本视频教程是由FXPHD机构出品的KATANA进阶技术训练视频教程，时长：6小时，大小：6.7 GB，MP4高清视频格式，教程使用软件：Katana，作者：mattdleonard，共11个章节，语言：英语。
KATANA是一种用来渲染3D数据的环境，允许艺术家去自定义和控制外观、灯光，同时保持性能，即使在处理大的数据集。通过使用基于规则的方法，它的操作并不具有破坏性，因此可以让建模、外观开发、动画和灯光团队并行工作。
KATANA最初是在索尼图形图像开发，用以处理日益复杂的工作流程，早在制作《贝奥武夫》和《冲浪企鹅》时已经被投入使用。KATANA的商业开发是由The Foundry在2009年年末开始的，以作为两家公司独特合作的一部分。
he Foundry的不断努力，以及和广泛用户的协商，都确保了KATANA是一个十分灵活的产品，并能够最终集成任何的工作流程和任何渲染器。能够和Nuke、皮克斯的RenderMan一起工作，都表明了它是一个非常友好的产品。
这些商议已经发展到更深入的协作，包括MPC和Digital Domain这些关键站点都在使用KATANA。
索尼图形图像首席技术官Rob Bredow说，“我们十分高兴KATANA能够走出索尼图形图像，并被广大艺术家所使用。The Foundry是一个非常值得信赖的合作伙伴，扩大了KATANA的使用范围和产品支持。艺术家可以从这种创新且经过业界验证的技术中获益。”
作为首个商业化的专业场景开发工具，KATANA允许设施可大可小以构建高扩展的灯光流程，而不需要内部工程计划。
FXPHD机构是老牌在线教学网站，网站的创建者就是Fxguide的团队，FXPHD制作了大量视觉特效、后期制作、摄影摄像的精品教程。每年支付4000元左右，就可以享受其中5门课程的教学，还可以提供VPN链接内网，每套课程都是10周左右的时间，每节课30分钟左右，包含训练文件和素材。FXPHD主打专业教学，所有的教程作者都是该领域的权威，必须拥有大量的项目经验。
FXPHD KAT201 Intermediate KATANA
In our ‘Intermediate KATANA’ course we’ll take everything we learnt in KAT101 and put it into practice by adding a CG character into two live action plates. During the term we’ll be working with 3D tracking data and building stand-in geometry for the environments using MAYA. We’ll be completing look development within KATANA for an entire character along with various environment assets as required. When it comes to lighting the scenes we’ll be utilizing ‘localized HDR lighting’ with KATANA using RenderMan’s Global Illumination technology and then setting up various render-passes. Finally we’ll move into NUKE to complete the final compositing. This course is a natural progression from our first 100 level KATANA course and fantastic for anyone interested in state-of-the-art Look Development and Lighting techniques.
Matt Leonard has been in the 3D and visual effects industry for 20 years. He has spoken at various events and shows on behalf of Autodesk, The Foundry and eyeon Software and has had articles published in various magazines and journals. He is a member of the Visual Effects Society and has worked as a beta tester for Maya, Katana, Arnold, RenderMan, Mari and Nuke. He currently runs his own on-site training company in the UK and has trained artists from companies such as ILM, Pixomondo, MPC and Framestore.
KATANA is available on the VPN, but the install requires advanced linux knowledge and is not for the average user. KATANA 1.1v6 is tested and qualified on Linux 64-bit CentOS/RHEL 5.4 and requires A graphics card which supports OpenGL shader model 4
