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Disguise Designer
London, United Kingdom
What it is
Disguise Designer creates a digital replica of a production environment for planning, visualizing, sequencing, and controlling content. It supports pitch creation, camera fly-throughs, content validation, technical setup testing, and experience design. Its real-time 3D visualizer represents a production in different codecs, resolutions, and colour spaces. Designer maps content onto complex surfaces, including shaped LED screens and projection canvases, with support for projectors, UV mapping, and dynamic blends. Playback formats include NotchLC, ProRes, HAP, uncompressed codecs, 2D plates, image sequences, and local or remote HTML5 content. RenderStream integrates with Unreal Engine, Notch, Unity, TouchDesigner, and Volinga NeRFs. Multi-Edit allows simultaneous project editing, while Multi-Transport can run multiple timelines in response to external cues. Control options include DMX, SMPTE timecode, MIDI, OSC, FreeD, and several tracking systems. The free Starter plan supports learning, testing, and project development without connecting to Disguise servers. Designer Pro costs $159/month and is described as the production-ready version, with live show programming, real-time editing, collaboration, and server connections.
For and against
For
- Real-time 3D visualization supports different codecs, resolutions, and colour spaces.
- Maps content to shaped LED screens and projection surfaces.
- RenderStream integrates with several named render tools.
- Multi-Edit supports simultaneous project editing.
- Free Starter plan supports learning and project development.
Against
- Designer Pro costs $159/month.
- Starter cannot connect to Disguise servers.
- Requires a 64-bit operating system and DirectX 11.
The verdict
Disguise Designer covers visualization, mapping, playback, collaboration, and control workflows for production environments. Starter offers a free way to develop projects, while production features and server connections are listed with the $159/month Pro plan.
Who it suits
Designer may suit production teams planning, visualizing, and controlling content for complex surfaces and show environments. The free Starter plan is intended for learning, training, testing, and project development without server connections.
Plans and prices
Designer Starter
Full core functionality · learning, training, and testing · pre-visualise and develop projects without connecting to Disguise servers · sessions with other Starter instances
Read 29 Sep 2026 · disguise.one
Designer Pro
Full production-ready version · live show programming · real-time editing · multi-user collaboration
Read 29 Sep 2026 · disguise.one
Designer Pro
Full production-ready version · live show programming · real-time editing · multi-user collaboration
Read 29 Sep 2026 · disguise.one
On the record
- 3D visualisation
- Its 3D visualiser represents a production environment in real time and supports viewing in different codecs, resolutions, and colour spaces.disguise.one · read 29 Sep 2026
- Control integrations
- Designer supports DMX lighting protocols, SMPTE timecode, MIDI, OSC, FreeD, and tracking systems including Blacktrax, Ncam, Mo-Sys, and Stype.disguise.one · read 29 Sep 2026
- Head office
- Disguise lists its London HQ at 88-89 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8HA.disguise.one · read 29 Sep 2026
- Mapping
- Designer maps content onto complex surfaces and supports shaped LED screens, projectors, UV mapping, dynamic blends, and large projection canvases.disguise.one · read 29 Sep 2026
- Playback
- The playback engine supports NotchLC, ProRes, HAP, uncompressed codecs, 2D plates, image sequences, and local or remote HTML5 content.disguise.one · read 29 Sep 2026
- Plugin framework
- The plugin framework supports web-powered widgets, Python scripts, and connections to third-party systems, and is available in Starter and Pro.disguise.one · read 29 Sep 2026
- Privacy and data
- Disguise says some software and hardware products collect technical or usage information, which may include IP address and product licence information.disguise.one · read 29 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Designer creates a digital replica of a production environment for designing, visualising, sequencing, and controlling content.disguise.one · read 29 Sep 2026
- Render integrations
- RenderStream integrates with Unreal Engine, Notch, Unity, TouchDesigner, and Volinga NeRFs.disguise.one · read 29 Sep 2026
- Support
- Disguise directs technical questions to [email protected] and lists technical support phone numbers for the UK, US, and Hong Kong.disguise.one · read 29 Sep 2026
- System requirements
- The user guide specifies Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit, and says Designer requires a 64-bit operating system and DirectX 11.help.disguise.one · read 29 Sep 2026
- Timeline collaboration
- Multi-Edit lets multiple users edit a project simultaneously, while Multi-Transport lets Designer run multiple timelines at once in response to external cues.disguise.one · read 29 Sep 2026
- Use cases
- The software supports pitch creation, camera fly-throughs, content validation, technical setup testing, and experience design.disguise.one · read 29 Sep 2026
