Hi again.
After have been searching for some informations here and over the net related to the render engine and modelling tools in Houdini I came to the conclusion that I need an easier 3D package to work with.
BTW, this is a personal matter because I remember that I once found Houdini to be very nice because I followed a tutorial about modelling and rigs in Houdini and I finished it with no much effort. But that was the basic steps, and I realized that I am not going to need/use half of the tools of Houdini, as I am just an enthusiastic G3D.
BTW, I have been trying blender and I found it to be the easier package I was looking for.
Thank you for all the good information you have gave me during my posts !!!
Smile
And best wishes
Carlos
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Hi
I downloaded Houdini, and downloaded your file Edward.
I has only 4 nodes, one for the box, for the grid, for the points (what is that for?) and the compositing node.
It really seems so simple. But there were expressions like $TY (position), $BBX (colours?) and I did not see the rest.
So, this example file is what WhoDjini can be done in Houdini without real script?
Is there every time those expressions. They seems not to be complex but if there were a lot more it is something that we have to study also.
Last question, I do not know the meaning of those strings, no programming. That will be of no problem for understanding and using those expressions as long as I do some personal work?
Sorry if I had repeat my questions with other words
Thank you for reading
BTW, my PC was too slow trying to move the cubes of the files. It seems that is not capable of handling more complex scenes. Any clue to accelerate it (first I know that I have to buy another graphic card)?
I downloaded Houdini, and downloaded your file Edward.
I has only 4 nodes, one for the box, for the grid, for the points (what is that for?) and the compositing node.
It really seems so simple. But there were expressions like $TY (position), $BBX (colours?) and I did not see the rest.
So, this example file is what WhoDjini can be done in Houdini without real script?
Is there every time those expressions. They seems not to be complex but if there were a lot more it is something that we have to study also.
Last question, I do not know the meaning of those strings, no programming. That will be of no problem for understanding and using those expressions as long as I do some personal work?
Sorry if I had repeat my questions with other words
Thank you for reading
BTW, my PC was too slow trying to move the cubes of the files. It seems that is not capable of handling more complex scenes. Any clue to accelerate it (first I know that I have to buy another graphic card)?
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digitallysane
Also, Houdini's modelling toolset, while very powerful, is not targeted towards organic, freeform modeeling as much as those softwares.
Dragos
You explained very well now. I understood it perfectly. Still I will have a good look at the links that you have provided me.
Thank you Dragos for all !
See you
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digitallysane
Well, the whole forum is around, not me in particular. And there is documentation:
Dragos
Thank you for the reply ( I have just edited my last post when I received your answer !
I will have a good look to those links.
Thank you once more !
(I will be back to tell you more)
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digitallysane
If there's something more that you're interested in, then Houdini is probably the best tool to learn 3D.
Dragos
I thought you were from Side-Effects Software Team !
Will you be around to help me in that case of purchasing Houdini, particularly if I get stooped by scripting?
(tutorials about modelling, do you know were I can find them?)
EDITED: BTW, why do you not recommend me Houdini? If I read correctly, Houdini is capable of still images. Maybe the modelling part is complicated or Houdini has not good tools for that. I am trying to guess it
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It is not for purely modelling Dragos. I have seen still images done in Houdini, and I found they great. But as I said before, it is not easy to find free tutorials for doing that. I was willing to buy the apprentice HD software of yours, that is why I am asking so many things.
Thank you
Thank you
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Dragos, WhoDjini
Thank you for the feedback.
“Of course you can do HEAVYCOOL stuff in houdini without using a single line of script”… I am glad to know that !
After reading your comments I went to the Internet to search for information about modelling in Houdini.
My main purpose for using Houdini is to bring some 2D works (still images) into 3D. But as I search on you-tube, I found almost nothing about that subject, modelling with Houdini.
Is there any link I can follow that teaches me how to work on the modelling tool?
(here is a site in which I have some work done in traditional paint, also in digital paint. I would like to take the BANANA into the 3D world) and do more things of course, but I believe the main thing will be modelling.
http://locosporelarte.mundoforo.com/kaiko-vt10940.html [locosporelarte.mundoforo.com]
Will you be here to help any novice? I went to 3DBuzz forum and it was almost dead, with several posts and questions not-answered….
Thank you for the feedback.
“Of course you can do HEAVYCOOL stuff in houdini without using a single line of script”… I am glad to know that !
After reading your comments I went to the Internet to search for information about modelling in Houdini.
My main purpose for using Houdini is to bring some 2D works (still images) into 3D. But as I search on you-tube, I found almost nothing about that subject, modelling with Houdini.
Is there any link I can follow that teaches me how to work on the modelling tool?
(here is a site in which I have some work done in traditional paint, also in digital paint. I would like to take the BANANA into the 3D world) and do more things of course, but I believe the main thing will be modelling.
http://locosporelarte.mundoforo.com/kaiko-vt10940.html [locosporelarte.mundoforo.com]
Will you be here to help any novice? I went to 3DBuzz forum and it was almost dead, with several posts and questions not-answered….
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This creature is another work in Houdini …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rE9UrjYBLo [youtube.com]
Hi Fabio
I would like to ask you, how many years do you have practising with Houdini?
How easy do you find to do that work of yours for a 3D amateur?
It is fantastic!
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arctor
Houdini requires the LEAST amount of scripting of any of the major 3D applications…jump in and have fun!
Hi arctor
I think I know you from my other post, the one I made some month ago. Do you speak Portuguese?, Spanish?
I am felling that Houdini is intuitive, and that people can achieve great results with it.
I am very afraid (don't laugh please) of start using it. That is why I decided at the time of my last post to try using Blender. And as far I can tell you I have not have anything like scripting or code to write on it (maybe cos I am just starting using it)
When you say “The least”, is it still too confusing? I have just saw a post from another person asking help about script/programming and one of your partners came with expressions $FF, etc..
I am a bit afraid because I am not longer a young person and if expressions are kind of a complex thing, with many ways of being interpret and so on, I am sure I will give it up as I can not stand too much of that complexity.
For how long are you using it? Did you start with Houdini as a first application?
Thank you
Another question: what can I do without any expression/scripting/programming thing in Houdini? Have you got any video clip in which I can see an animation done in Houdini without the use of the least required scripts?
BTW, please have a look to this short minute video animation. Can Houdini do the all thing, characters, textures, paints, animations, etc., sounds etc.. if I wanted to produce similar video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUsGStXaasE&feature=player_embedded [youtube.com]
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Do you mean that if you cannot script nor program on Houdini, the results will be no good at all?
Are you serious with those words?
I am asking this to you because I do not know script/programming and I would like to test Houdini Apprentice for my own.
I would like you to give me some advice, if you please.
Thank you !
Carlos
Are you serious with those words?
I am asking this to you because I do not know script/programming and I would like to test Houdini Apprentice for my own.
I would like you to give me some advice, if you please.
Thank you !
Carlos
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arctor
IMO Houdini is a better FIRST 3D application - the learning curve is more steep but you will learn more about geometry etc that you will with other packages
as for scripting/coding - you will do far less in Houdini than is most other packages.
Thank you for taking some time to respond my questions.
I really appreciated it.
Carlos
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Well, i will close this tread as no-one write me back.
Thank you all who wrote here.
Carlos
Thank you all who wrote here.
Carlos
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Hi, carlosgf
FREE Tutorials
Thank you acaiborka for the good links.
Houdini is a way to go, definitely.
Though I still would like to know if this software is suitable for someone (me) who would love to work with it but has no experience on 3D, nor even on photoshop software.
And what about the scripts. Am I obliged to know coding in order to work some issues from Houdini?
Thank you
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Thank you Circus for the replay.
I have been searching for comments about Houdini and the way it works. I must confess that I used it not long ago, and it seems to be easy and understandable, even for me that I an not of a 3D world, not even Photoshop… but at that time, while I was doing some tutorials, in one of them they got into the script (code) programming language, so I gave it up right on that moment for I have no knowledge of programming.
I do not know much about BLENDER, but I was willing to give it a try, but the interface is something terrible for me, but it has also that thing of coding with Payton (if I am not wrong)… so nor Blender, nor Houdini would help me if they “oblige” people to write programming codes.
That is my main question here.
Another thing is that I have notice that there are some tutorials that are free here for learning HOUDINI and a lot of others that are to be paid.
What about if the free ones are not so many that they do not help me to understand the basic things of the free software Appentice? I just want it for animation, and creating backgrounds (like landscapes) and some characters.
And thank you for your attention.
I have been searching for comments about Houdini and the way it works. I must confess that I used it not long ago, and it seems to be easy and understandable, even for me that I an not of a 3D world, not even Photoshop… but at that time, while I was doing some tutorials, in one of them they got into the script (code) programming language, so I gave it up right on that moment for I have no knowledge of programming.
I do not know much about BLENDER, but I was willing to give it a try, but the interface is something terrible for me, but it has also that thing of coding with Payton (if I am not wrong)… so nor Blender, nor Houdini would help me if they “oblige” people to write programming codes.
That is my main question here.
Another thing is that I have notice that there are some tutorials that are free here for learning HOUDINI and a lot of others that are to be paid.
What about if the free ones are not so many that they do not help me to understand the basic things of the free software Appentice? I just want it for animation, and creating backgrounds (like landscapes) and some characters.
And thank you for your attention.
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Hi.
My name e is Carlos and I would like to ask a simple question: is there any-chance to get some help from you here in order to improve myself with my work with the Houdini Apprentice, even if it is the free version?
My real intention is to get the Apprentice HD for personal use but I am lacking EVERYTHING from that world of 3D. I have just downloaded the free version today.
Thank you for reading
(I do not have Internet connection right now so I may be here again by now to two days. It depends)
Carlos
(English is not my born language)
(I wrote an email to the owners for the Houdini Site, in order to get some answers, but I found that here I could get the answers to the questions on that email)
My name e is Carlos and I would like to ask a simple question: is there any-chance to get some help from you here in order to improve myself with my work with the Houdini Apprentice, even if it is the free version?
My real intention is to get the Apprentice HD for personal use but I am lacking EVERYTHING from that world of 3D. I have just downloaded the free version today.
Thank you for reading
(I do not have Internet connection right now so I may be here again by now to two days. It depends)
Carlos
(English is not my born language)
(I wrote an email to the owners for the Houdini Site, in order to get some answers, but I found that here I could get the answers to the questions on that email)
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