Paracomp

{{Infobox company

| name = Paracomp

| type = software

| products = Milo

| services = * 3D software

• Swivel 3D
• ModelShop
• FilmMaker

| parent = Macintosh

}}

Paracomp was a Macintosh programming company known for their 3D software, Swivel 3D{{cite magazine |last=Peltz|first=David L.|date=January 1989|title=Swivel 3D 1.00 |magazine=Macworld|publisher=IDG|issn=0741-8647|pages=156, 158}} and ModelShop{{cite magazine |date=November 1989|title=MacWorld News, ModelShop: 3-D in the Fast Lane |magazine=Macworld|publisher=IDG|issn=0741-8647|pages=119}} and FilmMaker.{{cite magazine |last=Worthington|first=Paul|date=August 6, 1990|title=Paracomp Ships Three Mac Imaging Packages|magazine=InfoWorld|publisher= IDG|issn=0199-6649|volume=12|number=32|page=5}} FilmMaker was known for its packaging which was a 16 mm film reel tin, which was used to contain the software and manuals.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}} Paracomp was also the publisher of the computer algebra system Milo,{{cite encyclopedia|author=Rimey|title=Template Bsed Formula Editing in KAAVA|encyclopedia=Design and Implementation of Symbolic Computation Systems: International Symposium, DISCO '92|year=1992|page=2}} which was the first program on Macintosh able to perform symbolic computation{{cite magazine |last=Seiter |first=Charles |date=January 1990|title=Math Without Tears |magazine=Macworld|publisher=IDG|issn=0741-8647|pages=161}} using standard math notation.{{cite magazine |last=Seiter |first=Charles |date=July 1989|title=Milo 1.0 |magazine=Macworld|publisher=IDG|volume=6|number=7|issn=0741-8647|pages=164, 166}} Paracomp was acquired by MacroMind in 1991 to briefly form MacroMind-Paracomp,{{cite magazine |date=October 1991|title=MacBulletin, Mergers and Acquisitions |magazine=Macworld|publisher=IDG|issn=0741-8647|pages=19}} before adding Authorware in 1992{{cite magazine |last=Borzo|first=Jeanette|date=March 9, 1992|title=Merger builds multimedia powerhouse MacroMind, Authorware will pool software resources|magazine=InfoWorld|publisher= IDG|issn=0199-6649|volume=14|number=10|page=8}} and becoming Macromedia.{{cite book |last1=Napier |first1=H. Albert |last2=Rivers |first2=Ollie N.|last3=Wagner |first3=Stuart |date=2006 |title=Creating a Winning E-Business, Second Edition|location= |publisher=Cengage Learning |pages=342 |isbn=9780619217426}}