Case Study: Weta Digital streamlines lighting and look development with Foundry Katana

Weta Digital accelerates scene loading in seconds with Foundry Katana

The customer, Weta Digital, a premier visual effects company, faced a challenge with its complex and entangled Maya-based lighting pipeline. This bespoke system hindered creative freedom and predictability for artists, who struggled to understand and influence their scenes before starting the expensive rendering process. They partnered with vendor Foundry to implement its product, Katana, to streamline operations.

Foundry's solution with Katana introduced deferred loading, which allowed scenes to load instantly and gave artists transparent, direct control over their work. This empowered artists to troubleshoot and experiment creatively while freeing up supervisors to provide more effective guidance. The result was a significant boost in productivity and confidence for the team at Weta Digital, as Foundry's Katana provided a more responsive and flexible platform for handling their immense amounts of data.

Weta Digital