Watch this FX sims breakdown from ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’
See the reel from Wētā FX.
New before/after clip from ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’
From the 'Raw Cut' feature on the 4K Blu-ray release.
The way of water (in ‘Ripley’)
How Wētā FX delivered invisible effects for the gripping boat sequence. From befores & afters magazine in print.
Watch this new ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ VFX featurette
A new video featuring Wētā FX visual effects supervisor Erik Winquist breaks down some of the film's key moments.
Behind the mask: how intricate facial animation was added onto Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool
How Wētā FX crafted the lead character’s facial performance in Deadpool & Wolverine with Nuke and some machine learning techniques.
Return to Pandora in the latest befores & afters print magazine!
This special issue of befores & afters magazine takes a new deep dive into Avatar: The Way of Water with Wētā FX.
New ‘Apes’ featurette from Wētā FX includes behind the scenes film footage
The Wētā FX 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' team discuss their favorite characters.
Watch these amazing invisible effects crafted for the boat scene in ‘Ripley’
Featuring digital water, environments, blood and even digi-doubles from Wētā FX.
Issue #18 of the mag is out! Learn all about big creature anim
Covering creature animation, with in-depth analysis of Fallout, YuYu Hakusho, Spaceman, and Damsel, and a print edition version of the history of
How exactly does Wētā FX take on set performance capture and translate it into living, breathing apes?
Find out in this in-depth VFX look behind the scenes of ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’.
Wētā FX artists on the ‘punk’ Suko, ‘gangster’ Skar King and ‘cat-like’ Shimo they crafted for ‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’
Plus, how that iconic shot of Kong and Godzilla running side by side was made for the film.
Hear from director Wes Ball and VFX supervisor Erik Winquist on ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’
Get an early perspective on the film's visual effects work.
Behind the Oscar-nominated short ‘WAR IS OVER!’
How the short was made, including how Wētā FX used Unreal Engine to craft the film's stylized look and feel.
‘It’s almost like a painterly process to bring in these aberrations’
The Deep Defocus toolset at Wētā FX. An excerpt from issue #14 of befores & afters magazine.
‘The water needed to have a performance’
How the ‘NYAD’ visual effects team helped turn Annette Bening into an open ocean endurance swimmer.
How Wētā FX made a missile peel around Supergirl, and two Flash characters do the dos-a-dos
Breaking down key moments from the Flash/Batman/Supergirl vs Kryptionans battle.
Wētā FX used mocap and early blocking to help choreograph the Optimus and Noah vs. Scourge scenes in ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’
Plus, how the studio directly honoured the transformation of the G1 toy of Optimus Prime.
Going deep on muscle strains
Why Wētā FX changed its animation system and adopted new deep learning methodologies for ‘The Way of Water.’
There are 17 stitches in that insane ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ oner
Here’s how Wētā FX helped make it possible, and what things you should look out for in the background of the fight
Real-time depth compositing with an AI-assist
Behind the system Wētā FX invented for ‘The Way of Water’.
The 2-day virtual production shoot that led to the most touching moments in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’
Also, how the stunning CG dog Cosmo was created, and the insane 120 fps shoot behind that corridor oner fight scene.
‘We got them running full tilt and acting all crazy, but then we also sped it up 8%’
How practical and digital combined to make that crazy episode 5 ‘Last of Us’ clicker battle.
‘The Cokey stuffy would be resting on a C-stand, and the actors would go up and touch her nose and interact with her’
Wētā FX breaks down their delivery of Cokey the bear for ‘Cocaine Bear’.
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
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.
‘I like the idea of doing a real place, underwater tank, LED screen, animatronic and CG, and then glueing them all together’
How ‘Emancipation’ VFX supervisor Rob Legato designed the Will Smith vs alligator scene.
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