Forget about rewiring your setup and enjoy the functionality of previewing any section, at any time so you can work more efficiently.

The new Material Solo feature enables artists to gain instant visibility over components of their material setups, allowing them to quickly isolate and debug complex material networks. Material solo - Easily preview your work and get a better understanding of how every single node impacts the final result with Katana 6.0.

Your hub for USD based look development - Katana ships with a native USD/Hydra plugin that allows Katana to author, consume and edit USD Preview Surface materials, displayed in full glory in the HdStorm-powered Hydra viewer.

Easy procedural edits - Katana’s Network Material Edit node provides you with the ability to make procedural edits to network materials made in Katana or imported from USD, coupled with an easy-to-use UI which ensures you can see the full network, plus any existing edits.

Manage complex material setups - The Network Material Create node was built to create and manage multiple materials-all part of a node graph system designed to perform efficiently with even the most complex shading networks.

Artists can create incredible look development on a single complex asset or hundreds of variations, all supported by an architecture that allows look development to continue in parallel to shot production. Katana ships with the industry's most powerful look development architecture and UX.

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