Weta Digital

Go To Black: The Making of Iron Man 3

We needed a powerhouse company that could take on the volume of work and be able to work on it with a huge talent pool to get the work done. Weta Digital proved to be the answer.

Iron Man 3: more suits to play with

Over 500 shots, Weta Digital handled the epic sea port finale featuring 36 Ironman suits battling an army of superhuman mercenaries

The science of Spherical Harmonics at Weta Digital

fxguide explains the science of Spherical Harmonics and the amazing way Weta Digital is pushing its use in production rendering.

Weta Digital at FMX 2013 : VFX for Iron Man 3

Weta Digital is proud to once again be a partner and participant at FMX. Be sure to check out Weta Digital's Iron Man 3 presentation by Guy Williams and Aaron Gilman which will shed light on 36 different Iron Man suits, the seaport environment building and more.

Science of Light Diffusion Brings Gollum to Life

Since Weta Digital pioneered subsurface scattering, nearly every digital character has been aided by this technique. But despite its achievements, subsurface scattering is still evolving. 

OpenEXR 2.0 goes Deep

 ILM and Weta Digital announce the release of OpenEXR 2.0, the major version update of the open source high dynamic range file format.

Of Gollum and Wargs and Goblins, Oh My!

Computer Graphics World discovers how artists at Weta Digital created hundreds of CG characters and creatures for the Hobbit

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey leads the nominations for the 39th Annual Saturn Awards.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is the leading film with nominations for the prestigious Saturn Awards. Peter Jackson’s return to J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth received 9 nominations.

‘The Hobbit’: Weta’s ongoing quest for the digital face of the future

 EW caught up with Joe Letteri to talk about the changing face of digital effects and its unexpected journey toward the spiritual center of acting craft. Also, check out a new sizzle reel of The Hobbit.

Joe Letteri’s Visual Effects for The Hobbit

After the release of 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey', I spoke with Letteri about his latest trip to Middle-earth for which he has now been recognized with a seventh Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects.

‘Hobbit’ FX wiz Joe Letteri on Gollum, the Goblin King and Azog

 The visual effects world has never been the glamorous side of Hollywood, but the artists at Weta Digital charged with creating the grotesque Goblin King in “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” surely have the best claim to hard labor in this year’s Oscar race.

Sci-Tech Oscars: technical coolness

For their foundational research in the creation of computer-generated characters, J.P. Lewis, Matt Cordner and Nickson Fong will receive a Technical Achievement Award (Academy Certificate) for the invention and publication of the Pose Space Deformation (PSD) technique.

Weta Digital’s Tissue system: fxguide

fxguide talks with two Weta Digital artists who will this year be the recipients of a Sci-Tech award for Weta's Tissue physically-based character sim framework 

Weta Digital Oscar Nominations

Oscar nominations are out and Weta Digital has secured 3 for the Visual Effects Oscar! Congratulations to our nominees: Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Guy Williams for The Avengers and Martin Hill for Prometheus.

The Official BAFTA List of Nominees for 2013

The official BAFTA list of nominees for 2013 includes Weta Digitals' Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White for their work on The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

Academy announces 9 Sci-Tech winners

Academy announces 9 Sci-Tech winners including Weta Digitals' J.P. Lewis for the invention and publication of the Pose Space Deformation technique, and Simon Clutterbuck and James Jacobs for the development of the Tissue Physically–Based Character Simulation Framework.

The Hobbit: Interview with VFX Supervisor Joe Letteri

Senior Visual Effects Supervisor Joe Letteri talks about Weta Digital's VFX work on The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

2012 Hollywood Post Alliance Awards Announce Nominees

Weta Digital has two nominations in the 2012 Hollywood Post Alliance Awards for Outstanding Compositing on The Avengers and Prometheus.

Making Avengers like child play

The film’s Wellington-based visual effects supervisor Guy Williams has worked on a number of big-budget flicks including Avatar, King Kong and XMen: The Last Stand, but says The Avengers was the kind of project that is less work and more play.

Weta’s Matthias Menz on new trends in CG lighting

For 2011’s The Adventures of Tintin, Weta moved towards a model of CG lighting informed by traditional cinematography and visual art. We caught up with Matthias Menz to discuss.

Massey and Weta join forces

Massey University vets have had a taste of Hollywood working with Weta Digital on constructing a believable horse for the big screen.

The Daily Exclusive: Alien anatomy

Breaking down the Engineer's breakdown in 'Prometheus'

Prometheus: Rebuilding Hallowed VFX Space

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How Weta Digital Made Gods Grapple in The Avengers