Over decades, now, Weta Digital has been one of the major innovators in photoreal digital humans. Certainly, those kinds of effects are something the VFX studio uses to a high degree in face replacements, but the body of work discussed here – featuring films including Furious 7, Rampage, Iron Man 3 and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – goes even further into 2D replacements, digi-doubles for stunts, replacements where actors have been injured or are unavailable, and even hair replacement.
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