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Film & TV

Videos June 17, 2019

FMX 2019 | How the Hellboy Universe was created

Hell on Earth? Not with Katana.

Film & TV

Videos June 17, 2019

FMX 2019 | Ria Benard | Teaching Katana with Lost Boys

Empowering a new generation of artists.

Film & TV

Articles April 09, 2019

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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Film & TV

Case Studies April 09, 2019

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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Film & TV

Case Studies March 13, 2019

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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Film & TV

Articles March 11, 2019

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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Film & TV

Articles November 30, 2018

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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Design

Articles November 14, 2018

Fifty Shades of Black: are your 2D CADs holding you back?

Brendon Marczan explains how moving designs into a 3D space means the black you see is, at last, the black the world sees too.

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Film & TV

Case Studies October 29, 2018

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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Film & TV

Articles October 25, 2018

One billion assets: How Pixar’s Lightspeed team tackled Coco’s complexity

We speak to Renee Tam, Lightspeed Lead at Pixar Animation Studios, about how her team overcame complexity to deliver the critically acclaimed movie, Coco.

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