hi everybody,
i have been looking at houdini apprentice and the videos here at sidefx for a couple of days and i'm kind of amazed
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my 3d needs are mainly in product visualization, medical vis and illustration (and to a certain degree archives) with modeling and rendering in modo. unfortunately (or fortunately - who knows
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) more and more clients require animations with effects (fluids, gas, welding etc), which also seem to get longer and longer. i would like to provide solutions to this… and modo's network renderer is surely not the right solution (not really stable and reliable…).
is houdini / mantra the right direction to look for these needs? is houdini / mantra generally used in these fields?
i'd be more than thankful for every answer.
david
edit:
will houdini work with sds or pixar sds made with modo?