Katana
The Foundry Visionmongers Limited, United Kingdom Desktop
Look development and lighting software from London-based Foundry for CG rendering pipelines, built around USD with Hydra-powered viewports, and connecting to renderers such as 3Delight (included) and other commercial renderers.
What Katana does
| Category | Post-production & VFX |
|---|---|
| Built for | Lighting and look development artists and pipeline teams at VFX and animation studios |
| Pricing | Annual subscription (shown in EUR): Team edition for up to 10 seats, interactive licence EUR 2,289 per year and rendering licence (Foresight) EUR 354 per year; Enterprise edition (10+ seats) interactive licence EUR 4,459 per year; 30-day free trial, extendable to 60 days; education licences (published) |
| Deployment | Desktop |
| Platforms | Windows 11, Linux (Rocky Linux 9) |
| Integrations | 3Delight, Hydra render delegates from third-party render vendors, USD, other Foundry applications |
| Vendor | The Foundry Visionmongers Limited, United Kingdom |
| Website | www.foundry.com/products/katana |
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