New making-of ‘Avatar’ book is coming
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Fire And Water: Making The Avatar Films
Watch the trailer for the upcoming doco.
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This special issue of befores & afters magazine takes a new deep dive into Avatar: The Way of Water with Wētā FX.
The Third Floor’s Casey Schatz on simulcam, motion bases and the eyeline system in ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’
Go in-depth on many of the film's virtual production developments.
Going deep on muscle strains
Why Wētā FX changed its animation system and adopted new deep learning methodologies for ‘The Way of Water.’
Real-time depth compositing with an AI-assist
Behind the system Wētā FX invented for ‘The Way of Water’.
‘The Way of Water’, ‘Across the Spider-Verse’, ‘Elemental’ tech talks and more revealed at SIGGRAPH 2023
The conference's 'secret weapon' Talks sessions are now available to browse through.
Behind the insane engineering for the wave tank in ‘The Way of Water’
Here's how the performance capture tank was built.
How Industrial Light & Magic managed to deliver 48 one-off VFX shots for ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ in the last few months of production
A number of the opening space scenes, arrival on Pandora sequences, and views of Bridgehead were ILM visual effects shots.
New ‘acting underwater’ featurette is out for ‘Way of Water’
With not-seen-before footage from the tank performance capture shoot.
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ wins the VFX Oscar!
The James Cameron film, with VFX led by Wētā FX, took the Academy Award.
The amazing engineering behind that eyeline system on ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’
The tech of the Spidercam-like set-up that allowed live-action actors to interact with CG ones.
Academy posts VFX Bake-Off summary video showcasing 5 nominees
A new video includes fun breakdowns.
So, what’s the latest on the Wētā Digital and Unity deal?
befores & afters got an update from Unity itself.
The water droplets on the kids fighting on the beach in ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ took 8 days to simulate
Covering the CG characters with photoreal drips via a thin film solver was just one of the many water simulation challenges on
Have you checked out the VFX Notes Shorts?
The latest Shorts features Avatar: The Way of Water.
The production design of ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’
Now in featurette version.
The insider guide to the art and tech of ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’
A new VFX Notes breaks down the big ticket VFX items in the film.
The VFX Oscar noms are out!
Congrats to the nominees, and here's how befores & afters covered each project.
The ‘Deadliest Catch’ stock footage in ‘Jurassic World Dominion’, behind the visual effects of ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, and other new things I learned at the VFX Bake-Off
Some extra things shared in breakdowns and discussion at the Academy event. The Academy VFX Branch hosted its Visual Effects Bake-Off on
Behind the scenes of the stunts — underwater, above water and performance capture — in ‘The Way of Water’
Check out the official featurette.
See before/after Sigourney Weaver underwater and dry performance capture footage
A new official Avatar: Way of the Water featurette has been released.
Underwater performance capture: more behind the scenes
This ESPN video showcases more of the underwater capture and breathing undertaken by the actors in Avatar: The Way of Water.
Why the CG water in ‘The Way of Water’ looks so good
Performance capture that could be done simultaneously above and below water, a new muscle strains system away from blend shapes, and new
This new ‘The Way of Water’ performance capture featurette has some great behind the scenes footage
Go behind the scenes on the capture process with Kate Winslet, Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña and Sigourney Weaver.
On The Set Pic: ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’
Director James Cameron shoots a scene. Note the LED panels and camera tracking set-up.
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