TV, Video & Movie 
Production Software

Software Security for Every Stage of Production

PACE provides licensing and software protection solutions that let publishers of editing, VFX, color, sound-for-picture, and post-production tools sell their products securely — safeguarding the code, models, and creative IP that power the entertainment industry.

Video Production

Protecting the innovative tools used by editors, VFX artists, and post teams

Modern film, television, and video production runs on software. As production tooling has moved from proprietary hardware to general-purpose software running on ordinary desktops, laptops, and cloud render farms, it has become exposed to the same risks as any other commercial software application: cracking, key-generator distribution, reverse engineering, and unlicensed redistribution.

For software publishers in this space, that exposure is a direct threat to the business. Plug-ins and tools that took years of R&D dollars to build can be stripped of their licensing calls and shared freely online within days of release, undercutting the revenue that supports your company.

This makes it essential to securely license and protect the applications and plug-ins that production studios, post houses, and independent creators depend on every day.

PACE has over 40 years of experience protecting Mac and Windows desktop applications for demanding, IP-sensitive industries. We bring that same protection and licensing expertise to editing, VFX, color, and sound-for-picture software vendors — so publishers can focus on the next release instead of the next crack.

Safeguarding Against Real-World Threats

Three risks facing every production tool publisher

Today's hackers are extremely clever and persistent — and production software carries risks well beyond a lost license.
1
Software & Plug-in Piracy
Hackers will strip any licensing calls a production tool has, steal the unique code inside it, and distribute it for free online — often within days of a new release or version update. Independent research into digital video piracy puts annual losses to the U.S. film and television industry at roughly $29 billion, with global estimates for film and TV piracy running as high as $40–$97 billion a year — figures some analysts project could climb toward $125 billion by 2028. Every cracked copy is a lost license, and a signal to the next hacker that your protection didn't hold.
2
IP & Algorithm Theft
Noise reduction, upscaling, rotoscoping, color science, motion tracking, and increasingly AI-assisted VFX and editing features represent some of the most valuable, hard-won IP in the software industry. Because these tools ship as executable code or plug-ins, they're just as vulnerable to reverse engineering as any other application — and theft of those algorithms can erode long-term company valuation, not just short-term license revenue. iLok Licensing stops wholesale theft of your application, while Fusion AI secures the proprietary algorithms inside it.
3
Pre-Release & Production-Chain Leaks
Production and post-production workflows don't just risk losing the software itself — unreleased footage, dailies, VFX shots, and cuts moving through review and delivery tools are high-value targets in their own right. A publisher whose review, delivery, or content player application is compromised isn't just losing license revenue; they're putting customers' unreleased content at risk. Securing the software that carries content through the pipeline is as important as securing the content itself.
Solutions

Software security for every stage of production

Today's hackers are extremely clever and persistent — and production software carries risks well beyond a lost license.
Fusion Express
Lightweight, fast to deploy
A lightweight, easy-to-implement method for protecting your binary without rewriting your code. Wrap your binary and lock your code to the licensing calls, along with the ability to offer multiple license types.
Fusion
Top-of-the-line protection
For top-of-the-line protection of your proprietary color science, VFX algorithms, or AI models, upgrade to Fusion. Fusion blends your binary with our protection at the compiler level — every binary gets its own custom protection, with configuration options to balance security against render and playback performance.
Content Protection
Secure the pipeline itself
Secure the content moving through your dailies, review, and delivery tools by tying it to a protected player, so unreleased footage and cuts stay controlled end to end.
Tune
Content Protection

Content protection for delivery and review tools

Digital content publishers need technological solutions to enforce licensing and usage terms, but protecting video content is different from protecting an application — content generally has no executable component of its own, so it can't enforce how it's used. iLok Content Protection securely ties your content to its executable player — a dailies review tool, a screener app, a delivery client — protecting both the content and the software that plays it.
Embedded AI Protection

Fusion AI

As editing, VFX, and color tools increasingly ship with AI-assisted features — auto-rotoscoping, generative fill, upscaling, voice and face tools — those models become an even bigger target. Fusion AI protects embedded AI by integrating multiple PACE technologies — White-Box Works, Fusion, and iLok — into one protection toolkit that secures models, algorithms, and IP across their lifecycle: at rest, in use, and in the market.
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Fusion AI
Protect and Sell Your Application or Plug-in

Customize the security and licensing model for your production tool

Exactly the way your business needs it.

License Types
Offer the license types that work for editors, artists, and studios: perpetual, subscription, rent-to-own, multi-seat (floating/network), trial, NFR, or time-based project licenses.
Distribution
Choose where your customers can activate: iLok USB, iLok Cloud, or machine (CPU) — supporting everything from a freelance editor's laptop to a render farm seat in a post house.
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Why Choose PACE

PACE Anti-Piracy is the maker of the iLok Licensing Platform — the trusted leader in application and plug-in licensing for pro audio, and now for the tools driving film, TV, and video production. Our flexible, fully-hosted solutions give each publisher the right combination of security, flexibility, and functionality for their business.

We have over 40 years of experience protecting Mac and Windows desktop applications. Our tools integrate with your build system using Xcode or Visual Studio. The result is a binary with customized security, and licenses delivered through our built-in activation code system or through our APIs — with hundreds of software publishers and over 300 million licenses deployed.

Features

Strong Security

Leave software protection and license management to us - that's what we do. Your focus can be on developing great products.

Custom Settings

We put the control in your hands. Design your security and licensing model to work for your business.

Multiple License Types

Offer the type of licenses that meet your business needs: perpetual, subscription, network-based, trial, or timed.

Flexible Activations

You define when a license is required, and how it can be activated.

Subscription Support

Expand your user base with a lower entry cost. Subscriptions are easy to distribute and manage.

Demo at Launch Time

Hook your customer at first launch - choose to allow a trial period and specify what the user's options will be once the demonstration period is over.

Fast, Secure Database

Speed and security are serious business - we take care of that for you, processing millions of license activations a week.

Encrypted Communications

Our system uses encrypted channels to protect your software locally; you will never need to send us unprotected source files.

Reporting

Request and download custom reports - even track usage in real-time.

Customer Support

Our customers receive full documentation, quality support, and access to our engineering team.

Proven Track Record

Our protection stands strong for years, not hours or days.
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