Foundry Video Explores Pixar's Use of Katana, Nuke and USD on 'Toy Story 5'

Foundry has published a new video that looks at how Pixar employed Katana, Nuke and USD in the production of "Toy Story 5," befores & afters reports.

The video, reported on Tuesday, focuses on the studio's use of the three tools during work on the animated film. According to befores & afters, the release examines the role each played in Pixar's pipeline for the movie.

Katana is a lighting and look development tool, Nuke is a compositing package, and USD, or Universal Scene Description, is a format for describing and exchanging 3D scene data. The befores & afters report frames the video as a look at how the studio applied them on the film.

The report does not include further details from the video itself, such as specific techniques or comments from Pixar staff.

The coverage comes from befores & afters, an outlet that regularly reports on visual effects and animation production. Its summary describes the Foundry video as centered on Pixar's use of the three tools in "Toy Story 5."

Those interested in the technical side of the film's production can watch for the full Foundry video, which befores & afters has highlighted, for a closer look at how the tools were used.