Script mode runs a specified Python script in Katana’s Python interpreter.Shell mode exposes Katana’s Python interpreter in the terminal shell.Batch mode opens a Katana scene for render farm rendering.It requires no additional command-line arguments, and is the only launch mode that starts Katana with the GUI. There are a number of different modes for launching Katana: Specifying the scene and the directory where it's located tells Katana to open this file when it launches.
Navigate to the directory where you installed Katana. You can also specify a Katana scene to load when Katana is launched.
If you don't have a license or haven't installed one yet, proceed to Licensing Katana on Windows.
If you already have a valid license, the graphical interface appears, and a command-line window opens.
To launch the application on Windows, do one of the following:
