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Onset Engine Docs

Licensing & Activation

How to Activate

Section titled “How to Activate”

To activate your license key:

  1. Launch Onset Engine.
  2. Click the tier badge (DEMO · UPGRADE on the free Demo) in the upper-right corner of the window.
  3. This will open the License & Activation dialog.
  4. Paste your license key into the input field and click Activate.
  5. Click Restart now. Onset Engine saves your project, closes and opens again with your plan’s features switched on. (Later keeps working as you are; the features switch on the next time you open the app.)

If the key isn’t accepted, the dialog says why and what to do: a key that wasn’t recognized, a key already active on another PC (deactivate it there first), or no internet connection.

Onset Engine will make a single HTTPS request to the Lemon Squeezy API to validate your key. Once activated, the software operates offline. When you’re online, it re-checks the license in the background at most once a day.

License Tiers

Section titled “License Tiers”

Onset Engine offers three tiers:

  • Demo (Free):
    • Maximum final resolution: 720p (1280x720)
    • Maximum FPS: 30
    • DJ session limit: 60 seconds
    • Forced watermark (“Created with Onset Engine”)
    • Max activations: 1 machine
    • Includes the rhythm bar and click track and Never these tags
  • Core:
    • Maximum final resolution: 1080p (1920x1080)
    • Maximum FPS: 60
    • DJ session limit: Unlimited
    • No watermark
    • Max activations: 1 machine (email support for a second one, for a laptop, at no charge)
    • Additional features: All VFX (Cutout Pop, Subliminal, Beauty, Smooth Motion, Depth), Curator tools (swap, re-roll, slip, lock, discard), Skip Clip Export, Source Collections, must-use clips, multi-format re-crops (9:16, 1:1 and 4:5 versions of a finished video), rounds and Length, the energy arc and holds (Shape it, and Intensity in New video), Only these tags, and Learn my taste
  • Studio:
    • Maximum final resolution: 4K (3840x2160)
    • Maximum FPS: 60
    • DJ session limit: Unlimited
    • No watermark
    • Max activations: 1 machine (email support for a second one, for a laptop, at no charge)
    • Additional features: OTIO export, Vertical (9:16), Vertical Teaser, Triptych, Highlights

How to Transfer a License

Section titled “How to Transfer a License”

If you need to move Onset Engine to a new machine:

  1. Open the License & Activation dialog on your old machine by clicking the tier badge.
  2. Click the red 🛑 Deactivate for Transfer button. This will revert the old machine to Demo mode and free up your activation slot.
  3. Install Onset Engine on your new machine and activate your license key as normal.

(Note: If your hardware changes unexpectedly, you can manage your activations online via your account.)