Insights

Behind the scenes with the artists, studios and tech shaping the future of VFX and animation.

Artist Spotlights

Artist Spotlight: Ahmed Khelladi

Read about the Katana VFX artist behind our stunning splash screen.

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Studio Stories

Win or Lose animation: Lighting Pixar’s first episodic

How Pixar created a unique aesthetic for each episode.

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Studio Stories

Inside Out 2 lighting: Creating the emotion characters

Find out how Pixar brought Anxiety to the screen.

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Studio Stories

Ae Watan Mere Watan VFX: recreating history with FutureWorks

Using Katana’s power & flexibility to bring the past to life.

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The Yin Yang Master Zero VFX: Behind the scenes with Shirogumi

How Shirogumi used Katana to create an epic fantasy film.

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Studio Stories

How the UTS Animal Logic Academy created an animated short with Mari

The student team produced the entire film in just 30 weeks.

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Product Focus

RenderMan 26 launches new interactive denoiser in Katana

Boosting creativity and productivity at the same time.

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Careers

How to navigate the start of your lighting career

Tips, tricks, opportunities, and advice to help you get started.

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Pipeline & Workflows

Best practices for your lighting pipeline

Harness the power of Katana.

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Pipeline & Workflows

Streamline your workflow with Katana

Key considerations of deploying Foundry’s lighting and look development tool.

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Studio Stories

How FutureWorks created The Empire whilst implementing Katana

Taking deployment to the next level on The Empire.

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