Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
Katana 8.0 is here! Enhance your Look Development and Lighting workflows with new features including USD layer and stage export, Katana to USD conversion, USD light and camera creation, and more.
Ruth Hutton, Senior Content & Creative Specialist at Foundry, will show how these features can enhance your Look Development workflows through native USD collection creation, material assignments, and exports, before jumping into Lighting workflow improvements in Katana 8.0. Here, she’ll be demonstrating the first step towards Katana’s fully native USD lighting toolset. Ruth will also cover how these tools can be used for scene setup and management, with the ability to add bake points, convert entire scenes to USD, and debug more efficiently. Accompanying Ruth is Katana Product Manager Gary Jones, so be sure to bring all your questions!
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00:00 - Introduction
07:07 - Katana and USD Roundtripping
23:32 - USD Stage and Layer Export
34:09 - Multishot Lighting with UsdLight
Katana 8.0 is here! Enhance your Look Development and Lighting workflows with new features including USD layer and stage export, Katana to USD conversion, USD light and camera creation, and more.
Ruth Hutton, Senior Content & Creative Specialist at Foundry, will show how these features can enhance your Look Development workflows through native USD collection creation, material assignments, and exports, before jumping into Lighting workflow improvements in Katana 8.0. Here, she’ll be demonstrating the first step towards Katana’s fully native USD lighting toolset. Ruth will also cover how these tools can be used for scene setup and management, with the ability to add bake points, convert entire scenes to USD, and debug more efficiently. Accompanying Ruth is Katana Product Manager Gary Jones, so be sure to bring all your questions!
About Us:
Foundry creates award-winning creative software so global studios can turn incredible ideas into reality.
Subscribe to our channel and get the latest news, tutorials, webinars and updates from the Foundry team.
Follow Us:
twitter.com/TheFoundryTeam
instagram.com/foundryteam
facebook.com/TheFoundryTeam
linkedin.com/company/foundryteam
00:00 - Introduction
07:07 - Katana and USD Roundtripping
23:32 - USD Stage and Layer Export
34:09 - Multishot Lighting with UsdLight
