From Caesars funeral pyre to plants swaying in the wind and CG characters, a kilometer of rapids demanding a petabyte of storage, and a fully CG water-filled silo featuring wet apes and underwater action, the FX simulations in the fourth installment of the Planet of the Apes reboot series, and the tenth film in total were truly monumental.In Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, out of 1,520 shots, only 38 were without visual effects, and 33 minutes of the film were entirely digital. Pushing the boundaries of performance capture, creature simulations, and effects, more than 1,000 Wt FX team members contributed to the film over the span of 18 months. Wt FX shared a series of breakdowns for the film, offering a behind-the-scenes glimpse of how motion capture performances were enhanced by animators and revealing the process behind lighting, compositing, and much more:Issue #27 of Befores & Afters magazine delves into the visual effects of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and covers the build, animation, simulation, and final steps involved.In the film, Raka, Noa, and Mae face off against Proximus muscle at a river crossing. The FX simulations for that sequence required 1.2 petabytes (1.2 billion megabytes) of disk space. To create the scene, animation began with the original performance capture, some of which was filmed on partial sets featuring flowing water.Although Wt FX did extensive R&D for Avatar: The Way of Water to develop its Loki state machine for coupled fluid simulations, the river sequence in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes presented unique challenges. Specifically, the water was nasty, sediment-filled, dirt and debris-type, with much surface foam, adding complexity to the simulation.Another challenge was simulating complex fur in its wet state. Wts approach involved placing the digital character in water, running a simulation to see how the fur reacted, and then creating a custom groom for when he is wet. This technique helped establish the distinctive parted hair look on Rakas arm and body, shaped by the pressure of the rushing water.Read the full article here and join our80 Level Talent platformand ournew Discord server, follow us onInstagram,Twitter,LinkedIn,Telegram,TikTok, andThreads,where we share breakdowns, the latest news, awesome artworks, and more.Source link The post See How Wt FX Created Epic VFX For Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes appeared first on CG SHARES.