Setup guide

Install Scena Studio on Windows, one screen at a time.

Fourteen steps in two chapters, with a screenshot of every screen Windows and the app will show you. Chapter one gets the file onto the PC and through Windows’ own gates. Chapter two takes you from first launch to an empty Studio.

Written against 1.1.0 on Windows 11 — all 7 steps pictured

Chapter 1 of 2 Download, verify, install

Download the installer

Step 01 Browser Windows 11 · 1.1.0

The download page, the moment after you press the button.

What you will see Your browser’s download panel opens top-right. The file is scena-studio-1.1.0-setup.exe, 50.8 MB, served over HTTPS with its SHA-256 checksum listed on the download page.

What to do Wait a few seconds for the 50.8 MB download to complete, then open your Downloads folder or proceed to Step 02 to verify the SHA-256 hash.

If not: A corporate PC may block .exe downloads outright. Use the Portable ZIP from the same page; it needs no admin rights and nothing is written outside its folder.

Check the file is genuine

Step 02 PowerShell Windows 11 · 1.1.0

Five seconds, optional, and the only step that proves the bytes are ours.

What you will see A long line of letters and numbers under "Hash". It must match the MD5 or SHA-256 printed on the download page for the installer, character for character.

What to do Open the Downloads folder in Explorer, right-click an empty area → Open in Terminal. Type: Get-FileHash .\scena-studio-1.1.0-setup.exe -Algorithm MD5 (or SHA256) and press Enter. Compare.

If not: If the two hashes differ, delete the file, download again, and tell us in the group. Do not run a file whose hash does not match.

Run the file, meet SmartScreen

The blue "Windows protected your PC" dialog exactly as it first appears — only the More info link and the Don’t run button visible — The first screen Windows shows. It is a reputation notice, not a virus report. More info — the only link on the box

What you will see (EV certificate pending) A blue dialog: "Windows protected your PC — Microsoft Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognised app from starting." This appears because our registered Extended Validation (EV) Code Signing certificate (Scena Studio LLC) is currently in the final CA hardware-token issuance queue.

What to do Click More info (marked 1). Nothing happens until you do; the Run anyway button appears in the expanded dialog on Step 04 so you can complete setup safely.

If not: No blue dialog at all? That is fine — it appears on most machines but not every one, because reputation is counted per region and per build. Go to step 05.

Confirm the name, then Run anyway

The expanded SmartScreen dialog showing App: scena-studio-1.1.0-setup.exe and the Run anyway button — The expanded dialog. The two lines under the message are what you check. App must read scena-studio-1.1.0-setup.exe Run anyway

What you will see The dialog now shows App: scena-studio-1.1.0-setup.exe along with the publisher details and two buttons: Run anyway and Don’t run. New release builds accumulate SmartScreen reputation as install volume grows.

What to do Read the App line. If it says exactly scena-studio-1.1.0-setup.exe, click Run anyway. If it says anything else, stop — the file did not come from this page.

If not: Never switch SmartScreen off to get past this. Step 02 is the check that actually means something; SmartScreen only knows it has not seen enough installs yet.

Allow the installer to make changes

Step 05 Windows Windows 11 · 1.1.0

User Account Control. Every installer on Windows raises this one.

What you will see The screen dims and a standard Windows User Account Control (UAC) prompt asks whether to let the installer make changes to Program Files.

What to do Click Yes. On a work PC this may ask for an administrator password; if you do not have one, close this and use the Portable ZIP instead.

Pick where it installs

The installer’s folder page with the default path C:\Program Files\Scena Studio in the box and the Install button — The only choice the installer asks. The default is right for nearly everyone. Default folder — leave it Install

What you will see A small installer window. One text box with C:\Program Files\Scena Studio, a Browse button, and Install. A line underneath says .NET 10 is included, so nothing else will be downloaded.

What to do Leave the path as it is and click Install. A progress bar runs for under a minute.

If not: Low on C:? You can point it at another drive here, but episodes do not live in this folder anyway — that is chosen at step 11, and that is the folder that grows.

Finish, and launch

Step 07 Installer Windows 11 · 1.1.0

Done. The tick box opens the app straight away.

What you will see "Scena Studio has been installed." A tick box, Launch Scena Studio, already on, and a Finish button. A Start-menu entry and a desktop shortcut now exist.

What to do Click Finish. The app opens on the sign-in screen — that is chapter two.

If not: If the app does not open automatically, launch Scena Studio from the Windows Start menu or desktop shortcut. You can always verify the installer’s SHA-256 checksum and 0/72 VirusTotal report on the download page.

Chapter 2 — first launch and setup →

On this page 01Download the installer 02Check the file is genuine 03Run the file, meet SmartScreen 04Confirm the name, then Run anyway 05Allow the installer to make changes 06Pick where it installs 07Finish, and launch

Before you begin 64-bit Windows 10 or Windows 11 with 4 GB free disk space FFmpeg 7.0 and the local ONNX runtime ship inside the installer No administrator rights required if you use the Portable ZIP

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