Creating digital humans with Nuke and Katana

23 APRIL 2020

As we’ve touched on before, de-aging is becoming more widely used within the VFX industry. With more than five films using the technique last year alone, one that stood out amongst the many was Weta Digital’s Gemini Man.

Their goal was to “finally cross the uncanny valley and bring to screen a totally emotive digital human”, Guy Williams, VFX Supervisor for Gemini Man, tells us. While we have seen digital reincarnations in films before, Junior—Will Smith’s digital counterpart—is one of a kind, as up until now no studio has attempted to create a wholly digital human cast in a leading role.

We caught up with Scott Chambers, Compositing Supervisor, Alessandro Saponi, CG Supervisor, and Guy Williams at Weta Digital, to explore how they created a living, breathing and acting digital human in the form of Junior.

Read the full article on the Foundry website.

Creating digital humans with Nuke and Katana

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As we’ve touched on before, de-aging is becoming more widely used within the VFX industry. With more than five films using the technique last year alone, one that stood out amongst the many was Weta Digital’s Gemini Man.