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OSC

**Our Stinking Corporation** (**OSC**) was a software development firm that developed Deck II, which was acquired by Macromedia.

## History

OSC was founded in San Francisco, California by John Dalton, Mats Myrberg, and Josh Rosen in summer of 1990. The company was acquired by Macromedia on December 2, 1995.

## References

1. ↑ Consume the Minimum, Produce the Maximum by Michael Goldberg, *Wired*. 1994-12-01.
2. ↑ Macromedia Announces Agreement To Acquire OSC, Leading Digital Audio Provider, Macromedia. 1995-11-30. Archived 1999-09-10.

## External links

* OSC archived site
	+ OSC - About The Software DEC(k) II (1995-02-24)
* OSC at the Adobe Wiki

### Articles

* DECK: Death of a Multimedia Phenomenon by Matt Smith, *SF Weekly* at SiteNoise (1997-12-24)
Allaire HomeSite 3

**Allaire HomeSite 3.0** is the third major version of the HomeSite HTML editing tool, released in November 1997. It is the second major version by Allaire Corporation, after it had acquired HomeSite 1.0 from programmer Nick Bradbury.

HomeSite 3.0 was available for US$89 for a packaged version and US$79 for an "electronic" downloadable version. Users who had purchased HomeSite 2.5 between July 1, 1997 and January 31, 1998 were eligible for a free upgrade. The last known update was version 3.0.1, released in March 1998.

## References

1. ↑ Born to Code, Part II by Nick Bradbury, TypePad. 2006-04-13.
2. ↑ Ordering HomeSite, Allaire. Archived 1998-01-20.
3. ↑ Need 3.01 update to Homesite 3.0 REG by stevesch, Adobe Forums. 2007-06-10. Archived 2019-11-12.
4. ↑ Editor Wars — Homesite 3 by moatmai, hellonearth. 2000-01-02.

## External links

* Allaire HomeSite 3.0 at Allaire (archived 1998-01-20)
	+ What's New in 3.0? (archived 1998-01-20)
	+ HomeSite 3.0 WYSIWYN (archived 1998-01-20)
* Allaire Homesite 3.0.1 at Internet Related Technologies (IRT)
* Allaire HomeSite 3 at the Adobe Wiki
* Macromedia HomeSite: Versions at Wikipedia
Macromedia xRes

**xRes** was an image editing application created by Fauve Software, later acquired by Macromedia. It allowed for faster editing and preview of very large image files. It was available for older versions of Mac OS and Windows.

## Features

The main feature promoted by Macromedia was the ability of xRes to process files much larger than could be handled in memory (called 'xRes Mode'). It accomplished this by performing user interactions on temporary copies of the original file at the resolution and region of the image that was being displayed on the user's screen at the time. This resulted in only a fraction of the memory use and faster interaction. The biggest drawback to this approach was that once all editing was done, the user's edits needed to be applied to the original high resolution file, which could take some time to process.

## History

Fauve xRes was first released by Fauve Software in 1994, incorporating some features from their previous product, Fauve Matisse, which was also the first commercial software application to use layers, preceding Adobe's own implementation in Adobe Photoshop 3. In 1995, Fauve was purchased by Macromedia, who rebranded the software as Macromedia Matisse and **Macromedia xRes**, before combining features from both into xRes 2.

### Discontinuation

xRes 3 was discontinued at the end of 1998, as Macromedia could not sustain faster development and release cycles to compete with newer versions of Adobe Photoshop. By this point, three of the main programmers had left Macromedia, which was refocusing towards web development. Macromedia suggested that users migrate to Macromedia Fireworks, a new application which adopted some of the features of xRes and Matisse.

### Legacy

Macromedia itself was acquired by Adobe Systems in December 2005. Many of Matisse's and xRes's features continued to be used in Adobe Fireworks.

## References

1. ↑ Image Editing Software by John Henshall's Chip Shop, *The Photographer*. 1996-09.
2. ↑ Macromedia Matisse by Kyle S., Southwest Cyperport. 1996-10-24. Archived 2001-03-06.
3. ↑ Macromedia launches enchanced Matisse as xRes, insists that it adds value to Adobe Photoshop, Computer Business Review. Archived 1996-02-06.
4. ↑ xRes is no longer being offered by Macromedia as a stand alone product, Macromedia. Archived 1998-12-06.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Alumni Achievers: Richard Krueger (M.S. 1989) by Anna Rzewnicki, NC State University Computer Science. 2004-07.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Fauve Matisse by Paolo Limoncelli, Daub. 2018-05-08.
7. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.

## External links

* xRes 2/ 3 at Macromedia (archived 1996-10-27 / 1997-03-29)
	+ xRes Designers Center Support (archived 1997-03-29)
* xRes TechNote at Adobe (archived 2008-03-26)
* xRes splashes at the Graphical User Interface Gallery
* Macromedia xRes at the Adobe Wiki
* Macromedia xRes at Wikipedia
Swivel 3D

**Swivel 3D** is one of the first 3D modeling applications for Macintosh and desktop computers in general.

## History

Swivel 3D was written by Young Harvill in his spare time while working at VPL Research. Swivel 3D was marketed by Paracomp, where he became the VP of engineering in 1989.

Version 2.0 became known as **Swivel 3D Professional** and was also available in a bundle called **SwivelMan**, which included:

* MacRenderMan, the Macintosh version of RenderMan from Pixar.
* QuickPICS, an animation encoder which used the PICS format.
* Swivelizer, a file format and font conversion utility.

After Paracomp merged with MacroMind, Harvill designed a new 3D modeler called MacroModel, which superseded Swivel 3D and was released in 1992 by Macromedia.

## References

1. ↑ Artistry In Cyberspace: Young Harvill, ’76 by *Evergreen Magazine*, The Evergreen State College. 2015-06-17.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Author: Young Harvill, Interaction Design Foundation. Accessed 2019-12-30.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Swivel 3D upgrade includes MacRenderMan by Nico Krohn, *InfoWorld*. 1991-08-12.
CD-ROM

**CD-ROM** (an acronym for **Compact Disc Read-Only Memory**) is an optical media format that was popular in the 1990s. It was superseded by the DVD-ROM format.

## Specifications

The Red Book standard for compact discs specified a bit rate of 153,600 bytes (150 KB) per second, referred to as "1x" CD-ROM speed. Audio was encoded in 16-bit resolution at 44.1 kHz. The original standard specified that each disc could contain up to 99 tracks and store 650 MB (74 minutes). The standard was later amended to allow variances of up to 700 MB (79.8 minutes), though some drives have allowed for usable capacities as high as 750 MB (85 minutes).

## History

Macromedia Director helped drive early multimedia CD-ROM development. Director 4 was the first to delivered on CD-ROM, superseding floppy disks for installation. Macromedia's "Studio" suites were also shipped on CD-ROM. Adobe Systems, which acquired Macromedia in December 2005, released subsequent versions of applications and suites on DVD-ROM.

## References

1. ↑ Red Book (CD-DA), Media Technics. Accessed 2020-08-09.
2. ↑ What Is A Red Book CD? by Karl Machat, Mister's Mastering House. Accessed 2020-08-09.
3. ↑ AppleCD, IT History Society. Accessed 2020-04-04.
4. ↑ Macromedia Announces Director 4.0, Macromedia. 1994-02-28. Archived 1999-11-11.
5. ↑ An homage to John Henry Thompson, creator of the Lingo programming language and the interactive CD-ROM boom of the nineties by Joey deVilla, Global Nerdy. 2020-06-02.
6. ↑ Macromedia Studio 8 specs, CNET. 2005-10-04.
7. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.
8. ↑ System requirements | Master Collection, Adobe Systems. 2016-12-01.

## External links

* CD-ROM at the Adobe Wiki
* CD-ROM at the Apple Wiki
* CD-ROM at Wikipedia
Macromedia Extreme 3D (version 1)

**Macromedia Extreme 3D (version 1)** was the first release of the Extreme 3D modeling, animation, and rendering application developed and marketed by Macromedia.
Released on January 31, 1996, it succeeded MacroModel and was superseded by Extreme 3D 2 on December 16, 1996. It was also included as part of Macromedia FreeHand Graphics Studio and initial shipments of FreeHand Graphics Studio 7.

## Features

* Spline-based, CAD-accurate modeling
* Time or frame-based animation
* Production-quality rendering
* Extreme accessories: learning material, material presets, over 500 fonts, and a bonus CD-ROM of Wraptures textures.

## References

1. ↑ Extreme 3D Overview & Key Features, Macromedia. Archived 1996-10-27.
2. ↑ Macromedia Ships Extreme 3D, Macromedia. 1996-01-31. Archived 1999-08-19.
3. ↑ Macromedia Ships Extreme 3D 2, Macromedia. 1996-12-16. Archived 2000-02-29.
4. ↑ Short Take: Macromedia ships Extreme 3D 2, CNET. 1996-12-17.

## External links

* Macromedia Extreme 3D at Macromedia (archived 1996-10-27)
* Macromedia Extreme 3D (version 1) 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)
RoboHELP 5

**RoboHELP 5.0**, also known as **RoboHELP Classic 5.0**, was the 5th major version of the RoboHelp authoring tool, released in late 1997 by Blue Sky Software. It was also available as part of WinHelp Office 5.

## Version 5.5

**RoboHELP 5.5** began shipping on March 16, 1998. WinHelp Office was renamed to RoboHELP Office 5.5, which also included RoboHTML.

## References

1. ↑ What's the difference between RoboHELP and WinHelp Office?, Blue Sky Software. Archived 1997-12-10.
2. ↑ RoboHELP Office 5.5 - Die komplette Hilfe-Dokumentations-Lösung (German) by Blue Sky Software, Austria Press Agency Originaltext-Service. 1998-03-16.
3. ↑ RoboHELP Office 5.5 Replaces Award-Winning WinHelp Office Suite, Blue Sky Software. Archived 1998-04-21.
4. ↑ What's the difference between RoboHELP and RoboHELP Office?, Blue Sky Software. Archived 1998-04-21.

## External links

* RoboHELP 5 Special Edition at Blue Sky Software (archived 1997-12-10)
	+ RoboHELP (5.5) (archived 1998-04-21)
	+ RoboHELP Classic (5.0) FAQ (archived 1999-08-26)
	+ Trouble Shooting Tips (archived 1998-01-29)
* RoboHELP 5 at the Adobe Wiki
RoboHelp Office Pro

**RoboHelp Office Pro**, previously known as **RoboHelp Enterprise** and now known as **Adobe RoboHelp Server**, is a server-based application for enterprise users of RoboHelp.

## Product history

**RoboHelp Enterprise** was first introduced by eHelp Corporation as a server-based enhancement for RoboHelp 9. This was renamed **Office Pro** with the RoboHelp X4 suite. In December 2003, eHelp was acquired by Macromedia.

RoboHelp Enterprise (9) (2001)RoboHelp Enterprise 2002 (late 2001)RoboHelp Enterprise X3 (late 2002)RoboHelp Office Pro X4 (early 2003)RoboHelp Office Pro X5 (early 2004)
After acquiring Macromedia in December 2005, Adobe Systems spun off the server-based Office Pro product into Adobe RoboHelp Server 6.

## References

1. ↑ RoboHelp Enterprise, Blue Sky Software. Archived 2001-05-16.
2. ↑ RoboHelp Office Pro X4, Blue Sky Software. Archived 2003-10-02.
3. ↑ Flash Cam, Nexus Concepts. 2002-05-20. Archived 2005-02-06.
4. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.
5. ↑ Adobe RoboHelp 6, Adobe Systems. Archived 2007-01-16.

## See also

* Adobe Captivate Prime, a server-based eLearning product.

## External links

* Adobe RoboHelp Server at Adobe
	+ RoboHelp Server at Adobe TechComm Blog
	+ Adobe RoboHelp Server security updates
	+ Adobe RoboHelp Server 10 (archived 2016-04-13)
	+ Adobe RoboHelp Server 9 (archived 2011-01-15)
	+ Adobe RoboHelp Server 8 (archived 2009-01-24)
	+ Adobe RoboHelp Server 7 (archived 2007-10-02)
	+ Adobe RoboHelp Server 6 (archived 2007-02-11)
* RoboHelp Office Pro (X5) and Office Pro for .NET at Macromedia (archived 2004-02-03)
* RoboHelp Office Pro X4 at eHelp Corporation (archived 2003-10-02)
	+ RoboHelp Enterprise X3 (archived 2002-10-17)
	+ RoboHelp Enterprise 2002 (archived 2001-11-09)
	+ RoboHelp Enterprise (9) (archived 2001-05-16)
* Adobe RoboHelp Server at the Adobe Wiki
* Adobe RoboHelp: Adobe RoboHelp Server at Wikipedia
SmartSketch

**SmartSketch** was an early vector-based graphics application from FutureWave Software that eventually evolved into Flash.

## Product history

Prior to working on SmartSketch, Jonathan Gay had developed another vector graphics program, IntelliDraw, at Silicon Beach Software. Silicon Beach was acquired by Aldus Corporation in 1990. Gay left Silicon Beach with co-founder Charlie Jackson to establish FutureWave in 1993.

Gay convinced Jackson to invest in a graphics application that would become SmartSketch for PenPoint OS to run on graphics tablets designed by GO Corporation. After AT&T Corporation acquired the rights to the EO Personal Communicator tablets only to discontinue it, Gay and Jackson discovered that they no longer had a viable market for SmartSketch and retooled it to be able to output animated content that could be played back from any web browser. This product became FutureSplash Animator.

FutureWave and its software were acquired by Macromedia in January 1997. FutureSplash then became known as Macromedia Flash.

## References

1. ↑ Executive Bios, Macromedia. Archived 2004-06-04.
2. ↑ Creating Flash: SmartSketch by Chris Kaplan, Paul Milbourne, Michael Boucher, *The Essential Guide to Flash CS4 with ActionScript* p.5-7. 2009-04-23.
3. ↑ Aldus Corporation History, Funding Universe. Accessed 2019-11-22.
4. ↑ FutureWave Software, Crunchbase. Accessed 2019-11-14.
5. ↑ How A Goal-Oriented Bootstrapper Who Mortgaged His House Ended Up Fathering Flash by Andrew Warner, Mixergy. 2012-08-31.
Showcase: The History of Flash, p.2 by Jonathan Gay, Macromedia. Archived 2006-01-14.
Showcase: The History of Flash, p.3 by Jonathan Gay, Macromedia. Archived 2006-01-14.
Showcase: The History of Flash, p.4 by Jonathan Gay, Macromedia. Archived 2006-01-14.
9. ↑ Macromedia Rides the FutureWave by Kristi Coale, *Wired*. 1997-01-06.

## External links

* About SmartSketch at FutureWave Software (archived 1996-11-05)
* SmartSketch at the Adobe Wiki

### Articles

* From SmartSketch to Flash by Charity C. Holloway at Active Interactive (2011-09-18)
* Here Today, Gone in a Flash by Tali Scheer at Towards Data Science (2019-04-22)
Macromedia Fireworks

**Macromedia Fireworks** is a graphics editor that was one of the signature products of Macromedia. It was used for illustration and web design. It was marketed from 1998 to 2013.

## Product history

### Development history

Fireworks was initially developed at Macromedia's Digital Arts Group (formerly Altsys) in Richardson, Texas. It was created by engineers from the Macromedia FreeHand team and the two software projects often shared resources. The first version was released in 1998 as a successor to Macromedia xRes. It combined the capabilities of raster and vector graphics editing. Market competitors included Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and CorelDRAW.

In 2003, the Texas development staff were laid off or relocated to Macromedia's main office in San Francisco, California.

### Release history

* 1998: Macromedia Fireworks 1
* 1999: Macromedia Fireworks 2
* 2000: Macromedia Fireworks 3
* 2001: Macromedia Fireworks 4
* 2002: Macromedia Fireworks MX  (6.0)
* 2003: Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 (7.0)
* 2005: Macromedia Fireworks 8

After Macromedia was acquired by Adobe Systems in December 2005, Macromedia Fireworks was renamed Adobe Fireworks. Development of future versions was transitioned to Adobe India.

* 2007: Adobe Fireworks CS3 (9.0)
* 2008: Adobe Fireworks CS4 (10.0)
* 2010: Adobe Fireworks CS5 (11.0)
* 2011: Adobe Fireworks CS5.1 (11.1)
* 2012: Adobe Fireworks CS6 (12.0)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 R.I.P. FreeHand by Andy Finnell, Safe from the Losing Fight. 2007-05-17.
2. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.

## External links

* Fireworks 8 at Macromedia (archived 2005-08-10)
	+ Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 (archived 2003-12-05)
	+ Macromedia Fireworks MX (archived 2002-06-04)
	+ Macromedia Fireworks 4 (archived 2000-12-18, 2002-04-01)
	+ Macromedia Fireworks 3 (archived 2000-08-15, 2000-08-29)
	+ Macromedia Fireworks (2.0) product info (archived 1999-05-08)
	+ Macromedia Fireworks (1.0) product info (archived 1998-12-06)
* Fireworks splashes at the Graphical User Interface Gallery
* Photoshop vs. Fireworks: Which Is Best for Web Design? at ImageX (2010-06-04)
* The Future of Adobe Fireworks at Y|Hacker News
* Adobe Fireworks at the Adobe Wiki
* Adobe Fireworks at the Image Editors Wiki
* Adobe Fireworks at Logopedia
* Adobe Fireworks at Wikipedia
WinHelp Office 95

**WinHelp Office 95** was the first major version of the WinHelp Office suite, released by Blue Sky Software in November 1995 for business users of RoboHELP 95. It was succeeded by WinHelp Office 4.

## References

1. ↑ WinHELP Office 95: Blue Sky, nothing but Blue Sky, all day long by Al Massey, Houston Area League of PC Users. 1996-07-07.
2. ↑ New & Improved: Help's on the Way for Windows 95 Help, *PC Magazine*. 1995-11-17.

## External links

* What's New at Blue Sky Software (archived 1996-10-19)
	+ RoboHELP 95 upgrade (archived 1996-10-19)
* WinHelp Office 95 at the Adobe Wiki
RoboHelp Office 9

**RoboHelp Office 9** was the seventh major version of the RoboHelp Office suite, released by eHelp Corporation in 2001 for business users of RoboHelp 9, which was not available separately. It superseded RoboHELP Office 2000 and was succeeded by RoboHelp Office 2002.

RoboHelp Enterprise 9 was the first server-based version for enterprise users.

## References

1. ↑ RoboHelp Enterprise (9), eHelp Corporation. Archived 2001-05-16.

## External links

* RoboHelp Office (9) at eHelp Corporation (archived 2001-05-16)
	+ RoboHelp Enterprise (9) (archived 2001-05-16)
* RoboHelp Office 9 at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Flash Lite 1

**Macromedia Flash Lite 1** was the first release of the Flash Lite runtime engine by Macromedia for i-mode (and later Symbian) mobile devices.

## Product history

* **Flash Lite 1.0** was first released in August 2003 for NTT DoCoMo's N505i and was supported by subsequent i-mode devices.
* **Flash Lite 1.1** was released on June 28, 2004 and added support for Symbian devices, leading to early adoption by Japanese carriers.

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia delivers Flash Lite 1.1, Macromedia. 2004-06-28. Archived 2004-06-30.

## External links

* Macromedia Flash Lite (1.0) at Macromedia (archived 2003-08-07, 2004-06-26)
	+ Macromedia Flash Lite 1.1 (archived 2004-06-30, 2004-10-30)
* Macromedia Flash Lite 1 at the Adobe Wiki
FutureSplash Player

**FutureSplash Player** is a vector-based animation plugin from FutureWave Software for Macintosh and Windows. The animation files could be authored with FutureSplash Animator and then played back within a browser with the runtime plugin.

FutureWave and its software were acquired by Macromedia in January 1997. FutureSplash became known as Macromedia Flash and the plugin became known as Macromedia Flash Player.

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia Rides the FutureWave by Kristi Coale, *Wired*. 1997-01-06.

## External links

* FutureSplash Player 1.1 at FutureWave Software (archived 1996-11-05)
	+ About FutureSplash Player (archived 1996-11-05)
	+ Download FutureSplash Player 1.1 (archived 1996-11-05)
	+ Using FutureSplash Player (archived 1996-11-05)
* FutureSplash Player at the Adobe Wiki

### Articles

* Grandmasters of Flash: An Interview with the Creators of Flash by Aaron Simpson at Cold Hard Flash (2008-02-12, archived 2008-05-03)
* Showcase: History of Flash by Jonathan Gay at Adobe (archived 2006-05-25)
San Francisco

The **City and County of San Francisco**, also known as **SF**, is a major municipal area in Northern California that is home to many technology companies, such as the Wikimedia Foundation and formerly, Macromedia.

## Statistics

As of 2019, San Francisco is the 4th most populous city in the state of California and the 15th most populous city in the United States.

## Macromedia in San Francisco

In 1989, MacroMind relocated from Chicago, Illinois to 410 Townsend Street in San Francisco. As the company grew into Macromedia, it acquired another office building at 625 Townsend Street. In January 2005, the company also moved next door into the historic Baker and Hamilton Building at 601 Townsend Street. The facilities have since been occupied by Adobe, which acquired Macromedia in December 2005. The Macromedia Flash development team was previously located at 600 Townsend Street, but that compound is now occupied by other technology companies.

## References

1. ↑ QuickFacts: San Francisco County, California. US Census Bureau. Retrieved on April 5, 2019.
2. ↑ No Flash in the Pan: Macromedia survives a decade by reinventing itself by Benny Evangelista, *San Francisco Chronicle*. 2002-05-05.
3. ↑ Baker-Hamilton building by, Adobe Blogs. 2007-02-25. Archived 2009-12-25.
4. ↑ Adobe Office – 410 Townsend San Francisco by David Wakely and Valerio Dewalt Train Associates, Office Snapshots. 2014-05-15.
5. ↑ Adobe’s San Francisco Digs by Caroline Williamson, Design Milk. 2014-07-21.
6. ↑ Macromedia Flash Office Tour at Radio UserLand Community. Accessed 2019-12-05.
7. ↑ 600 Townsend | South of Market, Toda Development. 2018.

## External links

* City and County of San Francisco official website
* Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco
* San Francisco at the Apple Wiki
* San Francisco at Wikipedia
RoboHELP 3

**RoboHELP 3.0** was the 3rd major version of the RoboHelp authoring tool, released in January 1995 by Blue Sky Software.

## Features

RoboHelp 3 functions appear as a floating palette of tools in Microsoft Word 6 for Windows 3.1 (Windows NT was not yet supported). In March 1995, it became available in a bundle with WinHelp Video Kit which recorded screen or audio activity into an AVI or WAV file.

## RoboHELP 95

**RoboHELP 95** was an upgrade to RoboHELP 3 that added support for Microsoft Word 7 for Windows 95 and NT in 16 and 32-bit versions for the first time. It includes a SmartHelp OLE control to support Visual FoxPro. It was also available as part of WinHelp Office 95 in November 1995.

## References

1. ↑ RoboHELP Lends a Hand with Creating Help Files, *PC Magazine* p.66. 1995-01-24.
2. ↑ On-line help developers benefit from Blue Sky bundle, *InfoWorld* p.107. 1995-03-20.
3. ↑ New Products, *ComputerWorld* p.77. 1995-03-20.
4. ↑ The Ultimate Help Authoring Tool by Blue Sky Software, *InfoWorld* p.119. 1995-11-27.
5. ↑ Blue Sky Software Speeds up Visual FoxPro development, Blue Sky Software. 1995.
6. ↑ WinHELP Office 95: Blue Sky, nothing but Blue Sky, all day long by Al Massey, Houston Area League of PC Users. 1996-07-07.
7. ↑ New & Improved: Help's on the Way for Windows 95 Help, *PC Magazine*. 1995-11-17.

## External links

* What's New at Blue Sky Software (archived 1996-10-19)
	+ RoboHELP 95 upgrade (archived 1996-10-19)
* RoboHELP 3 at the Adobe Wiki
RoboInfo 2

**RoboInfo 2**, previously marketed as **RoboInfo Enterprise**, was a version of the RoboInfo online documentation publishing tool, released by eHelp Corporation in November 2001.

## See also

* RoboDemo 2
* RoboHelp 2002

## External links

* RoboInfo (2.0)/ Enterprise Edition 2.6 at eHelp Corporation (archived 2001-11-07 / 2002-06-05)
* RoboInfo Deployment Manual at ManualMachine
* RoboInfo 2 at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia User Conference 1992

The 3rd annual **Macromedia International User Conference** (formerly **MacroMind Developers Conference**) was held October 30 to November 1, **1992** by Macromedia at the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero in San Francisco, California.

## Events

Director-based demonstrations of CD-ROM adaptations included *Just Grandma and Me* and *A Hard Day's Night*. Software demonstrations included Authorware from the recently merged Authorware Inc.

Apple Computer demonstrated its voice recognition technology, codenamed "Casper", and QuickTime for Windows. IBM demonstrated video compression for OS/2.

## References

1. ↑ *THE Journal*, p.96, vol.20, Information Synergy, Inc. 1992-08.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Oceanen van creativiteit: 15 jaar multimedia (1990-2005)*, p.29 (Dutch) by Christel de Maeyer, Lannoo Uitgeverij. 2006.
3. ↑ Do you feel comfortable talking to your computer? by Karen A. Brophy, *InfoWorld*, p.74. 1992-11-30.
4. ↑ Apple and IBM outline future multimedia plans at user's conference by Kelly Damore, *InfoWorld*, p.20. 1992-11-09.
Macromedia Flash Player 3

**Macromedia Flash Player 3** was released by Macromedia on May 31, 1998.

## New features

* Added alpha transparency, licensed MP3 compression
* Brought improvements to animation, playback, and publishing, as well as the introduction of simple script commands for interactivity

## External links

* Shockwave & Flash Players at Macromedia (archived 1998-12-06)
* Archived Flash Player versions at Adobe
* Macromedia Flash Player 3 at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia HomeSite 5

**Macromedia HomeSite 5** is the first version of the HomeSite HTML editing tool to released by Macromedia, after it had absorbed Allaire Corporation in a merger that was completed on March 20, 2001.

## Version history

### HomeSite+

**Macromedia HomeSite+** was a variant of HomeSite 5 that was included with Macromedia Dreamweaver MX. It included the functionality of ColdFusion Studio 5 for application development with Macromedia ColdFusion MX.

### Version 5.2

Macromedia HomeSite 5.2 was released in January 2003 as a free update. A version of HomeSite+ based on 5.2 fixed bugs and known issues from version 5.0.

### Version 5.5

Macromedia HomeSite 5.5 was released in September 2003. It was available as a paid upgrade, which was discounted only for HomeSite 4 or 5 users. A version of HomeSite+ based on 5.5 was included with Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 for development with Macromedia ColdFusion MX 6.1.

## Discontinuation

Macromedia was acquired by Adobe Systems on December 5, 2005. Adobe announced that development on HomeSite was being discontinued on May 26, 2009 and offered Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 as a substitute. On March 22, 2010, Adobe introduced Adobe ColdFusion Builder as their new integrated development environment (IDE) for dedicated ColdFusion development.

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia Completes Merger With Allaire, Macromedia. 2001-03-20. Archived 2001-03-30.
2. ↑ Macromedia HomeSite, Macromedia. Archived 2002-06-04
3. ↑ Macromedia HomeSite Dreamweaver MX FAQ, Macromedia. Archived 2002-06-04
4. ↑ Macromedia HomeSite Downloads, Macromedia. Archived 2003-02-01.
5. ↑ HomeSite: Upgrade Guide, Macromedia. Archived 2003-10-09.
6. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.
7. ↑ HomeSite development ended, Adobe Systems. 2009-05-26.
8. ↑ Introducing ColdFusion Builder by Ben Forta, Adobe Systems. 2010-03-22.

## External links

* Macromedia HomeSite 5/ 5.5 at Macromedia (archived 2001-11-08 / 2003-10-01)
	+ HomeSite 5.2 Release Notes (archived 2003-01-23)
* HomeSite+ 5.2 Release Notes at Adobe
* HomeSite 5 Beta 2 Now Available at Allaire (archived 2001-08-12)
* Macromedia HomeSite 5 at the Adobe Wiki
* Macromedia HomeSite: Versions at Wikipedia
Macromedia Director 7

**Macromedia Director 7** was the seventh major version of the Director series of multimedia authoring environments. It was released by Macromedia on December 7, 1998 as part of Director 7 Shockwave Internet Studio.

## Features

New features included an optimized playback engine that supported up to 1000 channels at up to 999fps and a new library palette with unlimited cast support. The new engine originated from Director Player for Windows (DPW), which gradually increased in functionality until it replaced Director's previous legacy codebase.

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia ships Director 7 Shockwave Internet Studio and Dreamweaver 2, Macromedia. 1998-12-07. Archived 1999-11-10.
2. ↑ Director 7 Shockwave Internet Studio new features, Macromedia. Archived 1998-06-12.
3. ↑ An Unofficial Brief History of Director by Luke Wigley, Lingo Workshop. 2017-01-27.

## External links

* Director 7 Shockwave Internet Studio product info at Macromedia (archived 1999-02-20)
* Macromedia Director 7 at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Studio MX 2004

**Macromedia Studio MX 2004** was a software suite released by Macromedia in September 10, 2003, before it was acquired by Adobe Systems. This software package superseded Macromedia Studio MX Plus and was replaced in August 2005 by Macromedia Studio 8.

## Applications

* Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004
* Macromedia Flash MX 2004 (Flash MX Professional 2004 optional)
* Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004
* Macromedia FreeHand MX
* Macromedia ColdFusion MX 6.1 Developer Edition (Windows only)

## Legacy activation

Adobe Systems, which had acquired Macromedia in December 2005, disabled the activation server for legacy Macromedia products on December 15, 2012. Users who wish to activate Macromedia Studio MX 2004 after this date will need to follow this procedure.

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia Studio MX 2004 now available, Macromedia. 2003-09-10. Archived 2003-10-08.
2. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.
3. ↑ Activation error | Macromedia branded products, Adobe Systems. Archived 2013-10-10.

## External links

* Macromedia Studio MX 2004 at Macromedia (archived 2003-12-04, 2005-08-08)
	+ What’s the difference between Macromedia Flash MX 2004 and Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004? (archived 2003-12-06)
* Macromedia Studio MX 2004 at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Flash 2

**Macromedia Flash 2** is the second version of Flash, released by Macromedia on May 8, 1997. It was also included as part of Macromedia's Design in Motion Suite.

## Development

Macromedia began public beta testing of Flash 2 on April 1, 1997. New features included support for synchronized audio during playback.

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia Brings Flash to the Web, Macromedia. 1997-05-08. Archived 1998-06-13.
2. ↑ Macromedia Ships FreeHand 8 and Design in Motion Suite for Windows and Macintosh, Macromedia. 1998-02-17. Archived 1999-02-18.
3. ↑ Macromedia Previews Flash 2, Macromedia. 1997-03-31. Archived 1999-02-04.

## External links

* Macromedia Flash 2 at Macromedia (archived 1997-04-12)
* Macromedia Flash 2.0 at the Web Design Museum
* Macromedia Flash 2 at the Adobe Wiki

### Articles

* A Nostalgic Rummage Through the History of Flash by Wassine Bouhlel at Envato Tuts+ (2010-12-31)
Microsoft Windows

**Microsoft Windows** is a series of graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft. Windows and Apple's Mac OS were the two major operating systems primarily supported by Macromedia's software.

## History

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates visited and licensed technology from Xerox PARC, as Apple Computer co-founder Steve Jobs had done. Jobs also invited Bill Gates to preview the pre-release development of the Macintosh in 1983.

### Apple lawsuit

After Jobs was forced out and Microsoft had released Windows 2.0 with a graphical user interface that was more similar to the Mac, Apple Computer, under CEO John Sculley, filed a federal lawsuit in 1988 against Microsoft for infringing on its operating system. However, U.S. federal judge William Schwarzer dismissed several charges against Microsoft in 1995 after discovering that Sculley had signed off on a 1985 deal that had licensed parts of Macintosh technology to Microsoft. After Apple co-founder Steve Jobs returned to the company in late 1996, he negotiated an end to the lawsuits with Microsoft and agreed to cross-license technology between the two companies in exchange for Microsoft's commitment to continue developing software such as Microsoft Office for the Mac and an investment of $150 million in Apple non-voting stock to help keep it out of bankruptcy.

### Release history

* Windows 1.0 — November 20, 1985
* Windows 2.03 — December 9, 1987
* Windows 2.11 — March 13, 1989
* Windows 3.0 — May 22, 1990
* Windows 3.1 — April 6, 1992
* Windows NT 3.1 — July 27, 1993
* Windows NT 3.5 — September 21, 1994
* Windows NT 3.51 — May 30, 1995
* Windows 95 — August 24, 1995
* Windows NT 4.0 — August 24, 1996
* Windows CE 1.0 — November 16, 1996
* Windows 98 — June 25, 1998
* Windows 2000 — December 15, 1999
* Windows Me — June 19, 2000
* Windows XP — August 24, 2001
* Windows Vista — January 30, 2007
* Windows 7 — October 22, 2009
* Windows 8 — October 26, 2012
* Windows 8.1 — October 17, 2013
* Windows 10 — July 29, 2015
* Windows 11 — October 5, 2021

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Today in Apple history: Microsoft gets sued for ripping off Mac OS by Luke Dormehl, Cult of Mac. 2019-03-17.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Microsoft's relationship with Apple by Christoph Dernbach, Mac History. 2011-01-30.
3. ↑ Windows 11 available on October 5 by Aaron Woodman, Microsoft. 2021-08-31.

## External links

* Microsoft Windows at Microsoft
* Microsoft Windows at the Microsoft Wiki
* Microsoft Windows at the Apple Wiki
* Microsoft Windows at the Adobe Wiki
* Microsoft Windows and list of Windows versions at Wikipedia
Macromedia eLearning Suite

**Macromedia eLearning Suite** is a web learning software suite that was released by Macromedia in 2002. It superseded eLearning Studio and was succeeded by Macromedia eLearning Suite 2004.

## Applications

* Macromedia Authorware 6 (updated to 6.5 in September 2002)
* Macromedia Flash MX
* Macromedia Dreamweaver MX

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia introduces Authorware 6.5, Macromedia. 2002-09-05. Archived 2002-09-07.

## External links

* Macromedia eLearning Suite at Macromedia (archived 2002-08-02, 2002-09-08)
* Macromedia eLearning Suite at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia Web Essentials

**Macromedia Web Essentials**, also referred to as **Dreamweaver/Fireworks Studio**, was an early software suite that was released by Macromedia on September 1, 1998. It was superseded by Dreamweaver 2 Fireworks 2 Studio.

## Applications

* Macromedia Dreamweaver 1.2
* Macromedia Fireworks 1

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia announces Dreamweaver and Fireworks "Web Essentials" promotion, Macromedia. 1998-09-01. Archived 1999-02-19.

## External links

* Macromedia Web Essentials at Macromedia (archived 1998-12-01)
* Macromedia Web Essentials at the Adobe Wiki
Metamorphosis

**Altsys Metamorphosis** is a font conversion utility developed and marketed by Altsys Corporation.

## Product history

Version 1.0, first released in 1989, allowed the conversion of fonts between PostScript Type 1 and Type 3 formats, and vice-versa. It could also retrieve PostScript fonts from connected laser printers.

Version 1.5, released in summer 1990 as a free upgrade to 1.0 users, exported Type 1 fonts that were compatible with Adobe Type Manager.

Version 2.0, known as **Metamorphosis Professional**, was released in March 1991 and added support for TrueType fonts. Type 1 fonts could also be exported for use in NeXTSTEP.

## References

1. ↑ METAMORPHOSIS - Trademark Details, Justia Trademarks]. Accessed 2020-09-13.
2. ↑ Type 3 Fonts by Yannis Haralambous, *Fonts & Encodings*, O'Reilly Media. 2007.
3. ↑ Typeface copyright Is Boon to Developers by Kristi Coale, *InfoWorld*. 1990-02-05.
4. ↑ Altsys adds ATM compatibility to Metamorphosis, *InfoWorld*. 1990-08-06.
5. ↑ Altsys, Letraset Ready TrueType Products by Kristi Coale, *InfoWorld*. 1991-03-11.

## See also

* Font-o-matic
* Macromedia Fontographer

## External links

* Metamorphosis Professional by Adam Engst at TidBITS (1991-06-10)
	+ Outlines to PICT by Adam Engst (1991-06-10)
	+ Type 1 to TrueType by Adam Engst (1991-06-10)
NeXTSTEP

**NeXTSTEP**, also stylized as **NEXTSTEP**, is a Unix-based object-oriented operating system that was developed by NeXT and introduced with the first NeXT Computer in 1988.

## History

NeXTSTEP adapted Display PostScript from Adobe Systems for use as its graphics engine. The integration of PostScript into the operating system allowed the NeXT Laser Printer and Color Printer to be significantly simpler and cheaper, while still maintaining speed and WYSIWYG accuracy in their printed output. It was also the platform on which Tim Berners-Lee designed the World Wide Web, and on which id Software developed the video games *Doom* and *Quake*.

On December 20, 1996, Apple Computer announced that it would acquire NeXT. An open-source version of the NeXTSTEP API called OpenStep was used to develop Mac OS X as Apple's next operating system, but it replaced Display PostScript with a new PDF-based imaging model called Quartz to avoid paying licensing fees to Adobe. iOS and macOS can trace their developmental roots to NeXTSTEP as their APIs are prefixed with NS (NSObject, NSString, etc.).

## Video gallery

NeXTSTEP Release 3 DemoDemonstration by Steve JobsNeXTSTEP vs Mac OS X - System Demo and ComparisonOS X's Grandfather - A Brief Tour of NeXTSTEP - Software Showcase
## References

1. ↑ New from Adobe by Greg Scott, *University of Michigan Computing News*, vol.3, no.4, p.10-11. 1988-02-24.
2. ↑ NeXT Laser Printer by Kevin Ford, The Best of NeXT Collection. Accessed 2020-01-31.
3. ↑ NeXT Color Printer by Kevin Ford, The Best of NeXT Collection. Accessed 2020-01-31.
4. ↑ NeXT cube computer, 1990 by NeXT, Science Museum Group. Accessed 2020-02-01.
5. ↑ Apple-NeXT Merger Birthday! bu John Romero, Rome.ro. 2006-12-20.
6. ↑ GameTales: Cray 6400 by John Romero, Rome.ro. 2010-01-31.
7. ↑ Apple Computer, Inc. agrees to acquire NeXT Software Inc., Next Software. 1996-12-20. Archived 1997-04-12.
8. ↑ NeXT: Apple’s Right Choice by Jonathan Ploudre, Low End Mac. 2001-05-07.
9. ↑ Mac OS X and PDF by Laurens Leurs, Prepressure. 2013-08-09.
10. ↑ Apple and NeXT announce merger (1996) by mattl, Y Combinator Hacker News. 2017-12-20.

## External links

* OPENSTEP at NeXT (archived 1997-04-12)
	+ NEXTSTEP Products (archived 1997-04-13)
* NeXT Software archive at NeXTComputers.org
* NeXT Software by Kevin Ford at The Best of NeXT Collection
* NEXTSTEP at Itoda / Object Factory
* NeXTSTEP at the Adobe Wiki
* NeXTSTEP at the Apple Wiki
* NeXTSTEP at the NeXT Wiki
* NeXTSTEP at Wikipedia
Macromedia HomeSite

**Macromedia HomeSite** was a series of HTML editing tools developed and released by Allaire and then Macromedia. Allaire included a modified version with ColdFusion as ColdFusion Studio. It was also bundled with Macromedia Dreamweaver.

## Product history

In 1995, independent programmer Nick Bradbury began writing HomeSite in Visual Basic for his own personal use to maintain his online comic website, *Dexter*. He then rewrote what became HomeSite 1.0 in Delphi for speed and compactness and released it in July 1996. After he notified some shareware sites about it, he discovered HomeSite had been downloaded over a thousand times during the first night. It was also positively received by trade magazines. Microsoft made the first offer to acquire HomeSite, but Bradbury ended up taking a counter-offer from Allaire in March 1997 and continued working on HomeSite as a commercial product for 18 months.

Allaire was absorbed by Macromedia in a merger that was completed on March 20, 2001. Macromedia released Macromedia HomeSite 5 later that year and continued development through version 5.5. Variants of HomeSite 5 were included with Macromedia Dreamweaver MX and MX 2004 as "HomeSite+", which added functionality for application development with Macromedia ColdFusion MX and MX 6.1.

## Discontinuation

Macromedia itself was acquired by Adobe Systems on December 5, 2005. Adobe announced that development on HomeSite was being discontinued on May 26, 2009 and offered Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 as a substitute. On March 22, 2010, Adobe introduced Adobe ColdFusion Builder as their new integrated development environment (IDE) for dedicated ColdFusion development.

## References

1. ↑ Dexter Cartoon for July 30, 2004 by Nick Bradbury, TypePad. 2004-06-30.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Born to Code, Part II by Nick Bradbury, TypePad. 2006-04-13.
3. ↑ History of HomeSite, Allaire. Archived 2000-12-17.
4. ↑ Web Publishing Teaches New Tricks by Nill Machrone, *PC Magazine*. 1997-02-18.
5. ↑ Macromedia Completes Merger With Allaire, Macromedia. 2001-03-20. Archived 2001-03-30.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Macromedia HomeSite 5, Macromedia. Archived 2001-11-10.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Macromedia HomeSite 5.5, Macromedia. Archived 2003-10-01.
8. ↑ Macromedia HomeSite Dreamweaver MX FAQ, Macromedia. Archived 2002-06-04
9. ↑ Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems. 2005-12-05. Archived 2005-12-07.
10. ↑ HomeSite development ended, Adobe Systems. 2009-05-26.
11. ↑ Introducing ColdFusion Builder by Ben Forta, Adobe Systems. 2010-03-22.

## External link

* Macromedia HomeSite 5/ 5.5 at Macromedia (archived 2001-11-08 / 2003-10-01)
	+ HomeSite 5.2 Release Notes (archived 2003-01-23)
* HomeSite Support Center at Adobe
	+ HomeSite+ for Dreamweaver MX Release Notes at Adobe
	+ HomeSite+ 5.2 Release Notes
* Macromedia HomeSite at the Adobe Wiki
* Macromedia HomeSite at Wikipedia
Macromedia Extension Installation

A **Macromedia Extension Installation** (**MXI**) file directs the installation process of Macromedia Extension Packages. It is formatted in XML (Extensible Markup Language).

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Macromedia Flash Exchange, Flylib.com. Accessed 2020-09-14.
2. ↑ Installing Extensions and Components by James English, *Macromedia Flash 8: Training from the Source*. 2004.

## External links

* MXI file extension at File-Extensions.org
Macromedia EDGE

***Macromedia EDGE***, stylized as ***<EDGE>***, was a free electronic publication that was provided monthly to registered members of Macromedia's website. It was superseded by subscriptions to Macromedia MX Developer Resource Kits, which first became available on a quarterly basis in September 2002.

## References

1. ↑ Membership - Macromedia Newsletters, Macromedia. Archived 2003-02-01.
2. ↑ Macromedia MX Developer Resource Kit now available, Macromedia. 2002-09-06. Archived 2002-11-13.

## External links

* Macromedia <EDGE> at Macromedia (archived 2000-08-15, 2002-02-02)
Macromedia Flash 1

**Macromedia Flash 1.0** is the first version of Flash from Macromedia, released on December 18, 1996. It was basically a rebranded and enhanced version of FutureSplash Animator.

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia Announces Flash, Macromedia. 1997-01-06. Archived 1999-02-09.

## External links

* Macromedia Flash at Macromedia (archived 1997-03-29)
* Macromedia Flash 1.0 at the Web Design Museum
* Macromedia Flash 1 at the Adobe Wiki

### Articles

* Showcase: History of Flash by Jonathan Gay at Adobe (archived 2006-05-25)
Virtuoso

**Altsys Virtuoso** is a vector graphics editor developed by Altsys Corporation for computers from NeXT. It shares the same codebase as FreeHand, which Altsys licensed to Aldus Corporation for release on Macintosh and Windows. However, Altsys retained the development rights and self-published the NeXTSTEP version.

## Product history

* **Virtuoso 1.0** was released on October 29, 1992 and features cross-compatibility with Aldus FreeHand 3.0.
* **Virtuoso 2.0** shares the same feature set as Aldus FreeHand 4.0.

## References

1. ↑ Altsys Virtuoso for NeXTSTEP Now Available, Altsys Corporation. 1992-10-29.

## External links

* Virtuoso by Kevin Ford at The Best of NeXT Computers
* Virtuoso e l'illustrazione (Italian) at ComputerHistory.it
* Virtuoso at the NeXT Wiki

### Articles

* Its Own Reward by Tony Bove and Cheryl Rhodes at *NeXTWORLD* (1992-12)
* Virtuoso Performance by Tony Bove and Cheryl Rhodes at *NeXTWORLD* (1993-04)
Macromedia eLearning Studio

**Macromedia eLearning Studio** is a web learning software suite that was released by Macromedia solely for Windows on September 18, 2001. It superseded Web Learning Studio and was succeeded by Macromedia eLearning Suite.

## Applications

* Macromedia Authorware 6
* Macromedia Flash 5
* Macromedia Dreamweaver 4

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia Authorware 6 and eLearning Studio now available, Macromedia. 2001-09-18. Archived 2001-09-20.

## External links

* Macromedia eLearning Studio at Macromedia (archived 2001-08-17)
* Macromedia eLearning Studio at the Adobe Wiki
Macromedia LikeMinds

**Macromedia LikeMinds** is marketing software that Macromedia acquired with its purchase of Andromedia which closed on December 1, 1999.

## History

LikeMinds was originally developed by the eponymous LikeMinds, which merged with Andromedia in 1998.

## References

1. ↑ Macromedia completes acquisition of Andromedia, Macromedia. 1999-12-01. Archived 2000-03-01.
2. ↑ Andromedia Merges With LikeMinds: Combined Company to Provide Total "Smart E-marketing" Solutions for E-commerce, Andromedia. Archived 1999-10-06.

## External links

* Macromedia LikeMinds at Macromedia (archived 2000-08-15, 2001-11-20)
	+ Macromedia LikeMinds 5.0 for WebSphere (archived 2001-05-01)
* Macromedia LikeMinds at Brands of the World
Randy Ubillos

**Randall Hayes Ubillos** is the original software engineer behind Adobe Premiere and Macromedia Final Cut.

## History

### SuperMac and Adobe

Ubillos originally worked at SuperMac Technology to develop software for its VideoSpigot video capture card. He created a working demo of a QuickTime-based video editor called ReelTime in about 10 weeks while QuickTime was still in beta. The ReelTime project was acquired by Adobe Systems in August 1991 and was released in December 1991 as Adobe Premiere 1.0. Ubillos also left SuperMac to join Adobe, where he assembled a small team that quickly delivered new versions on an annual basis through Premiere 4.0.

### Macromedia and Apple

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 Macromedia Final Cut was demonstrated at the NAB Show in April 1998.

Apple Computer's interim CEO Steve Jobs expressed interest in the project and acquired Final Cut's source code and its development team in May 1998. It was released by Apple in April 1999 as Final Cut Pro, which won a Primetime Emmy Engineering Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on August 21, 2002 for its impact on the television industry.

Ubillos also worked on Aperture, Final Cut Express, and iMovie at Apple. After 7 major releases of Final Cut Pro, Ubillos made a controversial decision to redesign the application from the ground up for Final Cut Pro X, which was released in 2011 with 64-bit support and background task abilities.

In April 2015, Ubillos retired from his position as chief architect of photo and video applications, with no plans to pursue another full-time job. In 2017, Ubillos received a Workflow Systems Medal from the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.

## 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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 SuperMac War Story 10: The Video Spigot by Steve Blank. 2009-05-11.
3. ↑ Adobe Systems buys ReelTime from SuperMac Technology, Computer Business Review. 1991-08-28.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 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.
5. ↑ Apple’s Final Cut Pro Wins Emmy Award, Apple. 2002-08-30.
6. ↑ 2002 Engineering Emmy Awards - FCP wins an Emmy!, Rick and Randy. 2002-08-21.
7. ↑ Final Cut creator Randy Ubillos leaves Apple after 20 years, AppleInsider. 2015-04-23.
8. ↑ Adobe Premiere and Final Cut Pro creator Randy Ubillos honoured with 2017 SMPTE award by Alex Gollner, Alex4D. 2017-08-22.

## External links

* Rick and Randy personal website
	+ Apple News Archive: Apple Announces New DEST Member (1999-11-05)
* Randy Ubillos at Instagram
* Randy Ubillos at Twitter
* Randy Ubillos at the Adobe Wiki
* Randy Ubillos at the Apple Wiki
RoboHelp Office Pro X4

**RoboHelp Office Pro X4** was the 4th major version of the server-based application for enterprise users of RoboHelp X4, released by eHelp Corporation in early 2003. It succeeded RoboHelp Enterprise X3. There was also a version for Microsoft's .NET framework.

## References

1. ↑ RoboHelp Enterprise, Blue Sky Software. Archived 2003-04-13.
2. ↑ RoboHelp Office Pro X4 for .NET, Blue Sky Software. Archived 2003-10-18.

## External links

* RoboHelp Office Pro X4 at eHelp Corporation (archived 2003-10-02)
* RoboHelp Office Pro X4 at the Adobe Wiki