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Tag: Weta Digital

Articles

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.

VFX Breakdowns

Watch Weta Digital’s ‘Hawkeye’ VFX reel

Posted onMarch 8, 2022

Showcasing the car chase oner and bridge scene.

VFX Breakdowns

Watch Weta Digital’s ‘Shang-Chi’ VFX breakdown

Posted onJanuary 29, 2022

From the third act battle!

Articles

Video: Inside the VFX of ‘Eternals’

Posted onJanuary 27, 2022

Designing and world-building.

Articles

Video: Inside the VFX and SFX of ‘Shang-Chi’

Posted onJanuary 24, 2022

The VFX team behind the film discuss the face replacements, bus shots and dragon and water sims in a new video interview.

Articles

The story-telling side of animation at a VFX studio: Weta Digital on the battle sequence in ‘Eternals’

Posted onDecember 23, 2021December 23, 2021

Animation supervisor Sidney Kombo-Kintombo reveals the process of finding the right story beats for that final show-down.

Articles

When your VFX task is: make a giant starfish destroy a city

Posted onDecember 16, 2021

Well, that’s basically just one thing Weta Digital had to do for ‘The Suicide Squad’.

VFX Breakdowns

This oner from ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’ is still so captivating

Posted onDecember 10, 2021December 20, 2021

‘Fellowship’ is about to turn 20!

Articles

‘It’s pretty gnarly at times!’

Posted onDecember 2, 2021December 2, 2021

VFX supervisor Stephane Ceretti breaks down the design and visual effects behind the mysterious creatures.

Articles

This behind the scenes video showcases Weta Digital’s history of VFX tool development in the wake of the Unity acquisition

Posted onNovember 10, 2021November 10, 2021

Unity is acquiring Weta Digital.

Articles

Fxtras: ‘The Suicide Squad’ on DVD and Blu-ray

Posted onOctober 27, 2021October 28, 2021

Notes on the VFX featurettes on the home entertainment release for ‘The Suicide Squad’.

VFX Breakdowns

Watch Weta Digital’s VFX breakdown for ‘The Green Knight’

Posted onOctober 25, 2021

Go behind the scenes of the David Lowry film.

Articles

Weta Digital discusses its latest efforts in virtual production

Posted onSeptember 26, 2021October 1, 2021

Part of a panel the VFX studio presented on earlier this year.

Articles

The monumental VFX behind the monumental final ‘Shang-Chi’ battles

Posted onSeptember 21, 2021September 23, 2021

A round-table with Weta Digital on dragons, water and rings.

Articles

Tech Weeklies: New ZBrush, update on Unity’s VFX Graph, details on WetaH

Posted onAugust 29, 2021

The latest releases in VFX and animation tools.

Articles

Stuffie to stuntie to CGI

Posted onAugust 17, 2021September 7, 2021

How ‘Jungle Cruise’ jaguar Proxima was brought to life, including with an on-set stunt performer in a jaguar-print suit.

Articles

Weta Digital on how they made those raging rapids in ‘Jungle Cruise’

Posted onAugust 16, 2021

Water sims, CG environments…and lots of bubbles.

Articles

Behind ‘Black Widow’: A helicopter, a prison, an avalanche and a digital pig

Posted onJuly 30, 2021July 31, 2021

“They had four trained pigs on set and they were all very good, fine actors, but…”

Retro

25 years on, ‘The Frighteners’ still thrills as Weta Digital’s first calling card

Posted onJuly 23, 2021July 23, 2021

A look back at the VFX studio’s first major project.

Articles

Chris Pratt pantomimed fighting creature tentacles in ‘The Tomorrow War’ with a stuffie called the football

Posted onJuly 6, 2021

How the visual effects teams brought the white spikes to life in the film.

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