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Tag: Weta Digital

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‘This is where we add the 30 foot liquid metal shark’

Posted onFebruary 1, 2021February 2, 2021

#Shotmakers: Weta Digital breaks down this fun single scene from Robert Rodriquez’s ‘We Can Be Heroes’.

Articles

Weta Digital’s meerkat Unreal short available as free sample files

Posted onDecember 11, 2020December 13, 2020

Download the entire scene.

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Behind the VFX of ‘The Christmas Chronicles 2’

Posted onDecember 10, 2020December 13, 2020

Weta Digital explains how they created elves, Jack-a-lotes, Santa’s flying sleigh, snowy environments and…a Yule Cat.

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Eagle vs. meerkat: behind Weta Digital’s stunning Unreal Engine short

Posted onNovember 18, 2020November 19, 2020

Fur and feathers!

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Watch this ‘King Kong’ featurette on the T. Rex fight

Posted onNovember 15, 2020November 17, 2020

Key team members break it down.

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Wait, there’s a talking goldfish!? These are the killer VFX scenes from s2 of ‘The Umbrella Academy’

Posted onAugust 5, 2020August 12, 2020

SPOILER WARNING: The making of the opening battle oner, baby Pogo, a fish-headed android, Ghost Ben and the final confrontation.

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Weta Digital’s zero-G ‘Space Force’ chimp mocap included pushing an office chair around

Posted onJuly 10, 2020January 7, 2021

The VFX studio also leveraged its extensive primate experience in bringing the season-favorite character to life.

Articles

Body of Work: Weta Digital on the art of face replacement

Posted onJune 26, 2020June 29, 2020

2D, 3D and everything in between.

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The many facets of Thanos’ face

Posted onMay 3, 2020May 5, 2020

Weta Digital reveals behind the scenes of Thanos in this new video.

Jumanji: The Next Level bridge VFX
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Why mandrills jumping on bridges was one of the toughest effects in ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’

Posted onJanuary 13, 2020May 14, 2020

Behind the scenes with Weta Digital and the stunning mandrill bridge chase.

Alita: Battle Angel
Articles

How live-action free diver reference informed a crucial scene in ‘Alita: Battle Angel’

Posted onJanuary 11, 2020May 14, 2020

Can you hold your breath for six minutes?

VFX of ‘Endgame’
Articles

Down to the wire: looking back at the VFX of ‘Endgame’

Posted onJanuary 8, 2020May 14, 2020

The film had almost 2,500 effects shots.

Articles

When one of your fighters is not real

Posted onJanuary 7, 2020May 31, 2020

…actually, often they’re both not real: how Weta Digital crafted the Will Smith vs. Will Smith rumble in ‘Gemini Man’.

WETA DIGITAL
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Procedural pores, modeling teeth, messy fighting and other new things Weta Digital did to turn Will Smith into a 23-year-old

Posted onOctober 11, 2019May 15, 2020

Weta Digital also had to work with 40 times the usual data on ‘Gemini Man’.

Avengers: Endgame’ VFX breakdowns
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Watch a whole ton of official ‘Avengers: Endgame’ VFX breakdowns in one place

Posted onSeptember 7, 2019May 23, 2020

So. Many. Befores. And. Afters.

Weta Digital VFX
Articles

A visual history of performance capture at Weta Digital

Posted onAugust 21, 2019May 31, 2020

Gollum. Caesar. Thanos. And more.

Javor Kalojanov
Articles

My VFX job: Rendering software engineer

Posted onAugust 16, 2019May 23, 2020

Weta Digital’s Javor Kalojanov on being part of rendering research at the top-tier studio.

Weta Digital
Articles

Projecting immersive and interactive imagery onto the underside of a dome, in real-time. Easy, right?

Posted onJuly 29, 2019May 31, 2020

Weta Digital and 2n Design, and some neat real-time tech, combined for the Childish Gambino’s Pharos festival.

Gemini Man shooting
Articles

See befores & afters of Will Smith in ‘Gemini Man’

Posted onJuly 24, 2019May 23, 2020

Go behind the scenes of Weta Digital’s work.

Game of Thrones' VFX storm
Articles

Creatures, fire and atmospherics: cooking up a ‘Game of Thrones’ VFX storm

Posted onMay 28, 2019May 18, 2020

A visual breakdown of Weta Digital’s killer shots from the final season.

Thanos_Endgame
Articles

Hey Thanos, what’s new with you?

Posted onMay 16, 2019May 18, 2020

The extra tools employed by Weta Digital and Digital Domain in crafting Thanos for ‘Endgame’.

Endgame’s’ battle against Thanos
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How ‘Endgame’s’ battle against Thanos went from greenscreen stages to those final epic shots

Posted onMay 14, 2019May 18, 2020

The story behind those portals, Iron’s Man finger-snap, and making the ‘mega’ blip.

Alita: Battle Angel VFX
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‘She eats a lot during this film, you know’ – giving CG characters some bite

Posted onMarch 20, 2019May 17, 2020

How do you make a CG character eat, anyway? Weta Digital reveals all.

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