What they did: CG characters, vehicles, 2D and 3D enviroments, natural phenomenon, Matte painting (set extension, cg lighting/relections), CG water/liquid, CG actors, compositing (adding CG to film)
This is great that such a large experienced special effects company did the special effects. This makes me much more excited for the special effects, since that is a pretty huge part of Percy Jackson. Avatar’s visual effects were awesome (my favorite part of the movie, especially the computer screen graphics) and Star Trek’s graphics were some of the best I have ever seen. Then you have the Curious Case of Benjamin Button that won an Oscar for Best Achievement in Visual Effects and Digital domain did the special effects. Below is a full list of all the movies that they have worked on.
Complete list of movies Digital Domain has worked on
True Lies
July 15, 1994
Color of Night
August 19, 1994
Interview with the Vampire
November 11, 1994
Apollo 13
June 30, 1995
Strange Days
October 6, 1995
Sgt. Bilko
March 29, 1996
T2 3-D: Battle Across Time
May 1, 1996
Chain Reaction
August 2, 1996
The Island of Dr. Moreau
August 23, 1996
Dante¹s Peak
February 7, 1997
The Fifth Element
May 9, 1997
Red Corner
October 31, 1997
Titanic
December 19, 1997
Kundun
December 25, 1997
Armageddon
July 1, 1998
What Dreams May Come
October 2, 1998
EdTV
March 26, 1999
Lake Placid
July 16, 1999
Fight Club
October 15, 1999
Supernova
January 14, 2000
Rules of Engagement
April 7, 2000
X-Men
July 14, 2000
Red Planet
November 10, 2000
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
November 17, 2000
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
December 22, 2000
Vanilla Sky
December 14, 2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
December 19, 2001
A Beautiful Mind
December 25, 2001
We Were Soldiers
March 1, 2002
The Time Machine
March 8, 2002
xXx
August 9, 2002
Adaptation.
December 6, 2002
Star Trek: Nemesis
December 13, 2002
Daredevil
February 14, 2003
Willard
March 14, 2003
The Italian Job
May 30, 2003
Secondhand Lions
September 19, 2003
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
November 14, 2003
The Missing
November 26, 2003
Peter Pan
December 25, 2003
The Day After Tomorrow
May 28, 2004
I, Robot
July 18, 2004
Flight of the Phoenix
December 17, 2004
Cinderella Man
June 3, 2005
Dark Water
July 8, 2005
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
July 15, 2005
Stealth
July 29, 2005
Æon Flux
December 2, 2005
Roving Mars (IMAX)
January 27, 2006
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
July 21, 2006
Zoom
August 11, 2006
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
October 6, 2006
Flags of Our Fathers
October 20, 2006
The Nativity Story
December 1, 2006
Letters from Iwo Jima
December 20, 2006
The Hitcher
January 19, 2007
Zodiac
March 2, 2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World¹s End
May 25, 2007
Transformers
July 3, 2007
The Seeker: The Dark is Rising
October 5, 2007
We Own the Night
October 12, 2007
The Golden Compass
December 7, 2007
Speed Racer
May 9, 2008
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
August 1, 2008
Gran Torino
December 17, 2008
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
December 25, 2008
Star Trek
May 8, 2009
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
June 24, 2009
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
August 7, 2009
2012
November 13, 2009
Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
February 12, 2010
*CG – computer graphics
You learned in the article, Special Effects of Percy Jackson: Digital Domain, who did the main special effects for Percy Jackson. Percy Jackson Movies staff contacted Digital Domain to find out exactly what they did on the movie. Tim Enstice, Public Relations Project Manager for Digital Domain has this to say about what they did for the movie: