Licence (EULA)

Scena Studio LLC grants you a revocable (solely for uncured material breach), non-exclusive right to install and run the Scena Studio desktop application on 64-bit Microsoft Windows 10 or Windows 11 computers under your control, up to the seat limit of the plan you hold. You receive a licence to use the software application; Scena Studio LLC retains ownership of the software code and intellectual property.

The Open Test build is available without a software licence fee. Once the signed commercial release ships, three licence tiers apply: Free: 1 Windows PC; Creator: 1 Windows PC; Studio: 3 Windows PCs. Monthly and yearly subscriptions remain active while paid; a Lifetime Licence is paid once, never expires, and includes every 1.x release.

A licence may be held by an individual creator or a single business entity. Within a business holding a Studio (3 PCs) licence, any member of your team may use the three activated computers; however, the licence is per activated machine and may not be used as a floating pool shared concurrently across more PCs than your plan allows.

You may use Scena Studio for both personal and unrestricted commercial production — including monetised YouTube, TikTok and social channels, commissioned client and agency work, commercial film/series distribution, and paid educational courses — on every plan, including the Free plan and during the Open Test. Everything you render belongs 100% to you; Scena Studio LLC claims zero ownership or royalties over your scripts, references, or output.

You may not: (a) activate or run the software on more PCs simultaneously than your plan allows; (b) resell, rent, lease, sublicense, or bundle the Scena Studio installer into another commercial offering; (c) tamper with, patch, or bypass the licence activation check; or (d) remove copyright or attribution notices. Reverse-engineering or decompilation is permitted only to the limited extent that applicable local law expressly grants that right for interoperability notwithstanding a contractual prohibition.

Scena Studio is built in strict compliance with Google’s Unwanted Software Policy and Microsoft Windows desktop guidelines:

• Zero Bundled Software: The installer places the application in C:\Program Files\Scena Studio, creates one Start-menu shortcut (and a desktop shortcut only if you tick the checkbox), and stores user settings and DPAPI-encrypted API keys in %APPDATA%\ScenaStudio. It never bundles third-party offers, adware, toolbars, or browser extensions.
• Zero System or Browser Modifications: The app never alters browser homepages, default search engines, proxy/DNS settings, system drivers, or Windows startup entries. When you close Scena Studio, zero background processes or services remain running.
• Updates Always Ask First: New builds are announced with a readable changelog and installed only when you click to accept. Every update is verified against its published SHA-256 hash and digital signature before execution.
• Clean Removal: Uninstalling via Windows Settings → Apps → Installed apps → Scena Studio cleanly removes the program and (if you tick the option) your saved settings and keys, while leaving your episode project folders completely untouched.

To move your licence to another computer, choose Help → Licence → Deactivate this PC on the old machine and sign in on the new one. Up to two self-service transfers per month happen immediately without contacting support. If an old PC is lost, stolen, or suffers a hardware failure before you can deactivate it, email support@scenastudio.app and we will release the seat remotely within one to two working days.

Activating a PC requires an internet connection once. After activation, Scena Studio works offline for up to 14 consecutive days for script editing, storyboarding, local GPU consistency checks, and local upscaling. When an internet connection is present, the app re-verifies the licence silently on launch — and a failed or timed-out licence check never interrupts or aborts a running batch queue.

Every 1.x feature release, new AI service connector, and security patch is included at no extra cost for Lifetime Licences and active monthly/yearly subscriptions. If a major 2.0 version ever ships in the future, it will be announced in advance with an optional upgrade discount for existing licence holders, and your 1.x build will continue working indefinitely.

During the Open Test, the first usable bug report from an account earns a complimentary Studio Lifetime Licence (3 PCs, all 1.x releases, full commercial rights). It carries the exact same technical entitlements as a paid Studio Lifetime Licence, is bound to the contributor’s account, and may not be resold.

Scena Studio is a desktop workflow tool, not a credit reseller. When you connect your own API keys, each AI provider may bill your account directly at its own published API rate — Scena Studio adds 0% markup, 0% commission, and zero per-render fees. The app displays an upfront cost estimate before you start a queue and records the actual provider cost after each shot completes. Scena Studio covers shared API use at the start of the Open Test on enabled services and applies no per-user usage quota or credit cap to shared use. Once shared access ends, you must use your own API keys for AI generation. Provider rate limits, service availability and the shared-key rules apply. The software plan terms in Section 02 apply after the Open Test.

The installer includes the official Microsoft .NET 10 Desktop Runtime and open-source components used for local media encoding, GPU upscaling, and visual consistency scoring — including FFmpeg (dynamically linked under LGPLv2.1+), ONNX Runtime (MIT), Real-ESRGAN / NCNN (BSD-3-Clause), and SQLite (Public Domain). Full copyright notices and licence texts are available at any time under Help → Licence → Third-Party Notices inside the app. Nothing in this EULA restricts your rights under those open-source licences.

A paid Lifetime Licence may be permanently transferred once to another person or business by emailing support@scenastudio.app from the registered owner’s email address with the recipient’s details. Monthly/yearly subscriptions and complimentary tester rewards cannot be transferred, and no licence may be rented or sub-licensed.

You may end this licence at any time by uninstalling the app. We may terminate a licence only for a material breach that remains uncured 14 days after we send you written notice.

Continuity Guarantee: If Scena Studio is ever discontinued in the future, we commit to releasing a final build with online activation checks permanently removed so your installed software continues running indefinitely with your own API keys, and we will refund any unused prepaid subscription period on a pro-rata basis.

We warrant that official installers downloaded from scenastudio.app match their published SHA-256 checksums, are free of malware or bundled third-party software, and perform substantially as described in our user guide. Except for that warranty and mandatory rights under your local consumer law, the software is provided “as is,” and we do not warrant that third-party AI APIs will remain available, maintain their pricing, or produce a specific artistic result.

Our total cumulative liability under this EULA is limited to the amount you paid for your Scena Studio licence in the 12 months preceding a claim, except where applicable law does not allow such a limitation.