In a collaborative effort to showcase the latest advancements in CGI and VFX technology, Foundry and ARK Infosolutions proudly present the Katana Roadshow 2024. This exclusive event brings together software professionals and industry experts.
Learn how Katana can help to push the boundaries of visual storytelling and bring alive the Direction’s vision.
What is Foundry Katana?
Katana is the Lighting and Look Dev (look development) software from Foundry, who is widely known for the leading node based Compositing software Nuke.
Due to its powerful and versatile features, Katana is already integrated in many 3D Animation and VFX studio’s pipeline. Likewise Nuke, it also works on the node-based interface and architecture. It helps the creative artists to create and modify complex workflows in a visual and intuitive way. Artists can build complex lighting setups using a network of interconnected nodes. Material and shading tweaking can also be controlled without jumping to other softwares. By this way, it can provide photorealistic output in a faster and better manner.
From creating perfect lighting to refining complex textures, Katana gives a smooth artistic control. In spite of being very technical software, the front end gives easy navigation to the users. He/she can create a visual flow, each tailored as per the project. Such powerful work of style removes the unnecessary clutter, which layer based softwares gives.
From inception, it has been a game changer in the arena of 3D rendering. Let it be a mammoth destruction scene or a complex creature animation with so many interactions with other CGI elements, Katana’s CGI and VFX technology will not let you down.
Benefits of Foundry Katana
- Katana can handle large and complex scenes with ease.
- The clean interface supports maximum productivity. You can also customize the workspace as per different project’s needs.
- From the core, it is optimized for performance. So, it works smoothly even on large datasets.
- It gives excellent third party support. Apart from native softwares of Foundry, it can be easily integrated with other leading CGI and VFX softwares, such as Maya and Houdini, seamlessly. This makes it easy to use as part of a larger pipeline.
- Katana is also deeply integrated with industry-standard rendering tools such as RenderMan, Arnold, and V-Ray.
- Various teams can seamlessly collaborate and modify Katana workflows easily. This ensures everyone is on the same page, which prevents unnecessary back and forth. Even for remote teams, it prevents the many technical and creative conflicts.
- It streamlines the entire process, customized for each project.
- Being a node based architecture, it gives a non-destructive workflow. So, the 3D artist can easily iterate the scenes without having to do multiple redo’s. He/she is able to make changes in any stage of the pipeline, without compromising the output quality.
- The inbuilt resource manager ensures smooth performance. So, artists are inclined towards creative aspects rather than dealing with technical challenges.
By this way, Katana tackles the biggest challenge of any CGI pipeline – successfully achieving consistency across different shots and sequences. With many look management tools, presets and templates, Katana maintains a unified look throughout the project. On a large level, it ensures continuity across the entire project. Such synergy is necessary for delivering high-quality work on time and within budget.
In a nutshell, with its sophisticated toolset, Katana accelerates the creative process. It also encourages experiments and creativity with your final render output.
Katana Roadshow 2024 by Foundry and ARK Infosolutions
Date: 13th February, Tuesday, 2024
Time: 6.30 to 9.30 pm IST
Duration: 3 hours
Entry fees: Free
Venue: The Club Mumbai, 197, Kashibai Mahadev Marg, Shakti Nagar, Shanti Nagar, D. N. Nagar, Andheri (West), Mumbai, Maharashtra 400053
Agenda of the Katana Roadshow:
- 6.30 to 7 pm: Entry, Welcome note from the ARK and Foundry teams
- 7 to 8 pm: Presentations from Sukrit Sachdeva (Katana Pipeline Specialist) and Lenovo
- 8 to 9.30 pm: Networking and refreshments
All the seats are filled up. The registration is closed.
Dive into the astonishing world of Foundry Katana. With insightful presentations, query solving and networking opportunities, this latest episode of Katana roadshow promises to be a premier event for 3D artists.
Join us as we explore the cutting-edge features and innovations that make Katana a must tool for latest CGI production, pipeline and workflow.