Case Study: Lost Boys teaches industry-ready VFX lighting skills with Foundry Katana

Lost Boys teaches Katana to help students land jobs at studios in 3 weeks

Lost Boys, a school of visual effects, needed to equip its students with specialized, industry-relevant skills to ensure they could find employment in a fast-paced VFX industry where studios have difficulty finding specific talent. To meet this challenge, the school turned to Foundry's product, Katana, a node-based lighting and look development tool.

By implementing Foundry's Katana into their curriculum, Lost Boys provided students with a powerful and efficient toolset used by major studios. The solution yielded excellent results, with a majority of students preferring Katana and many going on to become Lighting Artists or Technical Directors at leading studios like Sony Pictures Imageworks and MPC. This success reinforced the school's strong industry reputation and its close relationships with studios, which now frequently seek out its graduates for their relevant skills.

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