Katana 4.0 Available
Foundry announced the release of Katana 4.0, the latest version of its look development and lighting software.
Using developments focused on UX, performance, and overall architecture in the Katana 3 series, Katana 4.0 is said to introduce key features that help artists deal with complex, high-quality work on shorter schedules and tighter budgets.
The update brings a cutting-edge lighting UX, updated USD technology, and pioneering Foresight Rendering workflows with two new features, Multiple Simultaneous Renders and Networked Interactive Rendering.
The new Artist Focused Lighting Mode lets artists emulate the creative decisions and thought process of live-action cinematographers. You can create and edit directly on top of the rendered image in Katana’s viewer with gestures.
The release comes with the game-changing Foresight Rendering workflows allowing artists to work simultaneously with renders from multiple shots, frames, assets, asset variations, and other tasks from within one Katana project file.
"This 4.0 release is the most significant one for Katana in the last decade. It’s the culmination of many years of planning and work, to deliver the Foundry vision of an artist-focused tool for look development and lighting, that is the most intuitive and powerful yet," said Jordan Thistlewood, Director of Product" .The new lighting mode breaks with 20+ years of UX standards for the creation, placement and editing of lights in a CG workflow. Working with lights is now tactile, as artists can work via gestures while interacting with the image itself. The Katana Foresight workflows allow look development and lighting artists to work at incredible new levels of efficiency. These powerful workflows turn Katana into a command centre, allowing artists to look-develop an asset or light multiple shots at the same time. Never before have artists had this much power and it’s just the tip of the iceberg for us."
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