Designer Licensing Comparison

The table below summarises Designer licensing limitations based on combinations of Starter or Full release types, and Pro, X1 or server licenses.

Capability	Designer Starter on Non-Disguise Hardware	Designer Full (Pro) on Non-Disguise Hardware	Designer Full (X1) on Non-Disguise Hardware	Designer Starter on a Disguise Media Server	Designer Full on Disguise Media Server
Can be a Director[1]	❌	❌	✔️[2]	✔️	✔️
Can be an Actor[1]	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️
Can be an Understudy[1]	❌	❌	✔️[2]	✔️	✔️
Can be an Editor[1]	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Feed outputs are not watermarked	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
DMX outputs are not watermarked	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
Feed movies are not watermarked	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
Stage movies are not watermarked	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️
Feed movies max resolution	2K (2160×2160)	4K DCI (4096×2160)	4K DCI (4096×2160)	2K (2160×2160)	4K DCI (4096×2160)
Stage movies max resolution	2K (2160×2160)	4K DCI (4096×2160)	4K DCI (4096×2160)	2K (2160×2160)	4K DCI (4096×2160)

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1. Starter instances can only be in session with other Starter instances, and Full instances can only be in session with other Full instances.
2. X1-licensed machines can only be Directors or Understudies to other X1-licensed machines.