When James Cameron began working on the story of “Avatar: The Way of Water” and subsequent sequels in the early 2010s, his visual effects team started scripting their own way forward. “At that point ...

In this way, The Way of Water’s visual effects achieve an unprecedented sense of immersion between the film’s environments, human characters, Na’vi characters, and animal characters. Instead of using ...

Richard Baneham accepted his second VFX Oscar, while Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett each collected their first Academy Awards. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor Surprising no one, Avatar: The Way of ...

"Thanos? Come on. Give me a break," Cameron said. The Oscar winner said it’s “not even close” between how the Na’vi creatures of “Avatar” look side by side with “Avengers: Endgame” villain Thanos, ...

Hiroshi Kitagari has begun chasing his passion to be a director, starting with his first movie, End of Loyalty. Kitagari is far from a newbie when it comes to the movie industry, having done make-up ...

Sure, James Cameron's Avatar films are known for their stunning VFX but it's still surprising to learn that Avatar: The Way of Water only has two scenes in the movie that don't have any VFX touch-ups ...

“There’s one of Spider’s [Jack Champion] eyeball and there’s one of the bottom of the ocean and just some ripples in the bottom of the water,” visual effects artist Eric Saindon revealed to Metro.

The tide has rolled in for computer scientists and digital artists working on fluid simulation, bringing with it a flood of recognition in this year’s Academy Awards. Long a task that challenged ...

Avatar: The Way of Water is an outstanding feat of world-building, largely due to the visual effects on the film. A sequel to the 2009 Avatar film, The Way of Water is the long-awaited second ...