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Tag: Avatar: The Way of Water

Articles

The VFX Oscar noms are out!

Posted onJanuary 25, 2023

Congrats to the nominees, and here’s how befores & afters covered each project.

Articles

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

Posted onJanuary 15, 2023January 15, 2023

Some extra things shared in breakdowns and discussion at the Academy event. The Academy VFX Branch hosted its Visual Effects Bake-Off on Saturday. The event …

VFX Breakdowns

Behind the scenes of the stunts — underwater, above water and performance capture — in ‘The Way of Water’

Posted onJanuary 7, 2023January 7, 2023

Check out the official featurette.

VFX Breakdowns

See before/after Sigourney Weaver underwater and dry performance capture footage

Posted onJanuary 7, 2023

A new official Avatar: Way of the Water featurette has been released.

VFX Breakdowns

Underwater performance capture: more behind the scenes

Posted onDecember 27, 2022

This ESPN video showcases more of the underwater capture and breathing undertaken by the actors in Avatar: The Way of Water.

Articles

Why the CG water in ‘The Way of Water’ looks so good

Posted onDecember 21, 2022December 29, 2022

Performance capture that could be done simultaneously above and below water, a new muscle strains system away from blend shapes, and new R&D on a simulation framework to solve multiple types of water were among the big new developments for the film. Plus, the VFX team answer a major VFX question about a key scene.

VFX Breakdowns

This new ‘The Way of Water’ performance capture featurette has some great behind the scenes footage

Posted onDecember 21, 2022

Go behind the scenes on the capture process with Kate Winslet, Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña and Sigourney Weaver.

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One of the tech papers at SIGGRAPH Asia this week showcases tech developed for ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’

Posted onDecember 6, 2022December 6, 2022

Meet Animatomy.

On The Set Pic

On The Set Pic: ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’

Posted onNovember 18, 2022November 18, 2022

Director James Cameron shoots a scene. Note the LED panels and camera tracking set-up. 

Articles

Look at this. Just look at it.

Posted onMay 10, 2022

Congrats to all at Wētā FX for ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’.

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