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Film & TV

Artist Spotlight: Neville Freitas

Leading insights into the world of look development and lighting with Neville Freitas.

10 min read
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Film & TV

Artist Spotlight: Zak Boxall

Texturing tips, tricks and tutorials from one of ILM Sydney’s talented artists.

6 min read
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Film & TV

Artist Spotlight: Chun Chun Yang

Creating breathtaking texture assets with Chun Chun.

5 min read
Artist Spotlight David Hirst
Film & TV

Artist Spotlight: David Hirst

How David Hirst adapted to emerging look development and lighting technologies over his 20-year career.

5 min read
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Film & TV

Making myth real: breathing light into White Snake

Light Chaser Animation Studios on using Katana to illuminate this beautiful Chinese legend.

5 min read
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Film & TV

Foundry Virtual Events | Rendering Onward and Beyond with Katana and Pixar's RenderMan!

Tim Best and Sarah Hutchinson dive into Pixar’s core rendering technology, RenderMan, talking about the state-of-the-art features were used in Onward.

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Film & TV

Artist Spotlight: Tom Newbury

It's character-building: Tom Newbury on crafting CG characters with Mari.

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Film & TV

Shaping the lighting artists of the future

Meet the brilliant student minds behind Bounty Hunter.

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Film & TV

Artist Spotlight: Francois Gendron

Why Katana is the perfect fit for Francois Gendron as a VFX Lighter.

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Film & TV

Seeing Double with Weta Digital’s Gemini Man

Two Will Smiths? Discover how Weta Digital created his digital twin

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Film & TV

Artist Spotlight: Raine Anderson

How Mari and Katana pair perfectly for Raine Anderson’s look development efforts.

12 min read
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Film & TV

Why Rodeo FX adopted Katana into their pipeline

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