Altamira Software

Altamira Software was founded in Mill Valley, California by Dr. Alvy Ray Smith, Eric Lyons and Nicholas Clay in 1991.The company's primary product was Altamira Composer. This PC based software pioneered object-based drawing and image editing. Composer was one of the first to bring important tools such as anti-aliased effects and image sprites to the desktop. The company was acquired by Microsoft in 1994. Thea Grigsby was Vice President of Marketing. David Shantz of WildOutWest, LLC was responsible for branding, package design and the development of a series of image object libaries that were released along with the product.