CAST Software Releases WYSIWYG R32CAST Software launches version R32 of its WYSIWYG design suite. It includes Phase 2 of a major graphics upgrade, ensuring that WYSIWYG is a comprehensive precuing and previsualization graphic application software tool. A demo version of WYSIWYG R32 is available at www.cast-soft.com/wysiwyg/demo. Current wysiwyg subscribed users can download the full version of R32 immediately from the "members only area" at www.cast-soft.com. Users have said that apart from the constant adding of new features and other improvements by CAST, what sets WYSIWYG apart from others is the realism in previz which means they can precue and test their ideas ahead of time with the confidence that "What You See Is What You Get." This is vital because when a lighting designer proposes new ways of using advanced lighting technology to wow and engage audiences the production team and sometimes the client want to review it in advance. At all levels, the company says CAST's goal is to help these professionals become more productive, more profitable, and more professional. Updated library objects includes the newest technology in lighting fixtures, that perform in WYSIWYG exactly onscreen as they do on stage. Users are reassured that CAST invests heavily in research and development, driven largely by requests and feedback from users. WYSIWYG shows reflections in realtime onscreen which means professionals can manage operational costs efficiently because they need fewer renderings of their presentations. Regardless of which lights are used from WYSIWYG's proprietary library, the new beams and flare are so real that the company says thepre-visualization cannot be easily distinguished from a video. This means that professionals can precue with confidence, make their creative decisions, get buy-in and signoff from the team, artists and execs in advance, without even going to the venue. For greater detail and accuracy -- and even more wow factor -- professionals can use WYSIWYG to cue light emissions on only selected parts of an object for all sorts of effect which puts creative power at the user's fingertips. WYSIWYG is a unique tool in the industry because of its proprietary library objects that include thousands of moving and fixed lights to deliver precision and realism in previsualization. The 300 library additions in R32 include a look at Robin Pointe, Martin MAC Viper Profile, and Martin RUSH Series. The wall tool provides a simpler way to create scalable props and walls. The new room builder makes it easy to produce a CAD of a special set or a room. Users with a few clicks can transform into 3D work from scratch, or by tracing over or importing a 2D floor plan. A simple click can insert room height, floor, and ceiling. Director of photography, Patrick Neufond uses WYSIWYG software for every project ranging from lighting creation to technical scenery. Neufond also uses R32 for his senior lecturer work at Paris-based technical performance arts institution, the Centre de Formation Professionnelle Aux Techniques du Spectacle (CFPTS) and for French-broadcaster France 2 in a recent television production French TV. "WYSIWYG allows every production to meet technical and financial feasibility. The new R32 adds even more realism and improves my work sessions. Creating lights really do make our productions come to reality!" said Neufond. Prelite Studios, LLC, of San Francisco has been providing realtime previsualization services to the entertainment and architectural industries since the year 2000. Tom Thompson at Prelite Studios said: "We have used WYSIWYG throughout the duration of our existence. R32 certainly looks more realistic than any other previz software, with realtime controls to tweak the visualization to look more realistic or improve performance." The Voice of Indonesia, Gebyar BCA, Akademi Fantasi Indosiar (AFI), Take Me Out Indonesia, Putri Indonesia (PPI), Indosiar Glory Festival 2013, and the 19th anniversary of Indosiar TV are just some of the productions in which broadcast engineer Adhi Suresh utilizes WYSIWYG. The software is used for the presentation, lighting planning, lighting plotting, and visualization for pre-programming as well as video and stage design. Suresh has also used WYSIWYG for the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) multi-sport event involving 11 nations. Here, Suresh utilized WYSIWYG to visualize and simulate the look and feel of the production that managed 1,200 intelligent lights, 32 Christie Roadster S+22K-J three-chip DLP digital projectors, and a giant LED screen measuring 64m-wide by 10m-high. "WYSIWYG is the best software for me and it has been popular with Indosiar TV as well as other broadcasters. WYSIWYG is part of my business and it's the very best tool for the job," said Suresh. "Our design team used the new volumetric light beams feature of R32 which has proven to be very accurate. I love all the new features of WYSIWYG R32 and am lucky to have put them to the test in my work for Indonesian broadcasters. I enjoy the constant updates of WYSIWYG which will further enable my business to meet the growing demand for spectacular and memorable productions witnessed by audiences of millions," concluded Suresh. A video highlighting the graphic enhancements of WYSIWYG version R32 can be found at: http://bit.ly/1d1JZzC See CAST Software at PLASA Focus: Nashville, February 18 - 19. 
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