Official CAST training guarantees the best, most
up-to-date curriculum with experienced educators.
Fine-tune your art
We pride ourselves on the standard and effectiveness of the training we offer to help you expand your creative reach.
Our courses are run by CAST trainers with a passion for the product, leaving you confident that what you learned is what you’ll need on your next project.
Attending an official CAST training course guarantees that the curriculum you receive will be structured and proven to deliver a current program of knowledge.
Choose your adventure
Everyone has their own learning style, that’s why we’ve created different ways for you to access our training curriculum. CAST offers In-Person Training, Online Training, and Custom Training to suit individual needs.
Choose your adventure
Everyone has their own learning style, that’s why we’ve created different ways for you to access our training curriculum. CAST offers In-Person Training, Online Training, and Custom Training to suit individual needs.
Find a session:
Online Training
Recommended for both new and experienced users, our live online training seminars are carefully crafted to focus on specific areas of wysiwyg to help save you time and to work more efficiently. Each online seminar covers the essential knowledge needed to be successful with wysiwyg as well as highlighting new features.
*A high-speed internet connection is required for online training. Participants wishing to connect to audio using VoIP must have access to a microphone and speakers (a headset is recommended).
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wysiwyg Essentials: Getting Started
April 6th, 2020
13:00 EDT / 17:00 GMT
April 14th, 2020
10:00 EDT / 14:00 GMT
May 19th, 2020
05:00 EDT / 09:00 GMT
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: Venue & Scenic Elements
April 6th
15:00 EDT / 19:00 GMT
April 17th
10:00 EDT / 14:00 GMT
May 21st
17:00 EDT / 21:00 GMT
wysiwyg Essentials:
Venue & Scenic Elements
This seminar will show you how easy it is to work with wysiwyg’s inbuilt templates or build your venue based on specific dimensions.
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wysiwyg Essentials: Working with Fixtures
April 7th
15:00 EDT / 19:00 GMT
April 20th
10:00 EDT / 14:00 GMT
June 2nd
09:00 EDT / 13:00 GMT
wysiwyg Essentials:
Working with Fixtures
Whether conventional or automated, this seminar will show you how to insert fixtures along with accessories such as gels and gobos onto hang structures such as pipes and truss.
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wysiwyg Essentials: Concept Creation
April 2nd
09:00 EDT / 13:00 GMT
April 8th
15:00 EDT / 19:00 GMT
April 29th
10:00 EDT / 14:00 GMT
June 8th
09:00 EDT / 13:00 GMT
wysiwyg Essentials:
Concept Creation
This seminar will show you how to bring your design concepts to life by exploring how to set your lighting fixtures’ intensity, position, color, gobos and more, without the need to connect with an external source.
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wysiwyg Essentials: Lighting Plots & Paperwork
April 3rd
09:00 EDT / 13:00 GMT
April 9th
15:00 EDT / 19:00 GMT
May 1st
10:00 EDT / 14:00 GMT
June 12th
09:00 EDT / 13:00 GMT
wysiwyg Essentials:
Lighting Plots & Paperwork
This seminar will demonstrate how easy it is to create professional scaled plots and lighting paperwork, including fixture schedules, hookups, pipe tapes, color and gobo lists to communicate a design accurately with your team.
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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 CAST partner facility, or at our Global HQ in Toronto, Canada.
wysiwyg Fundamentals
Whether you are starting out, preparing to use wysiwyg in the future or are an existing user seeking a refresher, these hands-on two-day fundamentals courses will introduce you to the skills required to use wysiwyg while demonstrating how it can be an asset to save you time and money, and to help you win jobs.
Navigate wysiwyg’s user interface with ease; build basic scenic elements, create hang structures and insert and focus fixtures. Define control attributes such as fixture ID, DMX address, dimmer and circuit. Learn how to produce lighting plots and reports using inbuilt templates. Finally, join creative and technical elements of wysiwyg together to create renders and animations to showcase your work.
Upon completion of the Fundamentals course, take your wysiwyg knowledge to an advanced level by taking our CAD Specialist or Designer courses.
*SPECIAL OFFER: Book at least 20 days in advance and receive a 20% discount with the code ‘BOOKEARLY2020’
wysiwyg CAD Specialist
Develop your skills and knowledge to enhance your use of the wysiwyg CAD engine. Go beyond the basics by learning about additional and advanced CAD tools and options to increase your proficiency and efficiency when using wysiwyg. These one-day courses will help you develop the knowledge and skills to import CAD files and simplify 3D models for efficiency. You will be introduced to advanced CAD features to assist in the creation of custom objects and venues. Keep a pen to hand; you’ll learn tips to help you work faster from an expert trainer throughout this course!
Upon successful completion of this course, there is an optional assessment to become a Certified wysiwyg CAD Specialist.
PREREQUISITE: Attendees should have an existing basic or intermediate understanding of wysiwyg or have completed our wysiwyg Fundamentals course.
*SPECIAL OFFER: Book at least 20 days in advance and receive a 20% discount with the code ‘BOOKEARLY2020’
wysiwyg Designer
This course is designed for experienced lighting professionals who are looking to further their knowledge of wysiwyg. These two-day courses consolidate and develop ideas introduced during our other training courses. You will be provided with the vital information to enhance your knowledge and operation of wysiwyg.
Explore advanced features, including ways to optimize your files. Focusing on the processes and techniques required to create, develop and implement lighting concepts; you will design and integrate different elements of lighting, video, lasers and/or motion systems into one show.
By the end of this course, you will have advanced knowledge of wysiwyg and have the opportunity to complete an optional assessment to become a Certified wysiwyg Designer.
PREQUISITE: Attendees should have an existing intermediate understanding of wysiwyg or completed our wysiwyg Fundamentals course.
*SPECIAL OFFER: Book at least 20 days in advance and receive a 20% discount with the code ‘BOOKEARLY2020’
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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