CAST Offers Students and Teachers Free WYSIWYG

	A free version of WYSIWYG Design is now available to all students and teachers

As part of their commitment to education, CAST Group of Companies Inc. announces 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. Used in over 300 educational establishments worldwide, WYSIWYG offers a 3D environment where productions can be planned, designed, and programmed, risk free, offering students a safe virtual lab where ideas can be tested and experimented with.

With WYSIWYG Design, you can create professional lighting plots and paperwork, and clearly communicate design ideas through high quality renders and animations. Should you wish to connect to a lighting console to program shows, you can upgrade your free WYSIWYG Design to a four universe (2048 channel) or eight universe (4096 channel ) version of WYSIWYG Perform for only 99 or 149 USD per year respectively.

WYSIWYG Educational software gives users the power to learn at their pace, in or out of the classroom. Once approved, the license is valid for 365 days.

Benefits to the WYSIWYG Educational Scheme include:

*To help users get up and running with the software they have access to the popular WYSIWYG forum, Getting Started Guides, and WYSIWYG Reference Guide, installed with the software, are also there to help users to develop their knowledge and skills.

*Students are invited to attend any of the publicly scheduled training courses at reduced cost.

*The opportunity to enter the company's annual Design competition with a chance to have their work showcased on CAST website and win CAST swag.

*A chance to enter the CAST internship scheme, working with the CAST team at a major industry tradeshow. This is an opportunity for users to meet the CAST team, showcase their talents, and develop their network of industry contacts.

Apply for your wysiwyg Student Edition: https://cast-soft.com/educational-program/. For more information contact education@cast-soft.com.