for Windows)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Macromedia ships Director 8 Shockwave Studio for magnetic web sites and multiuser communities, Macromedia. 2000-03-22. Archived 2000-05-11.
2. ↑ Macromedia Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio now available, Macromedia. 2001-04-24. Archived 2001-04-28.

## External links

* Macromedia Director 8 Shockwave Studio at Macromedia (archived 2000-03-02, 2000-06-20)
	+ Macromedia Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio (archived 2001-05-04)
* Macromedia Director 8 Shockwave Studio at the Adobe Wiki

### Articles

* Director 8 Shockwave Studio by Phillip Kerman at *Macworld* (2000-06-30)
	+ Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio by Phillip Kerman (2001-08-31)
* Director leads way, again by John Wilson at Oz Computer News
Apple Computer

**Apple Computer Inc.**, now known as **Apple Inc.**, is a multinational technology company and was an early client of MacroMind, the predecessor of Macromedia.

## History

### MacroMind and Apple

MacroMind's first product, MusicWorks, was shipped in October 1984 for Apple's new Macintosh computer. Much of the MacroMind's early work also involved contracting for companies such as Apple Computer. In December 1985, MacroMind co-founder Jay Fenton implemented a customized version of VideoWorks with Tiny BASIC that was licensed to Apple to build training discs for their early Macintosh line. In 1988, Apple marketing veteran John Scull joined MacroMind as president and CEO after his business plan to pursue multimedia was not approved at Apple. Scull supervised the development of VideoWorks into MacroMind Director, which drove the desktop multimedia market on the Macintosh platform.

### Macromedia and the return of Steve Jobs

Apple Computer co-founder Steve Jobs returned to Apple in December 1996 and soon became the acting CEO. He was received with a standing ovation during his keynote speech at the 8th annual Macromedia User Conference in October 1997, when he presented QuickTime 3.0 and VR Authoring Studio.

As interim CEO, Jobs expressed interest in Macromedia's Final Cut project after it had been shown at the 1998 NAB Show. Jobs had also asked Adobe Systems to provide a consumer version of its Adobe Premiere video editor that could be bundled with the upcoming iMac DV, code named *Kihei*. However, as Apple had been financially struggling at the time, Adobe declined and focused Premiere on the Windows platform. In response, Apple acquired the source code and development team of Final Cut from Macromedia on May 4, 1998. Adobe then met with Apple's management, seeking to shut down the Final Cut project. However, Jobs made a case that Final Cut was different than Premiere and would be beneficial to the overall desktop computer market. It was released as Final Cut Pro in April 1999.

In April 2010, Jobs wrote an open critique of Flash (which by then had been acquired by Adobe Systems) to justify his refusal to support the technology on Apple's successful iOS line, which included the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 An Unofficial Brief History of Director by Luke Wigley, Lingo Workshop. 2017-01-27.
2. ↑ Marc Canter's Work and Careers by Chris Jacques, *Intro. to Multimedia*. Archived 2006-04-23.
3. ↑ *The Birth of MacroMind* by Marc Canter, p.63. Festival Ars Electronica. 2003-08.
4. ↑ Scull, John oral history, part 2 by David C. Brock and Hansen Hsu, Computer History Museum. 2017-08-10.
5. ↑ Jobs wows Macromedia conference crowd, ZDNet. 1997-10-10.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 How Final Cut Ended up at Apple: an Excerpt from John Buck's 'Timeline: a History of Editing' by Ryan Koo, No Film School. 2011-12-08.
7. ↑ Apple buys Macromedia tools, CNET. 1998-05-04.
8. ↑ Adobe asked Apple to shut down Final Cut by Peter Wiggins, FCP. 2011-11-11.
9. ↑ Thoughts on Flash by Steve Jobs, Apple. 2010-04.

## External links

* Apple Inc. at the Adobe Wiki
* Apple Inc. at the Apple Wiki
* Apple Inc. at Wikipedia
Macromedia Flash Communication Server MX

**Macromedia Flash Communication Server MX** was the first version of Flash Media Server from Macromedia.

## Product history

Communication Server MX 1.0 was released in **Personal** and **Professional** editions in 2002, followed by MX 1.5 in 2003. It was renamed with the announcement of the public beta of Macromedia Flash Media Server 2 in September 2005.

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia announces Flash Media Server 2, Macromedia. Archived 2005-10-13.

## External links

* Flash Communication Server MX/ 1.5 at Macromedia (archived 2002-08-02 / 2003-04-02)
	+ Which edition of Flash Communication Server MX do I need? by Mike Chambers (archived 2002-07-14)
* Macromedia Flash Communication Server MX at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Dreamweaver 2 Fireworks 2 Studio

**Macromedia Dreamweaver 2 Fireworks 2 Studio** is an early "Studio" software suite, released by Macromedia on March 15, 1999. It was originally announced on February 16, 1999 as **Dreamweaver Fireworks Studio**. It succeeded Macromedia Web Essentials and was superseded by Dreamweaver 3 Fireworks 3 Studio.

## Applications

* Macromedia Dreamweaver 2
* Macromedia Fireworks 2

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia ships Fireworks 2, Macromedia. 1999-03-15. Archived 1999-05-08.
2. ↑ Macromedia debuts Fireworks 2, Macromedia. 1999-02-16. Archived 1999-10-18.

## External links

* Macromedia Dreamweaver 2 Fireworks 2 Studio at Macromedia (archived 1999-02-24)
* Macromedia Dreamweaver 2 Fireworks 2 Studio at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Sitespring

**Macromedia Sitespring** was a web-based application for managing the production process of web sites, released by Macromedia on August 14, 2001.

After Macromedia was acquired by Adobe Systems in December 2005, further development on Sitespring was discontinued.

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia Sitespring now available, Macromedia. 2001-08-14. Archived 2001-10-05.
2. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.
3. ↑ Macromedia Sitespring, Adobe Systems. Archived 2006-07-20.

## External links

* Macromedia Sitespring at Macromedia (archived 2001-06-25)
* Macromedia Sitespring at Adobe (archived 2006-07-20)
* Macromedia Sitespring at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Flash Player 8

**Macromedia Flash Player 8** (codenamed *Maelstrom*) was released on September 13, 2005. It was the last version to be released by Macromedia before the company was acquired by Adobe Systems in December 2005.

## New features

* Support of GIF and PNG bitmapped images.
* New video codec (On2 VP6).
* Improved runtime performance and runtime bitmap caching.
* Live filters and blendmodes, such as blur and drop shadow.
* File upload and download capabilities.
* Licensed the Saffron Type System for crisp pixel-perfect text rendering.
* New security features to prevent unsafe code from running.
* External API subsystem introduced to replace fscommand.

## References

1. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.

## External links

* Macromedia Flash Player 8 at Macromedia (archived 2005-09-14)
* Archived Flash Player versions at Adobe
* Macromedia Flash Player 8 at the Adobe Wiki