User Guide

Using Native USD Workflows

We've introduced a range of powerful new nodes for USD stage manipulation.

User Guide

Using the Scene Explorer

The new Scene Explorer integrates the Katana Scene Graph and USD Scene Graph to let you work seamlessly with both.

User Guide

Pattern Based Collections with USD

Use Paths, Collections and Custom statements in your USD scenes.

Tutorials

USD Stage Building and Manipulation

Discover how to add key USD operations to your lighting and look development workflow.

Tutorials

Optimize Projects Using the Performance Tab

Find bottlenecks in your node graph at a glance with Performance heat maps and detailed profiling data.

Tutorials

Simultaneous Live Renders with Foresight+

Work on multiple shots with simultaneous Live Renders, allowing you to see every change you make across shots in a sequence, live, inside Katana.