Get professional training and certification through CAST, with instructors who live and breathe wysiwyg.
Online Training 
Recommended for both new and experienced users, our live online training seminars are carefully crafted to focus on specific areas of wysiwyg, helping you save time and work more efficiently. Each online seminar covers the essential knowledge needed to be successful with wysiwyg as well as highlighting new features. ETCP-recognized course: receive 2 Renewal Credits for each 2-hour session.
Getting Started: A Free 90-Minute Introduction to wysiwyg
wysiwyg Essentials: Getting Started
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July 20th, 2020
10:00 EDT / 15:00 BST
wysiwyg Essentials:
Getting Started
A free introduction to wysiwyg with a comprehensive product overview and explorations of some of the most common workflows, tools and commands.
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wysiwyg Essentials Training
Includes 3-month wysiwyg Design educational license (watermarked)
A comprehensive online course with live instructors, covering all fundamentals and new features to help you design a wysiwyg project from start to finish. Courses in multiple languages available.
What's included
DAY 1
Introduction to wysiwyg; product overview; common workflows, tools, and commands.
DAY 2
Work with templates; customize venue appearance/scenic elements; essential CAD drawing tools; wysiwyg library.
DAY 3
Insert lighting fixtures, accessories, structures; focus instruments; patch and assign attributes.
DAY 4
Bring your designs to life: configure fixture parameters; create scenes and simulations without external control systems.
DAY 5
Create professional scale plans; generate lighting documentaion to convey all light design information.
+ 3-month wysiwyg Design educational license (watermarked)
Complete Training
(Courses are added regularly, so keep checking back for new dates!)
July 20th – 24th
10:00 – 12:00 EDT
wysiwyg Essentials
This online seminar covers the essential knowledge needed to be successful with wysiwyg as well as highlighting new features.
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July 13th – 17th
16:00 – 18:00 CEST
wysiwyg Essentials (Español)
Este curso de wysiwyg Essentials cubre los conocimientos esenciales necesarios para tener éxito con wysiwyg, además de destacar nuevas características de la aplicación.
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September 7th – 11th
16:00 – 18:00 CEST
wysiwyg Essentials (Français)
Ce cours wysiwyg Essentials couvre les connaissances essentielles nécessaires pour réussir avec wysiwyg, en plus de mettre en évidence les nouvelles fonctionnalités de l’application.
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Single classes
(Courses are added regularly, so keep checking back for new dates!)
wysiwyg Essentials: Venues and Scenic Elements
Learn how easy it is to work with wysiwyg’s inbuilt templates or build your venue based on specific dimensions.
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July 21st
10:00 – 12:00 EDT
wysiwyg Essentials: Working with Fixtures
Whether you use conventional or automated fixtures, this seminar will show you how to insert them along with accessories, including gel and gobos, onto hang structures including pipes and truss.
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July 22nd
15:00 – 17:00 EDT
wysiwyg Essentials: Concept Creation
Bring your design concepts to life. Explore the ability to set your lighting fixtures’ intensity, position, colour, gobos and more without the need to connect with an external source.
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July 23rd
10:00 – 12:00 EDT
wysiwyg Essentials: Lighting Plots and Paperwork
Learn how easy it is to create professional, scaled plots and lighting paperwork, including fixture schedules, hookups, pipe tapes, colour and gobo lists to communicate a design accurately with your team.
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July 24th
10:00 – 12:00 EDT
NEW! – wysiwyg CAD Specialist
Includes 3-month wysiwyg Design educational license (watermarked)
Go beyond the basics with this specialist course focused on the CAD functionality of wysiwyg. Delivered live and online by CAST wysiwyg experts.
What's included
A specialist course focusing on the CAD functionality of wysiwyg. In this course, you will learn about additional and advanced CAD tools. Go beyond the basics, increase your proficiency and efficiency when using wysiwyg. Develop knowledge and skills to effectively import CAD files and 3D models and re-use previous files you created to eliminate the need to duplicate or repeat work.
Course duration: 4 hours (2 hours per day)
Includes 3-month wysiwyg Design educational license (watermarked). Delivered live and online by CAST wysiwyg experts. ETCP-recognized: 2 Renewal Credits per 2-hour session.
What's included
Get certified by CAST, the makers of wysiwyg.
Learn how to pre-visualize lighting and other elements of your show, such as multimedia and stage automation. Understand how to develop creative concepts and collaborate effectively while exploring the graphical capabilities of wysiwyg.
This course explores advanced features of wysiwyg. Familiarize yourself with settings; patch and focus fixtures; build LED walls and add multi-media to your file; make use of wysiwyg cameras; pre-visualize lighting and other components of your show. Connect to lighting consoles and control fixtures in the virtual world to pre-program your show.
Course prerequisite: Completion of CAST official wysiwyg Essentials training or existing wysiwyg user.
Delivered live and online by CAST wysiwyg experts. ETCP-recognized: 2 Renewal Credits per 2-hour session.
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In-Person Training
Hands-on education that enables an increase in productivity, confidence and knowledge for individuals and firms, delivered to you at a wysiwyg partner facility or at our Global HQ in Toronto, Canada. Select in-person courses are eligible for ETCP Renewal Credits.
All in-person training has been cancelled until further notice.
Custom Training
Delivering wysiwyg experts right to your desktop or doorstep.
Schedule classes at your convenience, from one-hour increments for online help, up to week-long sessions for on-site training. Training sessions are subject to trainer availability and demand.
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