In the principle it was

FUTURE SPLASH ANIMATOR, (FLASH 1.0) 1995-96

produced by FUTUREWAVE SOFTWARE, Inc.

In fact Flash was not invented by Macromedia, Inc., but from the FutureWave Software, Inc. From the version 2 all rights of FutureSplash Animator was acquired by Macromedia as we know.

The FutureWave Software, Inc. Organization

FutureWave Software, Inc.
9909 Huennekens Street, Suite 210
San Diego, CA 92121-2929
http://www.futurewave.com

I think that it no longer exists; when you go to their web site you are redirected to the Macromedia Web site. Nevertheless we are talking about of 1995, and a lot of things are changed!

FutureSplash Animator - [FLASH 1.0]

OK! Go straight away to concrete things.

Sales Information:

FutureSplash Animator (Windows & Mac CD-ROM) $249.95

File formats:

	The program had as native format *.SPA - FutureSplash Document (that's why the next versions of Flash allow to open file with SPA extension), that corresponds to the current FLA file format.
	The format of the published movies was instead *.SPL - FutureSplash Player (that's why the next versions of Flash allow to export files with extension SPL), that corresponds to the current SWF file format.

The About Box

How many people have developed FutereSplash Animator? 10

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