Flash roots

[Ken Ray]

On 8/8/04 10:24 AM, "Meitnik at aol.com" <Meitnik at aol.com> wrote:

> -- Nope, I was one of the testers for Pre-flash and flash. Flash actually has
> its roots in SmartDraw and Freehand.

On 8/8/04 10:36 AM, "Troy Rollins" <troy at rpsystems.net> wrote:

> It roots in a product called FutureSplash Animator, which was written
> by a guy lived about 3 blocks from me in Toronto Canada.

On 8/8/04 10:43 AM, "Klaus Major" <klaus at major-k.de> wrote:

> It was "Future Wave SmartSketch" actually, and i may still have a
> version somewhere here in my "archives"... :-)

Actually, you're all right. (Although for Andrew's comment should have said
"competitor for SmartDraw and Freehand").

It was originally called "SmartSketch 95" (by Future Wave), which was
originally designed as a graphics program for pen computers. After doing
that, they wanted to make a run at the Windows and Mac market and saw
Illustrator and Freehand already in the space. So they turned it into an
animation product and it was reborn as "FutureSplash Animator". This was
then bought by Macromedia who changed the name to "Flash".

For the full story, you can go to:

http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/events/john_gay/page04.html


Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
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