Articles So, what’s the latest on the Wētā Digital and Unity deal? ·February 17, 2023 befores & afters got an update from Unity itself.
Articles The water droplets on the kids fighting on the beach in ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ took 8 days to simulate ·February 16, 2023 Covering the CG characters with photoreal drips via a thin film solver was just one of the many water simulation challenges on the film.
Articles One of the tech papers at SIGGRAPH Asia this week showcases tech developed for ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ ·December 6, 2022 Meet Animatomy.
VFX Breakdowns Watch Weta Digital’s ‘Hawkeye’ VFX reel ·March 8, 2022 Showcasing the car chase oner and bridge scene.
VFX Breakdowns Watch Weta Digital’s ‘Shang-Chi’ VFX breakdown ·January 29, 2022 From the third act battle!
Articles Video: Inside the VFX and SFX of ‘Shang-Chi’ ·January 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’ ·December 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 ·December 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 ·December 10, 2021 'Fellowship' is about to turn 20!
Articles ‘It’s pretty gnarly at times!’ ·December 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 ·November 10, 2021 Unity is acquiring Weta Digital.
Articles Fxtras: ‘The Suicide Squad’ on DVD and Blu-ray ·October 27, 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’ ·October 25, 2021 Go behind the scenes of the David Lowry film.
Articles Weta Digital discusses its latest efforts in virtual production ·September 26, 2021 Part of a panel the VFX studio presented on earlier this year.
Articles The monumental VFX behind the monumental final ‘Shang-Chi’ battles ·September 21, 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 ·August 29, 2021 The latest releases in VFX and animation tools.
Articles Stuffie to stuntie to CGI ·August 17, 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’ ·August 16, 2021 Water sims, CG environments…and lots of bubbles.
Articles Behind ‘Black Widow’: A helicopter, a prison, an avalanche and a digital pig ·July 30, 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 ·July 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 ·July 6, 2021 How the visual effects teams brought the white spikes to life in the film.
VFX Breakdowns Weta Digital is posting a heap of VFX breakdowns right now ·May 26, 2021 X-Men, Wolverine, Maze Runner, Gemini Man, Apes and more.
Articles How Weta Digital delivered that digi-double handover of Anthony Mackie in ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ ·May 16, 2021 Plus, a look at the studio’s canyon creation for that dramatic opening scene of the series.
Articles Weta Digital vs. Kong vs. a giant flying serpent vs. an upside down world ·April 14, 2021 OK, how the heck do you make an Earth within the Earth?
Articles “He was finished to a reasonable level in 2017 before he was cut out of the movie” ·March 18, 2021 How Weta Digital returned to half-finished shots, and created new ones, for ‘Zack Snyder's Justice League’.
Articles A visual journey into the Sci-Tech hair simulation winners ·February 6, 2021 Behind the scenes of the tech from Weta Digital, ILM, Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar.