HScript Expressions
Published: May 8, 2009 for Houdini 10

Understanding how to massage data in Houdini is key to giving yourself the creative edge and allowing you to unleash mind-blowing visual effects. In this 18 part tutorial series, we cover a variety of simple yet essential weapons in your arsenal including Global, Standard and Custom Variables to Math and String Modification functions.

Created by Houdini Product Specialist Stephen Tucker, this class will help push you toward the comfort zone when using data to creatively direct any visual effect.

Supplementary Documentation

Download the PDF document below for lesson outlines and supplementary material.

• Documentation [500 KB - PDF]

Scene Files

This .zip file includes fully commented versions of the demo files constructed in the video tutorials below.

• Support Files [40 MB - ZIP]

Videos Bit Torrent

• http://download.sidefx.com/hscript_expressions.zip.torrent [824 MB]

Quicktime Movies

• 01 Data Types and Simple Expressions - [31.2MB QT - 12 Mins.]
• 02 Environment Variables - [38.2MB QT - 14.5 Mins.]
• 03 Playbar Variables - [33.5MB QT - 12 Mins.]
• 04 Building a Time Code - [41MB QT - 12.5 Mins.]
• 05 Standard Variables - [61MB QT - 18 Mins.]
• 06 Volumes as Attributes - [21.3MB QT - 21 Mins.]
• 07 Standard Particle Variables - [55MB QT - 8 Mins.]
• 08 Local Variables - [56.9MB QT - 8 Mins.]
• 09 Attribute Signatures - [65.1MB QT - 14 Mins.]
• 10 Attribute Class - [73.3MB QT - 13 Mins.]
• 11 Custom Attributes Within DOPs - [64.4MB QT - 15 Mins.]
• 12 Custom Attributes Within VOPs - [105MB QT - 17 Mins.]
• 13 Custom Attributes - [66.7MB QT - 17 Mins.]
• 14 Continued Learning - [43.0MB QT - 7 Mins.]
• 15 Final Example Part 1 - [47.5MB QT - 9 Mins.]
• 16 Final Example Part 2 - [38.9MB QT - 10 Mins.]
• 17 Final Example Part 3 - [40.0MB QT - 11 Mins.]
• 18 Final Example Part 4 - [33.2MB QT - 8 Mins.]