Macromedia, Inc.
                                                                  1998 Form 10-K

                                 EXHIBIT 23.01
                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


The Board of Directors
Macromedia, Inc. and Subsidiaries:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos. 
33-89092, 333-24713 and 333-39285) on Form S-8 and the registration statement 
(No. 333-32193) on Form S-3 of Macromedia, Inc. and subsidiaries of our 
report dated May 6, 1998, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of 
Macromedia and subsidiaries as of March 31, 1998, and 1997, and the related 
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows 
for each of the years in the three-year period ended March 31, 1998 and 
schedule, which report appears in the March 31, 1998, annual report on Form 
10-K of Macromedia, Inc.

KPMG Peat Marwick LLP


Mountain View, California
June 25, 1998


























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