Licenses

The fact that so many of QLab’s features are free is astounding. It’s a gift to the artistic world. Many of us don’t have a lot of money to spend in the first place, so to be able to use technology to express ourselves … for free … is an act of grace and kindness. In my opinion it’s a reflection of Figure53 and it’s staff.

To unlock some of QLab’s more powerful features, you’ll need to purchase a license however. But even these are fair and reasonably priced. You can find a breakdown of the license features on Figure53’s website. They’ve broken it down into different categories to meet different needs.

Sometimes purchasing a license for a single event is just too expensive, so QLab also lets you purchase rental licenses which are much cheaper and will operate for a specific number of days. Even better, they’ve implemented a “Rent-to-Own” model. Rent QLab enough times and you can apply that money to a permanent license.

Finally, if you’ve ever worked in academia, you know that there isn’t much money to go around even less then the artistic world. Figure53 knows that too, so upon request you can receive an educational discount.

All of these licenses can then be purchased and managed through your Figure53 account onlilne.

Once purchased, you can then install a license either form the Manage Licenses window which can be accessed from the launcher window, or from the application menu. Go ahead and log into your Figure53 account to see your active and available licenses. Here I can activate a license for a production on three machines: a booth computer, a backup computer, and an editing or designer computer. From here I can also deactivate a license so that I can transfer it to another computer. It’s all registered online. Pretty slick.

Figure53 provides one more method of accessing licenses. You can opt to place a license on a jump drive, creating a USB Key.

To learn more about licenses, visit Figure53.com