Get professional training and certification through CAST, with instructors who live and breathe wysiwyg.
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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
(Courses are added regularly, so keep checking back for new dates!)
November 2nd, 2020
14:00 EDT / 19:00 BST
November 30th, 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. (Language of instruction: English)
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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)
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wysiwyg Essentials
This online seminar covers the essential knowledge needed to be successful with wysiwyg as well as highlighting new features.
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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Or try these courses taught in French:
Spécialiste CAD
Designer certifié
Single classes
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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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November 3rd
14:00 – 16:00 ET
December 1st
10:00 – 12:00 ET
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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November 4th
14:00 – 16:00 ET
December 2nd
10:00 – 12:00 ET
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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November 5th
14:00 – 16:00 ET
December 3rd
10:00 – 12:00 ET
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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October 2nd
08:00 – 10:00 EDT
November 6th
14:00 – 16:00 ET
December 4th
10:00 – 12:00 ET
wysiwyg CAD Specialist
Includes 1-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. Courses in multiple languages available.
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.
Delivered live and online by CAST wysiwyg experts.
Includes ONE month of wysiwyg Design educational license (watermarked). ETCP-recognized: 2 Renewal Credits per 2-hour session.
Upcoming courses
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NEW! wysiwyg Certified Designer
Explore advanced features of wysiwyg in this live online course, and obtain official wysiwyg-approved certification in recognition of your skills and experience. Courses in multiple languages available.
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.
Delivered live and online by CAST wysiwyg experts. ETCP-recognized: 2 Renewal Credits per 2-hour session.
Course benefits:
- Obtain official wysiwyg approved certification and recognition of your skills and experience,
- Develop and update your skills and experience to work faster and use advanced features,
- Learn new features as well as tips and tricks.
Course requirements:
- wysiwyg membership or lease must be current and running latest release to take this course,
- Your license number must be entered to enable bookings for this course. Please email training@cast-soft.com if you have difficulty booking.
- Certified Designer status will be granted to attendees achieving 75% or greater during the end of course assessment,
- Certification is valid for a period of 2 years.
Upcoming courses
(Courses are added regularly, so keep checking back for new dates!)
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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