Katana 8.0 | Set up sequence lighting with USD @FoundryTeam

Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago

Katana 8 brings us a step closer to a full native USD lighting solution with the USDLight node. This is the first step towards a USD Gaffer-style lighting tool, so you can now create USD lights natively.
In this video you’ll learn how to use this node to set up and manipulate your sequence level lighting.

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Katana 8.0 | Set up sequence lighting with USD