Create professional scaled plots and paperwork

In this course, you will learn how how to create professional scaled plots and lighting paperwork, fixture schedules, hookups, pipe tapes, color and gobo lists to communicate a design accurately with your team.

  • Grow and update your skills and experience

  • Practice assignments and quizzes throughout

  • Study and revisit course content with access for 3 months

  • Digital certificate of completion with 2 year validity

Course curriculum

    1. Before you begin...

    2. How to use this course

    3. Introduction

    4. Course Materials

    1. Fixture Attribute Layout

    2. FAL Template Manager

    3. Dimensions

    4. Scenes

    5. Test Your Knowledge

    1. Reports

    2. Production Team Info

    3. Print & Export

    4. Test Your Knowledge

    1. Preparing Plot Layout

    2. Drafting a Plot

    3. Fine Tuning Your Plot

    4. Creating a Boom Plot

    5. Title Block & Worksheets

    6. Creating a Legend

    7. Creating a Key

    8. Reports in Layout

    9. Images & Logo

    10. Final Touches & Printing

    11. Layout Template

    12. Test Your Knowledge

    1. End of Course Summary

    2. Before you go...

About this course

  • Free
  • 27 lessons
  • 2.5 hours of video content

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Course Testimonials

Donald Holder

Broadway Lighting Designer

I always knew wysiwyg was a powerful and versatile platform, but I now have a much deeper understanding about what's really possible to create using the software.

Chris Yeomans

Lighting Director at MIRRAD

This course covered a great amount of content which were all very useful.

John Taylor

Strategic Consultant at Dirt Empire

I learned about shortcuts that would not otherwise be intuitive.

Niels Thuijsman

Technical Producer MiceMedia

I now better understand how to setup the layout page!

Shawn Fife

Owner, Stage Masters LLC

Wow, hard to know where to start...The flow and detail was great!

Malcolm Glanville

Theatre Technical Consultant and Contractor

I have been using wysiwyg for many years and it is possible to get into inefficient lazy procedures. I feel that this course has sharpened up my approach to new projects.

Donald Holder

Broadway Lighting Designer

I always knew wysiwyg was a powerful and versatile platform, but I now have a much deeper understanding about what's really possible to create using the software.

Chris Yeomans

Lighting Director at MIRRAD

This course covered a great amount of content which were all very useful.

John Taylor

Strategic Consultant at Dirt Empire

I learned about shortcuts that would not otherwise be intuitive.

Niels Thuijsman

Technical Producer MiceMedia

I now better understand how to setup the layout page!

Shawn Fife

Owner, Stage Masters LLC

Wow, hard to know where to start...The flow and detail was great!

Malcolm Glanville

Theatre Technical Consultant and Contractor

I have been using wysiwyg for many years and it is possible to get into inefficient lazy procedures. I feel that this course has sharpened up my approach to new projects.

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