Houdini 9 enhances the features of the muscle tool, and provides new autorig tools.
New smoke, fire, and liquid simulation tools let you create sophisticated fluid dynamics simulations.
Houdini 9 takes existing keyframe animation features and makes them easier to use.
Houdini 9 has new preset lights and lighting nodes, as well as new materials.
Houdini 9 provides new parameter interface enhancements.
You can now script Houdini using Python, a very powerful and easy-to-learn object-oriented language.
Houdini 9 features numerous exciting improvements to mantra and rendering in general.
Houdini 9 introduces new VEX features and improvements.
Volume primitives let you use smoke and fluids in the modeler.
Houdini 9 alpha features the initial steps toward a much improved, streamlined user interface, and powerful new workflows.
