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September 16, 2020

Lighting the way to make dreams come true – Pedro Marcé Socias premium

CAST believes it is important for students to develop an array of specialized skills throughout their education to make them ready for “the real world’ of lighting and design. Looking for inspiring stories to share, we came across Pedro Marcé Socias from Spain. A quick read of his LinkedIn profile doesn’t seem to do Pedro […]

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Amber Long

CAST, Training, wysiwyg

September 7, 2020

CAST Offers Students and Teachers Free wysiwyg premium

Toronto, ON. CANADA, September 7, 2020 – As part of their commitment to education, CAST Group of Companies Inc. is pleased to announce a FREE version of wysiwyg Design is now available to all students and teachers, enrolled on a full or part-time lighting design course at a university, college, post-secondary vocational or poly-technical school. […]

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Amber Long

CAST, wysiwyg

September 3, 2020

What’s next for wysiwyg? CAST’s development plan for R46 premium

A message from Dino Mazza, VP, Product: On behalf of the CAST team, I hope that this message finds you well and that you and your families and friends are keeping safe. Thankfully, I am happy to share that everyone at CAST is doing well. These uncertain times have changed how we all live and […]

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Amber Long

BlackTrax, CAST, In the Spotlight

July 23, 2020

MEPTIK uses technology like BlackTrax to communicate in an artful and unique way premium

Atlanta-based MEPTIK is a creative agency specialized in custom design for live environments. The name started as an inside joke, combining “mep” and “triptych”. MEPTIK’s co-founders are Nick Rivero and Sarah Linebaugh. Both come from live event backgrounds and eventually came together with the common goal of pushing creativity and technology in the live event […]

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Amber Long

CAST, In the Spotlight, wysiwyg

April 24, 2020

A Light Production uses wysiwyg for the Swedish House Mafia Save the World Tour premium

Swedish House Mafia is a Supergroup in the EDM scene, and this trio is known to go next level with their show productions. Their latest Save the World Reunion Tour is exactly that – a next level production. Long-time wysiwyg users, Swedish-based company A LIGHT PRODUCTION is tasked to produce the Save the World tour show. With […]

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Amber Long

CAST, wysiwyg

March 19, 2020

wysiwyg Hall of Fame: How to submit your work premium

The Hall of Fame has existed since the earliest versions of wysiwyg; images and renderings are selected among those shared with CAST from users and from what we gather through marketing, articles and social media. It’s always been a very simple process that’s now grown into a type of milestone that some lighting designers aim […]

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Amber Long

BlackTrax, In the Spotlight

March 9, 2020

Creating Digital Graffiti at Samsung KX: Tangible Interaction and BlackTrax premium

Tangible Interaction Located in Vancouver, Canada, Tangible Interaction’s footprints are found throughout the city in the form of public artworks displayed for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Science World, Capilano Suspension Bridge, and the Vancouver Aquarium. As an interactive art installation studio, Tangible’s mission goes above and beyond: “Reigniting people’s sense of wonder is at […]

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Sandra Lau

CAST, Tradeshows

March 3, 2020

CAST Group at ISE 2020: The Recap premium

Toronto, ON. CANADA, March 3, 2020 – At ISE 2020 in Amsterdam last month, the CAST team welcomed visitors from the global AV community to show them the latest in wysiwyg, BlackTrax and CONVRG, our camera automation ecosystem powered by BlackTrax. The most notable part of CAST Group’s visit to ISE was the public unveil […]

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Sandra Lau

CAST, In the Spotlight

February 27, 2020

CAST Group unveils HELIOS camera-tracking beacon at ISE 2020 premium

Toronto, ON., CANADA, February 27, 2020 – At ISE 2020 in Amsterdam, CAST Group of Companies, Inc. unveiled the latest product in their line of BlackTrax Real-Time Tracking solutions. A part of BlackTrax’s CONVRG camera automation ecosystem launched in April 2019, HELIOS is the new camera-tracking beacon designed for all environments to enable extended and […]

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Sandra Lau

BlackTrax, CAST, Training, wysiwyg

February 20, 2020

CAST Group’s 2020 Education Schedule Available Now premium

With the launch of a new education program, scheduled and on-demand training and education sessions are offered again through CAST Group. Our brand new 2020 training schedule is now available. We offer In-Person Training, Online Training, and Custom Training to suit individual needs so you can gain the skills you want at your pace and […]

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Amber Long