Well I used wren as a rendering for one layer and then did another in mantra. I used the alpha channels with black set as the transparency. if you render that lighting against a black background with alpha set on and render to tif for a composite it should work. You might have to use something like volumetric fog to pick up the lighting or what not. I am not really sure what you are trying to do specifically. I might be looking at a solution from another angle to that you don't want. Does that help any?
Cheers,
Nate Nesler
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Houdini Lounge » Mixing two renderers...
- MatrixNAN
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Houdini Lounge » VEX Builder Shinny Metal?
- MatrixNAN
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Ok I am doing a crome metal and I made a light blue tinted metal for this project I am doing. The environment map is of the mandrel which really does not work. Is there a way to have the metal reflect what is in the CG scene and not an envirnoment map? I was thinking maybe raytracing or something but I am not sure how to implement it in Houdini. This is my first time working with SHOPS and VEX. I absolutely love the modeling tools in Houdini they are so much better than Maya's in my opinion.
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Nate Nesler
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Nate Nesler
Technical Discussion » Python scripting in future build of Houdini Apprentice
- MatrixNAN
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Technical Discussion » Houdini GUI
- MatrixNAN
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Dude try using Python with Tcl/Tk that language is really easy to use and no other language can handle the mathematics natively like python except Fortran. Python is OOP and very good for 3D and runs on every OS and Platform. Plus Python Works directly in with Tcl/Tk. I have not been coding in Houdini yet so I could not tell you. Will be though sometime this semester. So I will be more help in your questions in the future. To get info on how to program with python and how to get python, go to www.python.org [python.org]
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Nate Nesler
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Technical Discussion » Transformer Hotkeys Question?
- MatrixNAN
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Thanks so much that was driving me crazy for such a simple little thing. lol
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Nate
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Nate
Technical Discussion » My Running Linux Configuration
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Alot of questions about running houdini on Linux. Here is my configuration running on Mandrake Linux 8.2. I will get Mandrake 9.0 as soon as they release it and then I will get it working on it too. Ok here is the deal all these scripts need their own version residing in the respective /home/user directory where user is the name of a particular user. after you create these scripts you need to give them full execute premissions. You can do this with either chmod +x theNameOfTheScript.sh or you can right click on the file in your file viewer and then select properties from the popup menu to change the permissions.
For Houdini Master:
# Note that I have choosen csh instead of sh this is important can keep houdini from working if you execute it in the wrong shell.
#!/bin/csh
cd /usr/local/hfs5.5 # Change /usr/local/hfs5.5 to your houdini main directory.
source houdini_setup
cd ./bin
./houdini
For Houdini Halo:
# Note that I have choosen csh instead of sh this is important can keep houdini from working if you execute it in the wrong shell.
#!/bin/csh
cd /usr/local/hfs5.5 # Change /usr/local/hfs5.5 to your houdini main directory.
source houdini_setup
cd ./bin
./hhalo
For Houdini Select:
# Note that I have choosen csh instead of sh this is important can keep houdini from working if you execute it in the wrong shell.
#!/bin/csh
cd /usr/local/hfs5.5 # Change /usr/local/hfs5.5 to your houdini main directory.
source houdini_setup
cd ./bin
./hselect
Well That should do it!
Cheers,
Nate Nesler
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For Houdini Master:
# Note that I have choosen csh instead of sh this is important can keep houdini from working if you execute it in the wrong shell.
#!/bin/csh
cd /usr/local/hfs5.5 # Change /usr/local/hfs5.5 to your houdini main directory.
source houdini_setup
cd ./bin
./houdini
For Houdini Halo:
# Note that I have choosen csh instead of sh this is important can keep houdini from working if you execute it in the wrong shell.
#!/bin/csh
cd /usr/local/hfs5.5 # Change /usr/local/hfs5.5 to your houdini main directory.
source houdini_setup
cd ./bin
./hhalo
For Houdini Select:
# Note that I have choosen csh instead of sh this is important can keep houdini from working if you execute it in the wrong shell.
#!/bin/csh
cd /usr/local/hfs5.5 # Change /usr/local/hfs5.5 to your houdini main directory.
source houdini_setup
cd ./bin
./hselect
Well That should do it!
Cheers,
Nate Nesler
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Technical Discussion » Transformer Hotkeys Question?
- MatrixNAN
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Does anyone know what the Transformer Hot Keys are in Houdini. Its driving me crazy. I am a hotkeys man and I don't know what the basic hot keys are for translate, rotate, and scale. I know some one has to know this. Its just such a simple question yet I am having such a hard time finding the answer to it. Doubt I will post such a low level question ever again. Thanks in Advance.
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Nate Nesler
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Nate Nesler
Technical Discussion » Apprentice Redhat 8.0
- MatrixNAN
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I can't wait for Mandrake 9.0. Anywho I need more info about your error. When does it crap out on you? Did you setup the environment before you ran it other wise it won't work, and will give the appearance of a faulty connection even though that is not the case. It is the environment setting usally. You could always run a listener on your ports and see which port Houdini tries to access when transmitting from your computer. However I really doubt that would be the problem. I would suspect they would use the standard port ranges. I think the standard port range is 1023-65535 I could be wrong on those number I have not hardly slept in days so … lol Please forgive me if I get them wrong off the top of my head. Here is a short script I wrote to automate the process then I created a symbolic link from the icon to this shell script. I can't maya to run period but oh well. I am happy with Houdini. Works like a dream with far less hassel.
This for Master
# Note that I have choosen csh instead of sh this is important can keep houdini from working # if you execute it in the wrong shell.
#!/bin/csh
cd /usr/local/hfs5.5 # your houdini location goes there
source houdini_setup
cd ./bin
./houdini
Cheers,
Nate Nesler
This for Master
# Note that I have choosen csh instead of sh this is important can keep houdini from working # if you execute it in the wrong shell.
#!/bin/csh
cd /usr/local/hfs5.5 # your houdini location goes there
source houdini_setup
cd ./bin
./houdini
Cheers,
Nate Nesler
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