Houdini - 3D modeling, animation, VFX, look development, lighting and rendering

EVENT

Houdini HIVE Worldwide

Recorded presentations are now online! The Houdini HIVE Worldwide event brought together Industry experts and SideFX staff to present on a wide range of educational ...

CUSTOMER STORY

The Art of Houdini Tests

If you look around the web - on YouTube or vimeo, on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook - there’s a wealth of effects artists posting their ...

SIDEFX NEWS

Game Jam 2020 | Houdini Contest Winners

SideFX held its fourth annual “Game Jam with Houdini” contest for Global Game Jam games that were made with Houdini. This year’s contest received game ...

CUSTOMER REELS

These Demo Reels feature the amazing work of Houdini customers worldwide. Congratulations to all the artists and studios responsible for these fantastic shots!

TUTORIALS

Highway Generator tool

This is a quiet simple tool to generate in a fast way roads and Highways. Don't hesitate to explore the ...

Toothbush Project | Part 01

In these lessons, you will create a toothbrush scene using various tools and techniques.

How VELLUM Works | Animating Attributes & Useful Tricks

The long awaited sequel! On gumroad now: https://gumroad.com/l/WWMWYx Let me know what you think I should cover next! Don't forget ...

Solaris Workshop

Learn production techniques for bringing USD and Solaris into your lighting and VFX pipelines. Using a shot of a market ...

Mantra Render Settings | Part 1

Mantra is a rendering engine built in Houdini, complex and powerful rendering engine. Don't worry, in this video I'll break ...

Attributes and VOPS | Part 4

Attributes is one of the most interesting things that you can manipulate inside of Houdini, helping you to achieve virtually ...

Pyro Explosion to Lego

You will learn how to do a lego explosion using Houdini. This is a step by step course so don't ...

Snapping Part 2 | Gravity & Occlusion

After covering the basics last week, it’s time to move on to setting snapping properties. We’re focusing on ‘gravity’ and ...

Emitting Sticky Vellum Balls

In this video, I'll show you how to create a simple set up that emits vellum cloth balls that dynamically ...

Pyro Displace Infection / Growth System

Stay Safe! Simple Pyro Infection System with geometry manipulation.

GALLERY

In search of new habitable Worlds
Ardit Grezda

Heavy Walker
Jarrod Hasenjager

Volume Displacement
Mohsen Tabasi

Teddies & Grains
Jafar Dashtinejad

Ice Cream Explosion
Tianx_PingYiDao

Gooey Goodness
Sean Hedman

Abstract
Sachin_Singh

Film & TV

GAMEDEV