Master New Realities
Create the next generation of entertainment from concept to delivery with Designer, the ultimate visual experience software.
What Is Designer
The hub of your production
Designer sits at the heart of your project, creating a digital replica of your production environment where you can design, visualise, sequence and control your content for any project.
From concept to delivery
It is a powerful toolkit for winning pitches, creating camera fly-throughs, validating content, testing technical setups, and designing entire experiences.
Real-time 3D visualisation
Designer’s premium 3D visualiser enables you to create a real-time, pixel accurate representation of your entire production environment. View it in different codecs, resolutions and colour spaces to ensure your content development is always aligned with your production requirements.
Scenery, Props and Venues
Import 3D models for props, scenery and venues. Apply textures and lightmaps to bring the project to life.
Schematic renderer
Provides unlit, but accurate rendering of content in the stage visualiser so you can view, test and effectively communicate the technical aspects of your creative concept to the whole production team.
Heatmaps renderer
Primarily aimed at visualising light levels within the scene, it uses the orthographic camera mode to ensure accuracy in positioning of objects. Export your projector study to propose the setup against a target light level.
Lux renderer
Shows the most realistic impression of how a project would look, including ambient occlusion, directional light, camera exposure and enhanced projector simulation. Communicate ideas clearly and quickly to get everyone, from clients to operators, on board before stepping on site.
VR support
Step into your fully simulated visualisation, and be completely immersed in your show thanks to our OpenVR support.
Spatial content mapping
Map content easily onto complex surfaces in minutes. Designer can use its knowledge of pixel positions to map content geometrically onto your canvas, instantly treating your mapping surface as a single canvas.
LED screens
Model LED screens of any shape, size and resolution, and replicate the shape and glow of individual pixels using pixel masks.
Projectors
Place projectors in the scene, and visualise footprints, shadows, overlap, and pixel stretching. Measure available light using physical lumens and finetune your projection lineup by adding warp points to manipulate your video output, without reducing image quality.
UV mapping
Import and turn 3D models of an LED screen or projection canvas into 2D images and map content onto their surface with pixel-perfect accuracy in a multitude of ways from direct mapping to cylindrical and spherical mapping.
Dynamic blend
Create dynamic soft-edge blends between multiple projectors, to speed up projection setup and display content seamlessly onto moving objects, from multiple projectors.
Single Large Canvas (SLC)
Create a single large projection canvas that breaks the 16,000 codec pixel resolution limit. Designer will automatically calculate the amount of render instances needed to cover the screen at the desired resolution and scale and will focus server render power onto each machine’s designated projection surface.
Content playback
Designer’s powerful video playback engine supports NotchLC, ProRes, HAP, uncompressed codecs and 2D plates, so you can playback content of any size and output, to any surface.
Image sequences
Play individual still images of any format, automatically creating slideshows, or play video content with a still image per frame.
HTML5
Run local or remote websites as media content - useful for keynote presentations, text captions, logos, streaming video or live feeds.
Content versioning
Easily change between different versions of an asset on a project. Designer automatically replaces older versions of the file wherever it occurs on the timeline. Frame Replacement enables users to replace a range of frames within a project, and only render the frames that have changed rather than the whole project.
Real-time content
Designer is the most advanced real-time production platform seamlessly integrating with all the industry-leading content engines: Unreal Engine, Notch, Unity and TouchDesigner, thanks to the disguise RenderStream data transfer protocol. It also allows productions to deliver photorealistic content from different render engines at once within the same project, without changing the system architecture.
Cluster rendering
Scale the rendering power of your project by distributing rendering power automatically across all the render nodes in your network, to maximise the quality of your output.
Dynamic control
Control content from your render engine of choice through remote parameters. Content creators decide what can be controlled by Designer to enable content to change with sequencing or to enable on-set creative control.
Remote texture sharing
Bring live video or timeline content into the real-time engine so it can be incorporated into the virtual scene.
Timeline-based sequencing
The Designer timeline is vital for productions delivering complex integrated visual effects made up of video, audio and lighting.
Timeline editing
Create cues, sequence media, control and group content layers, and quickly edit content layer properties over time. You can also preview large video files on a laptop with the help of proxy workflows.
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SockPuppet
Lets you fully control all layers and their parameters from a lighting desk or OSC application.
Multi-Edit
Enables multiple users to edit a project simultaneously on their workstations. Edits can be made to a project file in real time by multiple users in order to evolve content on the fly.
Multi-Transport
Designer can run multiple timelines simultaneously, each one responding to its own external cues.
Indirections
Switch out content on a project in Designer via a third-party protocol such as OSC, DMX or UDP. Make changes to the project in response to an interaction, or select alternative content to add to the timeline.
Control
Media and entertainment projects often consist of wider systems made up of integrated audio, lighting, tracking and automation. Designer is able to transfer data to and from these connected systems and can also enable these systems to control aspects of the disguise ecosystem.
RenderStream
Our open-source data transfer protocol supports Designer’s integration with third-party render engines including Unreal Engine, Notch, TouchDesigner, Unity and Volinga NeRFs.
Designer APIs
Enables users to build integrations and applications on top of the disguise platform. Create custom workflows and integrations for show control, camera calibration, RenderStream workloads, remote monitoring, and colour control.
Lighting
Designer can control DMX protocols across both lighting consoles and show control systems.
Audio
Designer can synchronise content playback to audio protocols including SMPTE timecode, MIDI and OSC
Tracking & automation
Supports FreeD and all major tracking systems including Blacktrax, Move.ai’s Invisible, Ncam, Mo-Sys and Stype.
Calibrations
Designer automates a number of calibrations across your projection mapping, xR and virtual production set-ups, saving you precious hours to focus on fine-tuning your creative, with peace of mind that your equipment is ready to go.
Manual calibrations
Line up your physical projector to a virtual projector in Designer to ensure it covers the required part of the screen surface by adjusting the projector resolution, position, rotation and throw ratio.
QuickCal
QuickCal is a user-driven process of calibrating a virtual projector's position, orientation and lens properties to match the real-world projector, supporting pixel-perfect mapping onto 3D objects or spaces.
OmniCal
OmniCal is a camera-based projector calibration system that creates a 3D representation of surfaces in a single click within Designer, and accurately calibrates projectors to sub-pixel accuracy within minutes.
Colour calibration
Colour calibration is an xR tool for aligning the colours between the physical LED panels and the virtual set extension, creating the illusion of a single, visually-cohesive environment.
Spatial calibration
Designer will calibrate all the cameras in your xR or virtual production volume to provide a highly accurate understanding of the physical space. For xR this results in no seams or visual artefacts that break the blend between the real and virtual environments. For virtual production this ensures an accurate projection of the content regardless of the mapping type or content workload distribution.
The hub of your production
Designer sits at the heart of your project, creating a digital replica of your production environment where you can design, visualise, sequence and control your content for any project.
From concept to delivery
It is a powerful toolkit for winning pitches, creating camera fly-throughs, validating content, testing technical setups, and designing entire experiences.
Real-time 3D visualisation
Designer’s premium 3D visualiser enables you to create a real-time, pixel accurate representation of your entire production environment. View it in different codecs, resolutions and colour spaces to ensure your content development is always aligned with your production requirements.
Scenery, Props and Venues
Import 3D models for props, scenery and venues. Apply textures and lightmaps to bring the project to life.
Schematic renderer
Provides unlit, but accurate rendering of content in the stage visualiser so you can view, test and effectively communicate the technical aspects of your creative concept to the whole production team.
Heatmaps renderer
Primarily aimed at visualising light levels within the scene, it uses the orthographic camera mode to ensure accuracy in positioning of objects. Export your projector study to propose the setup against a target light level.
Lux renderer
Shows the most realistic impression of how a project would look, including ambient occlusion, directional light, camera exposure and enhanced projector simulation. Communicate ideas clearly and quickly to get everyone, from clients to operators, on board before stepping on site.
VR support
Step into your fully simulated visualisation, and be completely immersed in your show thanks to our OpenVR support.
Spatial content mapping
Map content easily onto complex surfaces in minutes. Designer can use its knowledge of pixel positions to map content geometrically onto your canvas, instantly treating your mapping surface as a single canvas.
LED screens
Model LED screens of any shape, size and resolution, and replicate the shape and glow of individual pixels using pixel masks.
Projectors
Place projectors in the scene, and visualise footprints, shadows, overlap, and pixel stretching. Measure available light using physical lumens and finetune your projection lineup by adding warp points to manipulate your video output, without reducing image quality.
UV mapping
Import and turn 3D models of an LED screen or projection canvas into 2D images and map content onto their surface with pixel-perfect accuracy in a multitude of ways from direct mapping to cylindrical and spherical mapping.
Dynamic blend
Create dynamic soft-edge blends between multiple projectors, to speed up projection setup and display content seamlessly onto moving objects, from multiple projectors.
Single Large Canvas (SLC)
Create a single large projection canvas that breaks the 16,000 codec pixel resolution limit. Designer will automatically calculate the amount of render instances needed to cover the screen at the desired resolution and scale and will focus server render power onto each machine’s designated projection surface.
Content playback
Designer’s powerful video playback engine supports NotchLC, ProRes, HAP, uncompressed codecs and 2D plates, so you can playback content of any size and output, to any surface.
Image sequences
Play individual still images of any format, automatically creating slideshows, or play video content with a still image per frame.
HTML5
Run local or remote websites as media content - useful for keynote presentations, text captions, logos, streaming video or live feeds.
Content versioning
Easily change between different versions of an asset on a project. Designer automatically replaces older versions of the file wherever it occurs on the timeline. Frame Replacement enables users to replace a range of frames within a project, and only render the frames that have changed rather than the whole project.
Real-time content
Designer is the most advanced real-time production platform seamlessly integrating with all the industry-leading content engines: Unreal Engine, Notch, Unity and TouchDesigner, thanks to the disguise RenderStream data transfer protocol. It also allows productions to deliver photorealistic content from different render engines at once within the same project, without changing the system architecture.
Cluster rendering
Scale the rendering power of your project by distributing rendering power automatically across all the render nodes in your network, to maximise the quality of your output.
Dynamic control
Control content from your render engine of choice through remote parameters. Content creators decide what can be controlled by Designer to enable content to change with sequencing or to enable on-set creative control.
Remote texture sharing
Bring live video or timeline content into the real-time engine so it can be incorporated into the virtual scene.
Timeline-based sequencing
The Designer timeline is vital for productions delivering complex integrated visual effects made up of video, audio and lighting.
Timeline editing
Create cues, sequence media, control and group content layers, and quickly edit content layer properties over time. You can also preview large video files on a laptop with the help of proxy workflows.
SockPuppet
Lets you fully control all layers and their parameters from a lighting desk or OSC application.
Multi-Edit
Enables multiple users to edit a project simultaneously on their workstations. Edits can be made to a project file in real time by multiple users in order to evolve content on the fly.
Multi-Transport
Designer can run multiple timelines simultaneously, each one responding to its own external cues.
Indirections
Switch out content on a project in Designer via a third-party protocol such as OSC, DMX or UDP. Make changes to the project in response to an interaction, or select alternative content to add to the timeline.
Control
Media and entertainment projects often consist of wider systems made up of integrated audio, lighting, tracking and automation. Designer is able to transfer data to and from these connected systems and can also enable these systems to control aspects of the disguise ecosystem.
RenderStream
Our open-source data transfer protocol supports Designer’s integration with third-party render engines including Unreal Engine, Notch, TouchDesigner, Unity and Volinga NeRFs.
Designer APIs
Enables users to build integrations and applications on top of the disguise platform. Create custom workflows and integrations for show control, camera calibration, RenderStream workloads, remote monitoring, and colour control.
Lighting
Designer can control DMX protocols across both lighting consoles and show control systems.
Audio
Designer can synchronise content playback to audio protocols including SMPTE timecode, MIDI and OSC
Tracking & automation
Supports FreeD and all major tracking systems including Blacktrax, Move.ai’s Invisible, Ncam, Mo-Sys and Stype.
Calibrations
Designer automates a number of calibrations across your projection mapping, xR and virtual production set-ups, saving you precious hours to focus on fine-tuning your creative, with peace of mind that your equipment is ready to go.
Manual calibrations
Line up your physical projector to a virtual projector in Designer to ensure it covers the required part of the screen surface by adjusting the projector resolution, position, rotation and throw ratio.
QuickCal
QuickCal is a user-driven process of calibrating a virtual projector's position, orientation and lens properties to match the real-world projector, supporting pixel-perfect mapping onto 3D objects or spaces.
OmniCal
OmniCal is a camera-based projector calibration system that creates a 3D representation of surfaces in a single click within Designer, and accurately calibrates projectors to sub-pixel accuracy within minutes.
Colour calibration
Colour calibration is an xR tool for aligning the colours between the physical LED panels and the virtual set extension, creating the illusion of a single, visually-cohesive environment.
Spatial calibration
Designer will calibrate all the cameras in your xR or virtual production volume to provide a highly accurate understanding of the physical space. For xR this results in no seams or visual artefacts that break the blend between the real and virtual environments. For virtual production this ensures an accurate projection of the content regardless of the mapping type or content workload distribution.
The hub of your production
Designer sits at the heart of your project, creating a digital replica of your production environment where you can design, visualise, sequence and control your content for any project.
From concept to delivery
It is a powerful toolkit for winning pitches, creating camera fly-throughs, validating content, testing technical setups, and designing entire experiences.
Real-time 3D visualisation
Designer’s premium 3D visualiser enables you to create a real-time, pixel accurate representation of your entire production environment. View it in different codecs, resolutions and colour spaces to ensure your content development is always aligned with your production requirements.
Scenery, Props and Venues
Import 3D models for props, scenery and venues. Apply textures and lightmaps to bring the project to life.
Schematic renderer
Provides unlit, but accurate rendering of content in the stage visualiser so you can view, test and effectively communicate the technical aspects of your creative concept to the whole production team.
Heatmaps renderer
Primarily aimed at visualising light levels within the scene, it uses the orthographic camera mode to ensure accuracy in positioning of objects. Export your projector study to propose the setup against a target light level.
Lux renderer
Shows the most realistic impression of how a project would look, including ambient occlusion, directional light, camera exposure and enhanced projector simulation. Communicate ideas clearly and quickly to get everyone, from clients to operators, on board before stepping on site.
VR support
Step into your fully simulated visualisation, and be completely immersed in your show thanks to our OpenVR support.
Spatial content mapping
Map content easily onto complex surfaces in minutes. Designer can use its knowledge of pixel positions to map content geometrically onto your canvas, instantly treating your mapping surface as a single canvas.
LED screens
Model LED screens of any shape, size and resolution, and replicate the shape and glow of individual pixels using pixel masks.
Projectors
Place projectors in the scene, and visualise footprints, shadows, overlap, and pixel stretching. Measure available light using physical lumens and finetune your projection lineup by adding warp points to manipulate your video output, without reducing image quality.
UV mapping
Import and turn 3D models of an LED screen or projection canvas into 2D images and map content onto their surface with pixel-perfect accuracy in a multitude of ways from direct mapping to cylindrical and spherical mapping.
Dynamic blend
Create dynamic soft-edge blends between multiple projectors, to speed up projection setup and display content seamlessly onto moving objects, from multiple projectors.
Single Large Canvas (SLC)
Create a single large projection canvas that breaks the 16,000 codec pixel resolution limit. Designer will automatically calculate the amount of render instances needed to cover the screen at the desired resolution and scale and will focus server render power onto each machine’s designated projection surface.
Content playback
Designer’s powerful video playback engine supports NotchLC, ProRes, HAP, uncompressed codecs and 2D plates, so you can playback content of any size and output, to any surface.
Image sequences
Play individual still images of any format, automatically creating slideshows, or play video content with a still image per frame.
HTML5
Run local or remote websites as media content - useful for keynote presentations, text captions, logos, streaming video or live feeds.
Content versioning
Easily change between different versions of an asset on a project. Designer automatically replaces older versions of the file wherever it occurs on the timeline. Frame Replacement enables users to replace a range of frames within a project, and only render the frames that have changed rather than the whole project.
Real-time content
Designer is the most advanced real-time production platform seamlessly integrating with all the industry-leading content engines: Unreal Engine, Notch, Unity and TouchDesigner, thanks to the disguise RenderStream data transfer protocol. It also allows productions to deliver photorealistic content from different render engines at once within the same project, without changing the system architecture.
Cluster rendering
Scale the rendering power of your project by distributing rendering power automatically across all the render nodes in your network, to maximise the quality of your output.
Dynamic control
Control content from your render engine of choice through remote parameters. Content creators decide what can be controlled by Designer to enable content to change with sequencing or to enable on-set creative control.
Remote texture sharing
Bring live video or timeline content into the real-time engine so it can be incorporated into the virtual scene.
Timeline-based sequencing
The Designer timeline is vital for productions delivering complex integrated visual effects made up of video, audio and lighting.
Timeline editing
Create cues, sequence media, control and group content layers, and quickly edit content layer properties over time. You can also preview large video files on a laptop with the help of proxy workflows.
SockPuppet
Lets you fully control all layers and their parameters from a lighting desk or OSC application.
Multi-Edit
Enables multiple users to edit a project simultaneously on their workstations. Edits can be made to a project file in real time by multiple users in order to evolve content on the fly.
Multi-Transport
Designer can run multiple timelines simultaneously, each one responding to its own external cues.
Indirections
Switch out content on a project in Designer via a third-party protocol such as OSC, DMX or UDP. Make changes to the project in response to an interaction, or select alternative content to add to the timeline.
Control
Media and entertainment projects often consist of wider systems made up of integrated audio, lighting, tracking and automation. Designer is able to transfer data to and from these connected systems and can also enable these systems to control aspects of the disguise ecosystem.
RenderStream
Our open-source data transfer protocol supports Designer’s integration with third-party render engines including Unreal Engine, Notch, TouchDesigner, Unity and Volinga NeRFs.
Designer APIs
Enables users to build integrations and applications on top of the disguise platform. Create custom workflows and integrations for show control, camera calibration, RenderStream workloads, remote monitoring, and colour control.
Lighting
Designer can control DMX protocols across both lighting consoles and show control systems.
Audio
Designer can synchronise content playback to audio protocols including SMPTE timecode, MIDI and OSC
Tracking & automation
Supports FreeD and all major tracking systems including Blacktrax, Move.ai’s Invisible, Ncam, Mo-Sys and Stype.
Calibrations
Designer automates a number of calibrations across your projection mapping, xR and virtual production set-ups, saving you precious hours to focus on fine-tuning your creative, with peace of mind that your equipment is ready to go.
Manual calibrations
Line up your physical projector to a virtual projector in Designer to ensure it covers the required part of the screen surface by adjusting the projector resolution, position, rotation and throw ratio.
QuickCal
QuickCal is a user-driven process of calibrating a virtual projector's position, orientation and lens properties to match the real-world projector, supporting pixel-perfect mapping onto 3D objects or spaces.
OmniCal
OmniCal is a camera-based projector calibration system that creates a 3D representation of surfaces in a single click within Designer, and accurately calibrates projectors to sub-pixel accuracy within minutes.
Colour calibration
Colour calibration is an xR tool for aligning the colours between the physical LED panels and the virtual set extension, creating the illusion of a single, visually-cohesive environment.
Spatial calibration
Designer will calibrate all the cameras in your xR or virtual production volume to provide a highly accurate understanding of the physical space. For xR this results in no seams or visual artefacts that break the blend between the real and virtual environments. For virtual production this ensures an accurate projection of the content regardless of the mapping type or content workload distribution.
The hub of your production
Designer sits at the heart of your project, creating a digital replica of your production environment where you can design, visualise, sequence and control your content for any project.
From concept to delivery
It is a powerful toolkit for winning pitches, creating camera fly-throughs, validating content, testing technical setups, and designing entire experiences.
Real-time 3D visualisation
Designer’s premium 3D visualiser enables you to create a real-time, pixel accurate representation of your entire production environment. View it in different codecs, resolutions and colour spaces to ensure your content development is always aligned with your production requirements.
Scenery, Props and Venues
Import 3D models for props, scenery and venues. Apply textures and lightmaps to bring the project to life.
Schematic renderer
Provides unlit, but accurate rendering of content in the stage visualiser so you can view, test and effectively communicate the technical aspects of your creative concept to the whole production team.
Heatmaps renderer
Primarily aimed at visualising light levels within the scene, it uses the orthographic camera mode to ensure accuracy in positioning of objects. Export your projector study to propose the setup against a target light level.
Lux renderer
Shows the most realistic impression of how a project would look, including ambient occlusion, directional light, camera exposure and enhanced projector simulation. Communicate ideas clearly and quickly to get everyone, from clients to operators, on board before stepping on site.
VR support
Step into your fully simulated visualisation, and be completely immersed in your show thanks to our OpenVR support.
Spatial content mapping
Map content easily onto complex surfaces in minutes. Designer can use its knowledge of pixel positions to map content geometrically onto your canvas, instantly treating your mapping surface as a single canvas.
LED screens
Model LED screens of any shape, size and resolution, and replicate the shape and glow of individual pixels using pixel masks.
Projectors
Place projectors in the scene, and visualise footprints, shadows, overlap, and pixel stretching. Measure available light using physical lumens and finetune your projection lineup by adding warp points to manipulate your video output, without reducing image quality.
UV mapping
Import and turn 3D models of an LED screen or projection canvas into 2D images and map content onto their surface with pixel-perfect accuracy in a multitude of ways from direct mapping to cylindrical and spherical mapping.
Dynamic blend
Create dynamic soft-edge blends between multiple projectors, to speed up projection setup and display content seamlessly onto moving objects, from multiple projectors.
Single Large Canvas (SLC)
Create a single large projection canvas that breaks the 16,000 codec pixel resolution limit. Designer will automatically calculate the amount of render instances needed to cover the screen at the desired resolution and scale and will focus server render power onto each machine’s designated projection surface.
Content playback
Designer’s powerful video playback engine supports NotchLC, ProRes, HAP, uncompressed codecs and 2D plates, so you can playback content of any size and output, to any surface.
Image sequences
Play individual still images of any format, automatically creating slideshows, or play video content with a still image per frame.
HTML5
Run local or remote websites as media content - useful for keynote presentations, text captions, logos, streaming video or live feeds.
Content versioning
Easily change between different versions of an asset on a project. Designer automatically replaces older versions of the file wherever it occurs on the timeline. Frame Replacement enables users to replace a range of frames within a project, and only render the frames that have changed rather than the whole project.
Real-time content
Designer is the most advanced real-time production platform seamlessly integrating with all the industry-leading content engines: Unreal Engine, Notch, Unity and TouchDesigner, thanks to the disguise RenderStream data transfer protocol. It also allows productions to deliver photorealistic content from different render engines at once within the same project, without changing the system architecture.
Cluster rendering
Scale the rendering power of your project by distributing rendering power automatically across all the render nodes in your network, to maximise the quality of your output.
Dynamic control
Control content from your render engine of choice through remote parameters. Content creators decide what can be controlled by Designer to enable content to change with sequencing or to enable on-set creative control.
Remote texture sharing
Bring live video or timeline content into the real-time engine so it can be incorporated into the virtual scene.
Timeline-based sequencing
The Designer timeline is vital for productions delivering complex integrated visual effects made up of video, audio and lighting.
Timeline editing
Create cues, sequence media, control and group content layers, and quickly edit content layer properties over time. You can also preview large video files on a laptop with the help of proxy workflows.
SockPuppet
Lets you fully control all layers and their parameters from a lighting desk or OSC application.
Multi-Edit
Enables multiple users to edit a project simultaneously on their workstations. Edits can be made to a project file in real time by multiple users in order to evolve content on the fly.
Multi-Transport
Designer can run multiple timelines simultaneously, each one responding to its own external cues.
Indirections
Switch out content on a project in Designer via a third-party protocol such as OSC, DMX or UDP. Make changes to the project in response to an interaction, or select alternative content to add to the timeline.
Control
Media and entertainment projects often consist of wider systems made up of integrated audio, lighting, tracking and automation. Designer is able to transfer data to and from these connected systems and can also enable these systems to control aspects of the disguise ecosystem.
RenderStream
Our open-source data transfer protocol supports Designer’s integration with third-party render engines including Unreal Engine, Notch, TouchDesigner, Unity and Volinga NeRFs.
Designer APIs
Enables users to build integrations and applications on top of the disguise platform. Create custom workflows and integrations for show control, camera calibration, RenderStream workloads, remote monitoring, and colour control.
Lighting
Designer can control DMX protocols across both lighting consoles and show control systems.
Audio
Designer can synchronise content playback to audio protocols including SMPTE timecode, MIDI and OSC
Tracking & automation
Supports FreeD and all major tracking systems including Blacktrax, Move.ai’s Invisible, Ncam, Mo-Sys and Stype.
Calibrations
Designer automates a number of calibrations across your projection mapping, xR and virtual production set-ups, saving you precious hours to focus on fine-tuning your creative, with peace of mind that your equipment is ready to go.
Manual calibrations
Line up your physical projector to a virtual projector in Designer to ensure it covers the required part of the screen surface by adjusting the projector resolution, position, rotation and throw ratio.
QuickCal
QuickCal is a user-driven process of calibrating a virtual projector's position, orientation and lens properties to match the real-world projector, supporting pixel-perfect mapping onto 3D objects or spaces.
OmniCal
OmniCal is a camera-based projector calibration system that creates a 3D representation of surfaces in a single click within Designer, and accurately calibrates projectors to sub-pixel accuracy within minutes.
Colour calibration
Colour calibration is an xR tool for aligning the colours between the physical LED panels and the virtual set extension, creating the illusion of a single, visually-cohesive environment.
Spatial calibration
Designer will calibrate all the cameras in your xR or virtual production volume to provide a highly accurate understanding of the physical space. For xR this results in no seams or visual artefacts that break the blend between the real and virtual environments. For virtual production this ensures an accurate projection of the content regardless of the mapping type or content workload distribution.
The hub of your production
Designer sits at the heart of your project, creating a digital replica of your production environment where you can design, visualise, sequence and control your content for any project.
From concept to delivery
It is a powerful toolkit for winning pitches, creating camera fly-throughs, validating content, testing technical setups, and designing entire experiences.
Real-time 3D visualisation
Designer’s premium 3D visualiser enables you to create a real-time, pixel accurate representation of your entire production environment. View it in different codecs, resolutions and colour spaces to ensure your content development is always aligned with your production requirements.
Scenery, Props and Venues
Import 3D models for props, scenery and venues. Apply textures and lightmaps to bring the project to life.
Schematic renderer
Provides unlit, but accurate rendering of content in the stage visualiser so you can view, test and effectively communicate the technical aspects of your creative concept to the whole production team.
Heatmaps renderer
Primarily aimed at visualising light levels within the scene, it uses the orthographic camera mode to ensure accuracy in positioning of objects. Export your projector study to propose the setup against a target light level.
Lux renderer
Shows the most realistic impression of how a project would look, including ambient occlusion, directional light, camera exposure and enhanced projector simulation. Communicate ideas clearly and quickly to get everyone, from clients to operators, on board before stepping on site.
VR support
Step into your fully simulated visualisation, and be completely immersed in your show thanks to our OpenVR support.
Spatial content mapping
Map content easily onto complex surfaces in minutes. Designer can use its knowledge of pixel positions to map content geometrically onto your canvas, instantly treating your mapping surface as a single canvas.
LED screens
Model LED screens of any shape, size and resolution, and replicate the shape and glow of individual pixels using pixel masks.
Projectors
Place projectors in the scene, and visualise footprints, shadows, overlap, and pixel stretching. Measure available light using physical lumens and finetune your projection lineup by adding warp points to manipulate your video output, without reducing image quality.
UV mapping
Import and turn 3D models of an LED screen or projection canvas into 2D images and map content onto their surface with pixel-perfect accuracy in a multitude of ways from direct mapping to cylindrical and spherical mapping.
Dynamic blend
Create dynamic soft-edge blends between multiple projectors, to speed up projection setup and display content seamlessly onto moving objects, from multiple projectors.
Single Large Canvas (SLC)
Create a single large projection canvas that breaks the 16,000 codec pixel resolution limit. Designer will automatically calculate the amount of render instances needed to cover the screen at the desired resolution and scale and will focus server render power onto each machine’s designated projection surface.
Content playback
Designer’s powerful video playback engine supports NotchLC, ProRes, HAP, uncompressed codecs and 2D plates, so you can playback content of any size and output, to any surface.
Image sequences
Play individual still images of any format, automatically creating slideshows, or play video content with a still image per frame.
HTML5
Run local or remote websites as media content - useful for keynote presentations, text captions, logos, streaming video or live feeds.
Content versioning
Easily change between different versions of an asset on a project. Designer automatically replaces older versions of the file wherever it occurs on the timeline. Frame Replacement enables users to replace a range of frames within a project, and only render the frames that have changed rather than the whole project.
Real-time content
Designer is the most advanced real-time production platform seamlessly integrating with all the industry-leading content engines: Unreal Engine, Notch, Unity and TouchDesigner, thanks to the disguise RenderStream data transfer protocol. It also allows productions to deliver photorealistic content from different render engines at once within the same project, without changing the system architecture.
Cluster rendering
Scale the rendering power of your project by distributing rendering power automatically across all the render nodes in your network, to maximise the quality of your output.
Dynamic control
Control content from your render engine of choice through remote parameters. Content creators decide what can be controlled by Designer to enable content to change with sequencing or to enable on-set creative control.
Remote texture sharing
Bring live video or timeline content into the real-time engine so it can be incorporated into the virtual scene.
Timeline-based sequencing
The Designer timeline is vital for productions delivering complex integrated visual effects made up of video, audio and lighting.
Timeline editing
Create cues, sequence media, control and group content layers, and quickly edit content layer properties over time. You can also preview large video files on a laptop with the help of proxy workflows.
SockPuppet
Lets you fully control all layers and their parameters from a lighting desk or OSC application.
Multi-Edit
Enables multiple users to edit a project simultaneously on their workstations. Edits can be made to a project file in real time by multiple users in order to evolve content on the fly.
Multi-Transport
Designer can run multiple timelines simultaneously, each one responding to its own external cues.
Indirections
Switch out content on a project in Designer via a third-party protocol such as OSC, DMX or UDP. Make changes to the project in response to an interaction, or select alternative content to add to the timeline.
Control
Media and entertainment projects often consist of wider systems made up of integrated audio, lighting, tracking and automation. Designer is able to transfer data to and from these connected systems and can also enable these systems to control aspects of the disguise ecosystem.
RenderStream
Our open-source data transfer protocol supports Designer’s integration with third-party render engines including Unreal Engine, Notch, TouchDesigner, Unity and Volinga NeRFs.
Designer APIs
Enables users to build integrations and applications on top of the disguise platform. Create custom workflows and integrations for show control, camera calibration, RenderStream workloads, remote monitoring, and colour control.
Lighting
Designer can control DMX protocols across both lighting consoles and show control systems.
Audio
Designer can synchronise content playback to audio protocols including SMPTE timecode, MIDI and OSC
Tracking & automation
Supports FreeD and all major tracking systems including Blacktrax, Move.ai’s Invisible, Ncam, Mo-Sys and Stype.
Calibrations
Designer automates a number of calibrations across your projection mapping, xR and virtual production set-ups, saving you precious hours to focus on fine-tuning your creative, with peace of mind that your equipment is ready to go.
Manual calibrations
Line up your physical projector to a virtual projector in Designer to ensure it covers the required part of the screen surface by adjusting the projector resolution, position, rotation and throw ratio.
QuickCal
QuickCal is a user-driven process of calibrating a virtual projector's position, orientation and lens properties to match the real-world projector, supporting pixel-perfect mapping onto 3D objects or spaces.
OmniCal
OmniCal is a camera-based projector calibration system that creates a 3D representation of surfaces in a single click within Designer, and accurately calibrates projectors to sub-pixel accuracy within minutes.
Colour calibration
Colour calibration is an xR tool for aligning the colours between the physical LED panels and the virtual set extension, creating the illusion of a single, visually-cohesive environment.
Spatial calibration
Designer will calibrate all the cameras in your xR or virtual production volume to provide a highly accurate understanding of the physical space. For xR this results in no seams or visual artefacts that break the blend between the real and virtual environments. For virtual production this ensures an accurate projection of the content regardless of the mapping type or content workload distribution.
The hub of your production
Designer sits at the heart of your project, creating a digital replica of your production environment where you can design, visualise, sequence and control your content for any project.
From concept to delivery
It is a powerful toolkit for winning pitches, creating camera fly-throughs, validating content, testing technical setups, and designing entire experiences.
Real-time 3D visualisation
Designer’s premium 3D visualiser enables you to create a real-time, pixel accurate representation of your entire production environment. View it in different codecs, resolutions and colour spaces to ensure your content development is always aligned with your production requirements.
Scenery, Props and Venues
Import 3D models for props, scenery and venues. Apply textures and lightmaps to bring the project to life.
Schematic renderer
Provides unlit, but accurate rendering of content in the stage visualiser so you can view, test and effectively communicate the technical aspects of your creative concept to the whole production team.
Heatmaps renderer
Primarily aimed at visualising light levels within the scene, it uses the orthographic camera mode to ensure accuracy in positioning of objects. Export your projector study to propose the setup against a target light level.
Lux renderer
Shows the most realistic impression of how a project would look, including ambient occlusion, directional light, camera exposure and enhanced projector simulation. Communicate ideas clearly and quickly to get everyone, from clients to operators, on board before stepping on site.
VR support
Step into your fully simulated visualisation, and be completely immersed in your show thanks to our OpenVR support.
Spatial content mapping
Map content easily onto complex surfaces in minutes. Designer can use its knowledge of pixel positions to map content geometrically onto your canvas, instantly treating your mapping surface as a single canvas.
LED screens
Model LED screens of any shape, size and resolution, and replicate the shape and glow of individual pixels using pixel masks.
Projectors
Place projectors in the scene, and visualise footprints, shadows, overlap, and pixel stretching. Measure available light using physical lumens and finetune your projection lineup by adding warp points to manipulate your video output, without reducing image quality.
UV mapping
Import and turn 3D models of an LED screen or projection canvas into 2D images and map content onto their surface with pixel-perfect accuracy in a multitude of ways from direct mapping to cylindrical and spherical mapping.
Dynamic blend
Create dynamic soft-edge blends between multiple projectors, to speed up projection setup and display content seamlessly onto moving objects, from multiple projectors.
Single Large Canvas (SLC)
Create a single large projection canvas that breaks the 16,000 codec pixel resolution limit. Designer will automatically calculate the amount of render instances needed to cover the screen at the desired resolution and scale and will focus server render power onto each machine’s designated projection surface.
Content playback
Designer’s powerful video playback engine supports NotchLC, ProRes, HAP, uncompressed codecs and 2D plates, so you can playback content of any size and output, to any surface.
Image sequences
Play individual still images of any format, automatically creating slideshows, or play video content with a still image per frame.
HTML5
Run local or remote websites as media content - useful for keynote presentations, text captions, logos, streaming video or live feeds.
Content versioning
Easily change between different versions of an asset on a project. Designer automatically replaces older versions of the file wherever it occurs on the timeline. Frame Replacement enables users to replace a range of frames within a project, and only render the frames that have changed rather than the whole project.
Real-time content
Designer is the most advanced real-time production platform seamlessly integrating with all the industry-leading content engines: Unreal Engine, Notch, Unity and TouchDesigner, thanks to the disguise RenderStream data transfer protocol. It also allows productions to deliver photorealistic content from different render engines at once within the same project, without changing the system architecture.
Cluster rendering
Scale the rendering power of your project by distributing rendering power automatically across all the render nodes in your network, to maximise the quality of your output.
Dynamic control
Control content from your render engine of choice through remote parameters. Content creators decide what can be controlled by Designer to enable content to change with sequencing or to enable on-set creative control.
Remote texture sharing
Bring live video or timeline content into the real-time engine so it can be incorporated into the virtual scene.
Timeline-based sequencing
The Designer timeline is vital for productions delivering complex integrated visual effects made up of video, audio and lighting.
Timeline editing
Create cues, sequence media, control and group content layers, and quickly edit content layer properties over time. You can also preview large video files on a laptop with the help of proxy workflows.
SockPuppet
Lets you fully control all layers and their parameters from a lighting desk or OSC application.
Multi-Edit
Enables multiple users to edit a project simultaneously on their workstations. Edits can be made to a project file in real time by multiple users in order to evolve content on the fly.
Multi-Transport
Designer can run multiple timelines simultaneously, each one responding to its own external cues.
Indirections
Switch out content on a project in Designer via a third-party protocol such as OSC, DMX or UDP. Make changes to the project in response to an interaction, or select alternative content to add to the timeline.
Control
Media and entertainment projects often consist of wider systems made up of integrated audio, lighting, tracking and automation. Designer is able to transfer data to and from these connected systems and can also enable these systems to control aspects of the disguise ecosystem.
RenderStream
Our open-source data transfer protocol supports Designer’s integration with third-party render engines including Unreal Engine, Notch, TouchDesigner, Unity and Volinga NeRFs.
Designer APIs
Enables users to build integrations and applications on top of the disguise platform. Create custom workflows and integrations for show control, camera calibration, RenderStream workloads, remote monitoring, and colour control.
Lighting
Designer can control DMX protocols across both lighting consoles and show control systems.
Audio
Designer can synchronise content playback to audio protocols including SMPTE timecode, MIDI and OSC
Tracking & automation
Supports FreeD and all major tracking systems including Blacktrax, Move.ai’s Invisible, Ncam, Mo-Sys and Stype.
Calibrations
Designer automates a number of calibrations across your projection mapping, xR and virtual production set-ups, saving you precious hours to focus on fine-tuning your creative, with peace of mind that your equipment is ready to go.
Manual calibrations
Line up your physical projector to a virtual projector in Designer to ensure it covers the required part of the screen surface by adjusting the projector resolution, position, rotation and throw ratio.
QuickCal
QuickCal is a user-driven process of calibrating a virtual projector's position, orientation and lens properties to match the real-world projector, supporting pixel-perfect mapping onto 3D objects or spaces.
OmniCal
OmniCal is a camera-based projector calibration system that creates a 3D representation of surfaces in a single click within Designer, and accurately calibrates projectors to sub-pixel accuracy within minutes.
Colour calibration
Colour calibration is an xR tool for aligning the colours between the physical LED panels and the virtual set extension, creating the illusion of a single, visually-cohesive environment.
Spatial calibration
Designer will calibrate all the cameras in your xR or virtual production volume to provide a highly accurate understanding of the physical space. For xR this results in no seams or visual artefacts that break the blend between the real and virtual environments. For virtual production this ensures an accurate projection of the content regardless of the mapping type or content workload distribution.
The hub of your production
Designer sits at the heart of your project, creating a digital replica of your production environment where you can design, visualise, sequence and control your content for any project.
From concept to delivery
It is a powerful toolkit for winning pitches, creating camera fly-throughs, validating content, testing technical setups, and designing entire experiences.
Real-time 3D visualisation
Designer’s premium 3D visualiser enables you to create a real-time, pixel accurate representation of your entire production environment. View it in different codecs, resolutions and colour spaces to ensure your content development is always aligned with your production requirements.
Scenery, Props and Venues
Import 3D models for props, scenery and venues. Apply textures and lightmaps to bring the project to life.
Schematic renderer
Provides unlit, but accurate rendering of content in the stage visualiser so you can view, test and effectively communicate the technical aspects of your creative concept to the whole production team.
Heatmaps renderer
Primarily aimed at visualising light levels within the scene, it uses the orthographic camera mode to ensure accuracy in positioning of objects. Export your projector study to propose the setup against a target light level.
Lux renderer
Shows the most realistic impression of how a project would look, including ambient occlusion, directional light, camera exposure and enhanced projector simulation. Communicate ideas clearly and quickly to get everyone, from clients to operators, on board before stepping on site.
VR support
Step into your fully simulated visualisation, and be completely immersed in your show thanks to our OpenVR support.
Spatial content mapping
Map content easily onto complex surfaces in minutes. Designer can use its knowledge of pixel positions to map content geometrically onto your canvas, instantly treating your mapping surface as a single canvas.
LED screens
Model LED screens of any shape, size and resolution, and replicate the shape and glow of individual pixels using pixel masks.
Projectors
Place projectors in the scene, and visualise footprints, shadows, overlap, and pixel stretching. Measure available light using physical lumens and finetune your projection lineup by adding warp points to manipulate your video output, without reducing image quality.
UV mapping
Import and turn 3D models of an LED screen or projection canvas into 2D images and map content onto their surface with pixel-perfect accuracy in a multitude of ways from direct mapping to cylindrical and spherical mapping.
Dynamic blend
Create dynamic soft-edge blends between multiple projectors, to speed up projection setup and display content seamlessly onto moving objects, from multiple projectors.
Single Large Canvas (SLC)
Create a single large projection canvas that breaks the 16,000 codec pixel resolution limit. Designer will automatically calculate the amount of render instances needed to cover the screen at the desired resolution and scale and will focus server render power onto each machine’s designated projection surface.
Content playback
Designer’s powerful video playback engine supports NotchLC, ProRes, HAP, uncompressed codecs and 2D plates, so you can playback content of any size and output, to any surface.
Image sequences
Play individual still images of any format, automatically creating slideshows, or play video content with a still image per frame.
HTML5
Run local or remote websites as media content - useful for keynote presentations, text captions, logos, streaming video or live feeds.
Content versioning
Easily change between different versions of an asset on a project. Designer automatically replaces older versions of the file wherever it occurs on the timeline. Frame Replacement enables users to replace a range of frames within a project, and only render the frames that have changed rather than the whole project.
Real-time content
Designer is the most advanced real-time production platform seamlessly integrating with all the industry-leading content engines: Unreal Engine, Notch, Unity and TouchDesigner, thanks to the disguise RenderStream data transfer protocol. It also allows productions to deliver photorealistic content from different render engines at once within the same project, without changing the system architecture.
Cluster rendering
Scale the rendering power of your project by distributing rendering power automatically across all the render nodes in your network, to maximise the quality of your output.
Dynamic control
Control content from your render engine of choice through remote parameters. Content creators decide what can be controlled by Designer to enable content to change with sequencing or to enable on-set creative control.
Remote texture sharing
Bring live video or timeline content into the real-time engine so it can be incorporated into the virtual scene.
Timeline-based sequencing
The Designer timeline is vital for productions delivering complex integrated visual effects made up of video, audio and lighting.
Timeline editing
Create cues, sequence media, control and group content layers, and quickly edit content layer properties over time. You can also preview large video files on a laptop with the help of proxy workflows.
SockPuppet
Lets you fully control all layers and their parameters from a lighting desk or OSC application.
Multi-Edit
Enables multiple users to edit a project simultaneously on their workstations. Edits can be made to a project file in real time by multiple users in order to evolve content on the fly.
Multi-Transport
Designer can run multiple timelines simultaneously, each one responding to its own external cues.
Indirections
Switch out content on a project in Designer via a third-party protocol such as OSC, DMX or UDP. Make changes to the project in response to an interaction, or select alternative content to add to the timeline.
Control
Media and entertainment projects often consist of wider systems made up of integrated audio, lighting, tracking and automation. Designer is able to transfer data to and from these connected systems and can also enable these systems to control aspects of the disguise ecosystem.
RenderStream
Our open-source data transfer protocol supports Designer’s integration with third-party render engines including Unreal Engine, Notch, TouchDesigner, Unity and Volinga NeRFs.
Designer APIs
Enables users to build integrations and applications on top of the disguise platform. Create custom workflows and integrations for show control, camera calibration, RenderStream workloads, remote monitoring, and colour control.
Lighting
Designer can control DMX protocols across both lighting consoles and show control systems.
Audio
Designer can synchronise content playback to audio protocols including SMPTE timecode, MIDI and OSC
Tracking & automation
Supports FreeD and all major tracking systems including Blacktrax, Move.ai’s Invisible, Ncam, Mo-Sys and Stype.
Calibrations
Designer automates a number of calibrations across your projection mapping, xR and virtual production set-ups, saving you precious hours to focus on fine-tuning your creative, with peace of mind that your equipment is ready to go.
Manual calibrations
Line up your physical projector to a virtual projector in Designer to ensure it covers the required part of the screen surface by adjusting the projector resolution, position, rotation and throw ratio.
QuickCal
QuickCal is a user-driven process of calibrating a virtual projector's position, orientation and lens properties to match the real-world projector, supporting pixel-perfect mapping onto 3D objects or spaces.
OmniCal
OmniCal is a camera-based projector calibration system that creates a 3D representation of surfaces in a single click within Designer, and accurately calibrates projectors to sub-pixel accuracy within minutes.
Colour calibration
Colour calibration is an xR tool for aligning the colours between the physical LED panels and the virtual set extension, creating the illusion of a single, visually-cohesive environment.
Spatial calibration
Designer will calibrate all the cameras in your xR or virtual production volume to provide a highly accurate understanding of the physical space. For xR this results in no seams or visual artefacts that break the blend between the real and virtual environments. For virtual production this ensures an accurate projection of the content regardless of the mapping type or content workload distribution.
The hub of your production
Designer sits at the heart of your project, creating a digital replica of your production environment where you can design, visualise, sequence and control your content for any project.
From concept to delivery
It is a powerful toolkit for winning pitches, creating camera fly-throughs, validating content, testing technical setups, and designing entire experiences.
Real-time 3D visualisation
Designer’s premium 3D visualiser enables you to create a real-time, pixel accurate representation of your entire production environment. View it in different codecs, resolutions and colour spaces to ensure your content development is always aligned with your production requirements.
Scenery, Props and Venues
Import 3D models for props, scenery and venues. Apply textures and lightmaps to bring the project to life.
Schematic renderer
Provides unlit, but accurate rendering of content in the stage visualiser so you can view, test and effectively communicate the technical aspects of your creative concept to the whole production team.
Heatmaps renderer
Primarily aimed at visualising light levels within the scene, it uses the orthographic camera mode to ensure accuracy in positioning of objects. Export your projector study to propose the setup against a target light level.
Lux renderer
Shows the most realistic impression of how a project would look, including ambient occlusion, directional light, camera exposure and enhanced projector simulation. Communicate ideas clearly and quickly to get everyone, from clients to operators, on board before stepping on site.
VR support
Step into your fully simulated visualisation, and be completely immersed in your show thanks to our OpenVR support.
Spatial content mapping
Map content easily onto complex surfaces in minutes. Designer can use its knowledge of pixel positions to map content geometrically onto your canvas, instantly treating your mapping surface as a single canvas.
LED screens
Model LED screens of any shape, size and resolution, and replicate the shape and glow of individual pixels using pixel masks.
Projectors
Place projectors in the scene, and visualise footprints, shadows, overlap, and pixel stretching. Measure available light using physical lumens and finetune your projection lineup by adding warp points to manipulate your video output, without reducing image quality.
UV mapping
Import and turn 3D models of an LED screen or projection canvas into 2D images and map content onto their surface with pixel-perfect accuracy in a multitude of ways from direct mapping to cylindrical and spherical mapping.
Dynamic blend
Create dynamic soft-edge blends between multiple projectors, to speed up projection setup and display content seamlessly onto moving objects, from multiple projectors.
Single Large Canvas (SLC)
Create a single large projection canvas that breaks the 16,000 codec pixel resolution limit. Designer will automatically calculate the amount of render instances needed to cover the screen at the desired resolution and scale and will focus server render power onto each machine’s designated projection surface.
Content playback
Designer’s powerful video playback engine supports NotchLC, ProRes, HAP, uncompressed codecs and 2D plates, so you can playback content of any size and output, to any surface.
Image sequences
Play individual still images of any format, automatically creating slideshows, or play video content with a still image per frame.
HTML5
Run local or remote websites as media content - useful for keynote presentations, text captions, logos, streaming video or live feeds.
Content versioning
Easily change between different versions of an asset on a project. Designer automatically replaces older versions of the file wherever it occurs on the timeline. Frame Replacement enables users to replace a range of frames within a project, and only render the frames that have changed rather than the whole project.
Real-time content
Designer is the most advanced real-time production platform seamlessly integrating with all the industry-leading content engines: Unreal Engine, Notch, Unity and TouchDesigner, thanks to the disguise RenderStream data transfer protocol. It also allows productions to deliver photorealistic content from different render engines at once within the same project, without changing the system architecture.
Cluster rendering
Scale the rendering power of your project by distributing rendering power automatically across all the render nodes in your network, to maximise the quality of your output.
Dynamic control
Control content from your render engine of choice through remote parameters. Content creators decide what can be controlled by Designer to enable content to change with sequencing or to enable on-set creative control.
Remote texture sharing
Bring live video or timeline content into the real-time engine so it can be incorporated into the virtual scene.
Timeline-based sequencing
The Designer timeline is vital for productions delivering complex integrated visual effects made up of video, audio and lighting.
Timeline editing
Create cues, sequence media, control and group content layers, and quickly edit content layer properties over time. You can also preview large video files on a laptop with the help of proxy workflows.
SockPuppet
Lets you fully control all layers and their parameters from a lighting desk or OSC application.
Multi-Edit
Enables multiple users to edit a project simultaneously on their workstations. Edits can be made to a project file in real time by multiple users in order to evolve content on the fly.
Multi-Transport
Designer can run multiple timelines simultaneously, each one responding to its own external cues.
Indirections
Switch out content on a project in Designer via a third-party protocol such as OSC, DMX or UDP. Make changes to the project in response to an interaction, or select alternative content to add to the timeline.
Control
Media and entertainment projects often consist of wider systems made up of integrated audio, lighting, tracking and automation. Designer is able to transfer data to and from these connected systems and can also enable these systems to control aspects of the disguise ecosystem.
RenderStream
Our open-source data transfer protocol supports Designer’s integration with third-party render engines including Unreal Engine, Notch, TouchDesigner, Unity and Volinga NeRFs.
Designer APIs
Enables users to build integrations and applications on top of the disguise platform. Create custom workflows and integrations for show control, camera calibration, RenderStream workloads, remote monitoring, and colour control.
Lighting
Designer can control DMX protocols across both lighting consoles and show control systems.
Audio
Designer can synchronise content playback to audio protocols including SMPTE timecode, MIDI and OSC
Tracking & automation
Supports FreeD and all major tracking systems including Blacktrax, Move.ai’s Invisible, Ncam, Mo-Sys and Stype.
Calibrations
Designer automates a number of calibrations across your projection mapping, xR and virtual production set-ups, saving you precious hours to focus on fine-tuning your creative, with peace of mind that your equipment is ready to go.
Manual calibrations
Line up your physical projector to a virtual projector in Designer to ensure it covers the required part of the screen surface by adjusting the projector resolution, position, rotation and throw ratio.
QuickCal
QuickCal is a user-driven process of calibrating a virtual projector's position, orientation and lens properties to match the real-world projector, supporting pixel-perfect mapping onto 3D objects or spaces.
OmniCal
OmniCal is a camera-based projector calibration system that creates a 3D representation of surfaces in a single click within Designer, and accurately calibrates projectors to sub-pixel accuracy within minutes.
Colour calibration
Colour calibration is an xR tool for aligning the colours between the physical LED panels and the virtual set extension, creating the illusion of a single, visually-cohesive environment.
Spatial calibration
Designer will calibrate all the cameras in your xR or virtual production volume to provide a highly accurate understanding of the physical space. For xR this results in no seams or visual artefacts that break the blend between the real and virtual environments. For virtual production this ensures an accurate projection of the content regardless of the mapping type or content workload distribution.
Why Choose Designer
Scalability
Any project. Any size. Any resolution.
Flexibility
Any surface regardless of its complexity.
Precision
Plan your video sequence down to a single frame.
Make changes on the fly
Evolve your content or revert to previous versions in seconds.
Get collective buy-in
Visualise content. Send screenshots. Generate cuelists. Get collective buy-in.
Content first
Combine content from any render engine without leaving the project.
Where Is Designer Used?
Virtual production for film & TV
Deliver cinematic content, be it 2D, 2.5D, NeRFs or 3D, from any graphics engine and compose them seamlessly in-camera. Control and balance the processing demands of your content across different areas of the volume. Achieve accurate colour and lighting management and bring together all stakeholders to collaborate in real time.
Discover virtual production
Scalable immersive experiences
Achieve pixel perfect mapping to any canvas of any size. Bring in a 3D model of your physical location and map content to projectors and LED displays more accurately. Work at scale and make changes to content on the fly and have peace of mind your project will run smoothly in the background.
Discover immersive experiences
Broadcast studio control
Pre-plan your broadcast production with every cue in place to guarantee a perfect show. Make changes quickly and easily to your content and pre-visualise your broadcast graphics. Immerse talent on stage into your virtual environment in real-time with no need for media training. You can even beam remote participants into the virtual studio so they can see and interact with the presenters naturally in real-time.
Discover broadcast
Memorable brand experiences
Deliver high-end, pixel-perfect corporate communications and brand events. Bring branded pre-rendered or generative video content into your lobby installation to wow any visitor or employee. You can make changes to your content on the fly, supporting experiences that evolve over time, and visualise content in advance to get approval from all stakeholders before launch.
Discover brand experiences
Live events of any size and complexity
Plan and preview every pixel of your show content, making sure it runs smoothly with ultimate performance, before arriving on site for rehearsals. Make on-set changes in seconds and handle different versions of content and video formats. Program your show down to the second with our timeline-based sequencer and respond to cues from other parts of the ecosystem.
Discover live entertainment
Virtual production for film & TV
Deliver cinematic content, be it 2D, 2.5D, NeRFs or 3D, from any graphics engine and compose them seamlessly in-camera. Control and balance the processing demands of your content across different areas of the volume. Achieve accurate colour and lighting management and bring together all stakeholders to collaborate in real time.
Discover virtual production
Scalable immersive experiences
Achieve pixel perfect mapping to any canvas of any size. Bring in a 3D model of your physical location and map content to projectors and LED displays more accurately. Work at scale and make changes to content on the fly and have peace of mind your project will run smoothly in the background.
Discover immersive experiences
Broadcast studio control
Pre-plan your broadcast production with every cue in place to guarantee a perfect show. Make changes quickly and easily to your content and pre-visualise your broadcast graphics. Immerse talent on stage into your virtual environment in real-time with no need for media training. You can even beam remote participants into the virtual studio so they can see and interact with the presenters naturally in real-time.
Discover broadcast
Memorable brand experiences
Deliver high-end, pixel-perfect corporate communications and brand events. Bring branded pre-rendered or generative video content into your lobby installation to wow any visitor or employee. You can make changes to your content on the fly, supporting experiences that evolve over time, and visualise content in advance to get approval from all stakeholders before launch.
Discover brand experiences
Live events of any size and complexity
Plan and preview every pixel of your show content, making sure it runs smoothly with ultimate performance, before arriving on site for rehearsals. Make on-set changes in seconds and handle different versions of content and video formats. Program your show down to the second with our timeline-based sequencer and respond to cues from other parts of the ecosystem.
Discover live entertainment
Virtual production for film & TV
Deliver cinematic content, be it 2D, 2.5D, NeRFs or 3D, from any graphics engine and compose them seamlessly in-camera. Control and balance the processing demands of your content across different areas of the volume. Achieve accurate colour and lighting management and bring together all stakeholders to collaborate in real time.
Discover virtual production
Scalable immersive experiences
Achieve pixel perfect mapping to any canvas of any size. Bring in a 3D model of your physical location and map content to projectors and LED displays more accurately. Work at scale and make changes to content on the fly and have peace of mind your project will run smoothly in the background.
Discover immersive experiences
Broadcast studio control
Pre-plan your broadcast production with every cue in place to guarantee a perfect show. Make changes quickly and easily to your content and pre-visualise your broadcast graphics. Immerse talent on stage into your virtual environment in real-time with no need for media training. You can even beam remote participants into the virtual studio so they can see and interact with the presenters naturally in real-time.
Discover broadcast
Memorable brand experiences
Deliver high-end, pixel-perfect corporate communications and brand events. Bring branded pre-rendered or generative video content into your lobby installation to wow any visitor or employee. You can make changes to your content on the fly, supporting experiences that evolve over time, and visualise content in advance to get approval from all stakeholders before launch.
Discover brand experiences
Live events of any size and complexity
Plan and preview every pixel of your show content, making sure it runs smoothly with ultimate performance, before arriving on site for rehearsals. Make on-set changes in seconds and handle different versions of content and video formats. Program your show down to the second with our timeline-based sequencer and respond to cues from other parts of the ecosystem.
Discover live entertainment
Virtual production for film & TV
Deliver cinematic content, be it 2D, 2.5D, NeRFs or 3D, from any graphics engine and compose them seamlessly in-camera. Control and balance the processing demands of your content across different areas of the volume. Achieve accurate colour and lighting management and bring together all stakeholders to collaborate in real time.
Discover virtual production
Scalable immersive experiences
Achieve pixel perfect mapping to any canvas of any size. Bring in a 3D model of your physical location and map content to projectors and LED displays more accurately. Work at scale and make changes to content on the fly and have peace of mind your project will run smoothly in the background.
Discover immersive experiences
Broadcast studio control
Pre-plan your broadcast production with every cue in place to guarantee a perfect show. Make changes quickly and easily to your content and pre-visualise your broadcast graphics. Immerse talent on stage into your virtual environment in real-time with no need for media training. You can even beam remote participants into the virtual studio so they can see and interact with the presenters naturally in real-time.
Discover broadcast
Memorable brand experiences
Deliver high-end, pixel-perfect corporate communications and brand events. Bring branded pre-rendered or generative video content into your lobby installation to wow any visitor or employee. You can make changes to your content on the fly, supporting experiences that evolve over time, and visualise content in advance to get approval from all stakeholders before launch.
Discover brand experiences
Live events of any size and complexity
Plan and preview every pixel of your show content, making sure it runs smoothly with ultimate performance, before arriving on site for rehearsals. Make on-set changes in seconds and handle different versions of content and video formats. Program your show down to the second with our timeline-based sequencer and respond to cues from other parts of the ecosystem.
Discover live entertainment
Virtual production for film & TV
Deliver cinematic content, be it 2D, 2.5D, NeRFs or 3D, from any graphics engine and compose them seamlessly in-camera. Control and balance the processing demands of your content across different areas of the volume. Achieve accurate colour and lighting management and bring together all stakeholders to collaborate in real time.
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Scalable immersive experiences
Achieve pixel perfect mapping to any canvas of any size. Bring in a 3D model of your physical location and map content to projectors and LED displays more accurately. Work at scale and make changes to content on the fly and have peace of mind your project will run smoothly in the background.
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Broadcast studio control
Pre-plan your broadcast production with every cue in place to guarantee a perfect show. Make changes quickly and easily to your content and pre-visualise your broadcast graphics. Immerse talent on stage into your virtual environment in real-time with no need for media training. You can even beam remote participants into the virtual studio so they can see and interact with the presenters naturally in real-time.
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Memorable brand experiences
Deliver high-end, pixel-perfect corporate communications and brand events. Bring branded pre-rendered or generative video content into your lobby installation to wow any visitor or employee. You can make changes to your content on the fly, supporting experiences that evolve over time, and visualise content in advance to get approval from all stakeholders before launch.
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Live events of any size and complexity
Plan and preview every pixel of your show content, making sure it runs smoothly with ultimate performance, before arriving on site for rehearsals. Make on-set changes in seconds and handle different versions of content and video formats. Program your show down to the second with our timeline-based sequencer and respond to cues from other parts of the ecosystem.
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Designer is a great hub for setting up a virtual production shoot. Its timeline overview and content management makes it easy to accommodate new ideas or edits.
Virtual Production Supervisor, Nordisk Film
What stands out for me is the reliability that we're going to have a program that will run smoothly, which is crucial for live broadcast.
Technical Specialist, Anna Valley
Designer has revolutionised the way we think about projection design by making the environment we project in fully three-dimensional.
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