1 Aug
2025
1 Aug
'25
2:59 p.m.
On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 12:33:28 +1300, I wrote:
Sounds like Weta will be resuming responsibility over its own tool develpment. Either that, or switching to off-the-shelf apps as used by other studios.
Looks like it was the former, according to <https://www.thepost.co.nz/culture/350121408/weta-digital-back-nz-hands-after-us-gaming-giant-pulls-out>. I just found the above item from two years ago, linked from this recent one <https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360777921/weta-fx-proposing-changes-about-100-roles-largely-wellington> about Weta planning to lay off a bunch of staff. Movie visual effects is very much a roller-coaster kind of business ...