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Ryan Wai Kin Lam orange leaves and cars
Film & TV

Lighting the way: these top artists share their approach to illumination

Take a look at the unique visual treatments of three lighting artists from our community and how they approach lighting in their work.

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Hellboy
Film & TV

FMX 2019 | How the Hellboy Universe was created

Hell on Earth? Not with Katana.

Ria Benard FMX 2019
Film & TV

FMX 2019 | Ria Benard | Teaching Katana with Lost Boys

Empowering a new generation of artists.

Look and dev in 8k
Film & TV

Is your look development and lighting pipeline ready for 8K?

Find out why Katana and Mari are the only tools for look development and lighting that can deliver the goods at 8K.

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Into spiderverse
Film & TV

Look development, lighting and texturing on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Discover how Sony Pictures Imageworks harnessed the power of Katana and Mari on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

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© Kim Stallknecht Photography 2018
Film & TV

Why Weta Digital chose Katana to streamline their pipeline

Weta Digital is one of the many studios that have adopted Katana in recent years. We spoke to them about why they decided to make the move.

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Header image
Film & TV

Katana: becoming the ultimate digital cinematography platform

Discover how and why Katana has become the industry standard - and where the software is heading next.

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Katana header
Film & TV

Katana in 2018 and the road ahead

We take a look back at some of our best Katana customer stories from 2018, and look ahead to what’s in store for next year.

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VFX
Film & TV

Animal Logic Academy: discovering the VFX stars of the future

We speak to some of the students and tutors involved in bringing short film The Color Thief to life, using Katana, as part of the first student project of 2018 at the Animal Logic Academy. Read more here!

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Mahsa Ghorbankarimi
Film & TV

Katana: giving artists back time to pursue their dreams

Watch this video and find out how Katana helped make it possible for CG supervisor Mahsa Ghorbankarimi to pursue her interests outside of work.

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Car rendering in 3d
Film & TV

Bottleship VFX: preparing for a more complex look development and lighting future

In this article, we catch up with Hristo Velev, founder of Bottleship VFX, to find out why Bottleship realised now was the time to future-proof their pipeline.

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Cityscape at war by Cinemasphere
Film & TV

Think you’re too small for Katana? Think again…

Jakarta-based Cinemasphere explain why they integrated Katana into their pipeline - and how it’s having a big impact on ROI.

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