Insights

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

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Studio Stories

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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Product Focus

RenderMan 26 launches new interactive denoiser in Katana

Boosting creativity and productivity at the same time.

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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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Pipeline & Workflows

Creating an efficient animation pipeline for your studio

How Nuke streamlines animation workflows and helps artists create high-quality content.

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Pipeline & Workflows

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Product Focus

Open Standards will change the VFX Industry as we know it

A look at why the move to open standards across the VFX industry should be welcomed by all - from the smallest player to the largest.

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Pipeline & Workflows

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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Product Focus

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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Studio Stories

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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Pipeline & Workflows

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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Pipeline & Workflows

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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Pipeline & Workflows

Discover how one studio drastically reduced their operational costs

Nuke Studio has streamlined nineteentwenty’s workflow substantially, with timesaving features, like Soft Effects, that enable them to add powerful GPU-accelerated effects—including grading, keying, and transforms—right on the timeline, in real time. 

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