MacroMind Three-D

MacroMind Three-D was an early 3D animation and rendering animation package from MacroMind.

Product history
Development began in 1988 with a team started by 3D scientist Julian E. Gómez. MacroMind Three-D was released in 1991 as a sister product to MacroModel, which was released the following year. Both were succeeded by Macromedia Extreme 3D in 1996.

Applications

 * MacroMind 3DWorks - animation, lighting, and camera setup.
 * MacroMind ModelMover - imports and converts 3D models from other software packages.
 * MacroMind RenderWorks - renders of 3DWorks projects in 8 or 32-bit color.
 * MacroMind FireWorks (formerly ImageWorks during development) - post-production of RenderWorks graphics into PICT sequences or PICS files.
 * MacroMind Accelerator - compiles image sequences into a streaming file that can be played back quickly from memory.

Articles

 * MacroMinds tag team rules the multimedia ring at InfoWorld (1991-08-05)