Wellington’s Weta has created a new group “Transfx”, headed by former Autodesk’s senior industry manager Sebastian Sylwan. The group is aimed at bringing advanced research into movie production, and will be partially funded by the government.
Sylwan told Variety that the goal was to get computer graphics “closer to reality while maintaining artistic control”.
Many visual effects were cobbled together with improvised solutions that looked good in that “shot” but couldn’t be re-used on other shots, Sylwan said.
Transfx would look to find techniques that could be applied more generally in things such as simulations of fire and water.
Weta seeks advanced research for movie graphics | Otago Daily Times Online.
