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, multiple displays, and the ability to customize my cue sheet. Then you need the Standard License. The Standard License is delivered through StagePlayer for Mac and PC. This is our "plug and play" option. The show content is delivered pre-cued and pre-programmed with an integrated cue sheet that follows the script. The Scenic Projections run independently of sound, lighting, and other cues through our StagePlayer software. StagePlayer is pretty versatile, in that it can run on Mac or PC.
If your answer is:
- I have to use one computer/server for my lights, sound, and digital scenery, 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're starting with a blank workspace to export the projections into, you can then program in your lighting, sound cues, and anything else you would like program together.