[1][2] VP of Marketing was Linda Michelle Alsip, who also came from Silicon Beach Software, then Aldus Corporation.
[3][4][5][6] The company's first product was SmartSketch, a drawing program for the PenPoint OS and EO tablet computer.
When pen computing did not take off, SmartSketch was ported to the Microsoft Windows and Macintosh platforms.
[7] As the Internet became more popular, FutureWave realized the potential for a vector-based web animation tool that might challenge Macromedia Shockwave technology.
[3][8] By that time, the company had added a second programmer Robert Tatsumi, artist Adam Grofcsik, and PR specialist Ralph Mittman.