And Disney Online adopted FutureSplash to build animation and the user interface for the Disney Daily Blast. Microsoft used FutureSplash on MSN to create the most TV-like experience on the Internet. In August of 1996, FutureSplash got big support from Microsoft and Disney Online.
The ancestor of Flash Player was also born at that time. In order to make drawing on the computer easier than drawing on paper, they built software called SmartSketch.Īs a competitor of Illustrator and FreeHand, SmartSketch didn't gain success until 1995, it was turned into an animation product FutureSplash Animator for people sending graphics and animation over Internet. After years of game design, he focused on building graphics editors and started FutureWave Software company with Charlie Jackson in 1993. 3.3.1 The relationship of Flash to other applicationsįlash program was built by Jonathan Gay, who began his professional Programming life as a Macintosh software engineer early in high school.2.3.2 How to include Flash on a web page.2.3.1 How to make a simple animation using Flash.