What is the difference between the Standard and Professional License?
The difference is simple but this question is answered with another question: How much control and customization do you need over your digital scenery?
If your answer is: I want control of timing, exclusion of scenes or cues, order in which the scenes are used, and the ability to customize my cue sheet...
Then the Standard License will work for you! The Standard License is is delivered through StagePlayer for Mac or PC. This is what we like to call our "plug and play" version. The show content is delivered pre-cued with an integrated cue sheet that follows the script. The Scenic Projections run independent of other cues through the StagePlayer software. StagePlayer allows for basic customization including the order and the timing of each cue.
If your answer is:
- I have to use one computer/server for my lights, sound, and digital scenery,
- Projection mapping and/or blending multiple projectors is required for my production, or
- I have a very untraditional way of mounting my production and need to maximize the digital scenery assets...
You definitely need the Professional License. The Professional License allows you to export your content from StagePlayer into QLab, pre-programmed and ready to go. Although you must start with a blank QLab workspace to export the projections into, you can then program in your lighting, sound cues, and anything else you would like to operate from one place.
In short — the difference between the two licenses is how the content is accessible. The content itself is exactly the same across both licenses.