For teachers

Lighting design practice your whole class can do at once.

A free stage lighting simulator in the browser. Students hang lights on a 3D stage, color and aim them, record cues and print the paperwork. No account, no download, no cost.

See the course → Open the tool →

Three lights up on a 3D stage, with the cue list and fixture controls around it.

What students practice

  • Hang a plot. Every light gets the channel number the board uses.
  • Angle and color. Front, side, back and top light on a person; gels by number.
  • Run the console. Type 1 Thru 8 At 50, Record, Go, the way an ETC Eos board takes it.
  • Record cues. Press GO and watch the fade in real time.
  • Print the paperwork. Plot, hang sheet, cue sheet and keystrokes in one PDF.
A lit stage in Limelight: green and warm light on three actors, cue 2 of a Midsummer scene.
Cue 2: the forest
The same stage in Limelight, cool moonlight with the green wash faded.
Cue 3: moonlight
The same stage in Limelight with one actor in a single special.
Cue 4: Puck's special
The same stage in Limelight, pink pools of light and colored beams from the rig.
Cue 5: the fairies

A course that runs inside the tool

Limelight Learn is a free 24-lesson course, from light and angle to the board, cues, gobos and the follow spot. Every practice screen is the real tool with only the controls that lesson needs.

Make a class code on the Assign tab and hand it out. Students show their progress page or hand in a progress code.

Open the course →

The front page of Limelight Learn: the lessons, a start button and the certificate.

Ready in a minute

Free, for real

No paid tier, no trial, no card, no ads.

Nothing to install

A current browser on any school computer. Nothing for IT to approve.

No accounts

Nothing is collected about a student. Work saves as a short setup code or a file; the browser does not keep a show between visits, so save before closing the tab.

A whole class at once

Thirty students, thirty tabs, each with their own plot.

Matches your board

Paperwork prints ETC Eos keystrokes, and the USITT ASCII export opens in Eos software.

Built for a school plot

One light can stand for a group of real lamps, so 32 lights cover a much larger rig.