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Nuke Bridge and concurrent shots
Katana 5.0 connected look development and lighting sessions to Nuke through Nuke Bridge. Artists could stream results towards a final composite, with Katana changes updating the Nuke view close to real time.
Foresight extended the concurrent live-rendering workflow introduced in Katana 4.0. Teams could work from templates and inspect as many shots simultaneously as their pipeline resources could sustain, reducing dependence on a later daily review.
USD and material networks
The release added import and export of lighting information through USD. Network Material gained support for material macros and user parameters in shading groups, intended to make shader sections reusable across node graphs, projects and artists.
Artist-Friendly Material Creation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-phZau63p8
Instances in the Hydra Viewer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYRjWw6biEQ
Multiple Live Renders with Foresight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i5JFTrQfbE
Nuke Bridge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS9f5ZEm45M
