Katana 4.5v1 Release Notes

Contents

Release Date

13 December 2021

Previous Releases

What's New in Katana 4.5

These release notes describe changes from Katana 4.0v5 to 4.5v1.

For a high-level overview of important changes in the Katana 4.5 line, please see the accompanying What's New in Katana 4.5 document.

New Features

Foresight+

Katana <> Nuke

USD 21.05 / Hydra Render Delegates

Hydra Viewer: Instancing and AVP

Network Material Enhancements

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VFX Reference Platform CY2020

3Delight

Removal of Deprecated Features

Feature Enhancements

API/SDK Changes

Deprecated and Removed Features

Foresight+

Geolib

Hydra Viewer

Katana <> Nuke

Katana Developer Guide

Network Material Enhancements

Node Graph

OpWrite Node Type

Performance

Rendering

UI Improvements

USD

USD Export

USD Import

Bug Fixes

API/SDK Changes

Catalog

Hydra Viewer

Hydra Viewer: Lighting Tools

Hydra Viewer: Render Delegates

Katana Developer Guide

Logging

Network Materials

Node Graph

Node Types

Parameters

Performance

Rendering

UI

USD

Known Issues

Catalog

Hydra Viewer

Live Groups

Materials

Parameter Expressions

Python

Rendering

UI

USD

Windows

Miscellaneous

System Requirements

Officially Supported Operating Systems

Hardware Requirements

Minimum Recommended
CPUDual-core processor
Storage1+ GB available for installation
System RAM1+ GB available
Graphics RAM1+ GB available2+ GB available
Display800 x 6001920 x 1080
OpenGLOpenGL 4.3+ (see note below)
NOTE: AMD-based graphics cards are currently not supported.

Tested Workstation Hardware

The configurations listed below are those that Foundry have tested with Katana. Due to the constantly changing nature and wide variety of computer hardware available in the market, Foundry is unable to officially certify hardware. The list below can be used as a recommendation and does not guarantee that it meets your particular needs.

Please download and install the latest graphics driver from the NVIDIA website.

If you encounter any issues, please contact Customer Support directly through the Support Portal at the following address: https://support.foundry.com.