
Authorware was Macromedia's principal product in the interactive learning market. (makers of Authorware) and MacroMind–Paracomp (makers of Macromind Director).ĭirector, an interactive multimedia-authoring tool used to make presentations, animations, CD-ROMs and information kiosks, served as Macromedia's flagship product until the mid-1990s.

Macromedia originated in the 1992 merger of Authorware Inc. It was purchased by its rival Adobe Systems on December 3, 2005.

Macromedia, Inc., was an American graphics, multimedia, and web development software company (1992–2005) headquartered in San Francisco, California, that made products such as Flash and Dreamweaver.
