Welcome to the Disguise User Guide

New-look Home page

The redesigned User Guide home, with search, the latest Designer release and every product in one place. Check out the new Home page

New Plugins page

Browse Designer plugins, and submit your own. Discover the Plugins page

Featured Documentation Explore our recent product and feature releases. Discover the latest documentation for each one.

Licensing

Learn more about Designer licensing:

• Designer Pro
• Designer Starter
• Legacy Licenses
• License Activation
• Offline License Update and Activation
• Restoring a CodeMeter License
• Designer Pro License Transfer
• Designer Pro Subscriptions
• Licensing FAQs

What's New?

• Read about the latest Designer release.
• Explore MyDisguise, the new account and licensing portal.
• Create reusable Looks to template and play sequenced Layers across Tracks.
• Read the IP-VFC firmware 26.2 release notes.
• Find Hardware OS Images.
• Discover the GX 3+.
• Learn about OpenVPCal Plugin
• Explore recent OmniCal updates and enhancements in the OmniCal section.
• Read about the Disguise X Series

Designer

• Getting Started
• d3Manager
• GUI
• Stage Setup
• Content Management
• Layers
• Timeline, Tracks and Transports
• Content Mapping
• Devices
• Feed Outputs
• Networking
• APIs
• Audio
• Expressions
• Genlock Configuration
• Colour Management

Hardware

• Hardware Ranges
• EX Range
• VX Range
• GX Range
• RX Range
• Legacy Servers
• SMC
• Fabric
• VFC Cards
• IP-VFC Cards
• Filter Maintenance
• OmniCal Wired Kit
• OSManager CLI

RenderStream

• RenderStream
• RenderStream Local
• Notch Integration
• NVIDIA Omniverse
• Touch Designer Integration
• Unity Integration
• Unreal Engine Integration
• RenderStream Resources

Workflows

• 3D Modelling
• AR
• Calibration Projection
• EVO
• ISAAC Bridge
• Motion Capture
• OSC
• Sockpuppet
• Sony XYN 3DCG
• Virtual Production
• UV Mapping
• Volinga 3DGS
• VR
• xR

MyDisguise

• MyDisguise Overview
• Getting Started with MyDisguise
• Getting Started Video Tutorials
• Managing Organisations
• Purchasing Products
• Managing Licenses
• Managing Subscriptions
• Managing Your Team
• MyDisguise Drive
• MyDisguise FAQs

Mapping Matter

• Introduction
• What’s New
• Getting Started
• System Requirements
• Layers
• Projectors
• LED Screens
• Cameras and POV
• Effectors
• Measurements and Annotations
• Publish and Share
• Export and PDF Layouts
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• FAQs

Legacy Cloud

• Disguise Cloud
• Legacy Dashboard
• Legacy Organisation Settings
• Legacy Roles in an Organisation
• Legacy Domain Capture
• Legacy Guest Accounts
• Legacy Cloud Troubleshooting
• Legacy Drive
• Legacy Mapping Matter
• Previz

Porta

• Porta Overview
• Porta On Prem VM (Porta VM)
• Porta Manager
• Porta On Prem WSL (Legacy)
• Porta Releases

Designer Plugins

• Designer Plugins
• Plugins page
• Ask AId3n
• Pulse
• Luma AI Video Generator
• Grafana LiveUpdate Plugin
• OpenVPCal Plugin

Disguise X Series

• Disguise X Series Overview
• Disguise X Series Support
• Disguise X Series License Features
• Disguise X Series Specifications
• Disguise X Series License Dongles
• Disguise X Series FAQs
• Disguise X1
• Disguise X2
• Disguise X3

PDFs

For our PDF guides, see this page.

For Hardware Guides, see a list of downloadable PDFs here.

Video Playback Performance

• Compare Video Playback Performance Metrics by Codec across all current Disguise media servers.
• Read about and download Video Codecs.
• Compare Machine Performance results.

Download Designer

Download a Hardware OS

Go to our Resources Page

Find RenderStream Plugins

View RenderStream Resources

Explore the Developer Portal

Check out the new Innovation Hub