Editing Adobe Flash (section)

===FutureWave===
The precursor to Flash was SmartSketch, a product published by [[FutureWave Software]] in 1993. The company was founded by [[Charlie Jackson (software)|Charlie Jackson]], [[Jonathan Gay]], and Michelle Welsh.<ref name="hs">[http://www.coldhardflash.com/2008/02/grandmasters-of-flash-an-interview-with-the-creators-of-flash.html Grandmasters of Flash: An Interview with the Creators of Flash] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323070139/http://www.coldhardflash.com/2008/02/grandmasters-of-flash-an-interview-with-the-creators-of-flash.html |date=March 23, 2019 }}, Cold Hard Flash</ref><ref name="mfb">[http://digital-archaeology.org/flash-back/ MACROMEDIA FLASH BACK] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323070139/http://digital-archaeology.org/flash-back/ |date=March 23, 2019 }}, Digital Archaeology</ref><ref name="bh1">[https://books.google.com/books?id=tnckAQAAMAAJ PC Graphics & Video, Volume 6, Issues 1–6], Advanstar Communications, 1997</ref><ref name="bh2">[https://books.google.com/books?id=Tn8qAQAAMAAJ Personal Computer Magazine], PC Communications Corporation, 1995</ref> SmartSketch was a vector drawing application for pen computers running the [[PenPoint OS]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flashmagazine.com/413.htm |title=The Flash History |access-date=June 18, 2001 |last=Waldron |first=Rick |date=August 27, 2006 |work=Flashmagazine |archive-date=August 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820035359/http://www.flashmagazine.com/413.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
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}}</ref> When PenPoint failed in the marketplace, SmartSketch was ported to [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Classic Mac OS|Mac OS]].<ref name="mfb"/><ref name="Back to Graphics">[https://www.adobe.com/macromedia/events/john_gay/page03.html The History of Flash: Back to Graphics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101204138/https://www.adobe.com/macromedia/events/john_gay/page03.html |date=January 1, 2015 }}</ref>

As the Internet became more popular, FutureWave realized the potential for a vector-based web animation tool that might challenge [[Macromedia]] [[Adobe Shockwave|Shockwave]] technology.<ref name="hs"/><ref name="mfb"/> In 1995, FutureWave modified SmartSketch by adding frame-by-frame animation features and released this new product as FutureSplash Animator on Macintosh and PC.<ref name="hs"/><ref name="mfb"/><ref name="The Dawn of Web Animation">[https://www.adobe.com/macromedia/events/john_gay/page04.html The History of Flash: The Dawn of Web Animation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080125045402/http://www.adobe.com/macromedia/events/john_gay/page04.html |date=January 25, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://coldhardflash.com/2008/02/grandmasters-of-flash-an-interview-with-the-creators-of-flash.html | title=Grandmasters of Flash: An Interview with the Creators of Flash | access-date=February 12, 2008 | publisher=ColdHardFlash.com | archive-date=October 18, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018030652/http://www.coldhardflash.com/2008/02/grandmasters-of-flash-an-interview-with-the-creators-of-flash.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

FutureWave approached [[Adobe Systems]] with an offer to sell them FutureSplash in 1995, but Adobe turned down the offer at that time.<ref name="mfb"/>{{Failed verification|date=December 2023}} Microsoft wanted to create an "online TV network" ([[MSN Dial-up#MSN 2.0|MSN 2.0]]) and adopted FutureSplash animated content as a central part of it.<ref name="mfb"/> [[Disney Online]] used FutureSplash animations for their subscription-based service Disney's Daily Blast.<ref name="hs"/><ref name="mfb"/> [[Fox Broadcasting Company]] launched [[The Simpsons]] using FutureSplash.<ref name="mfb"/>