first of all it's ogl 3.2 hehe stupid me , thanks will check today's build later
thanks
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Technical Discussion » OGL 3.1 Curves
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Technical Discussion » OGL 3.1 Curves
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Hi Guys
I saw you guys did something to curves on the latest build, since I was having some issues I installed the latest build 557
but, this happens
LEFT OGL 3.1 RIGHT H11
thanks
I saw you guys did something to curves on the latest build, since I was having some issues I installed the latest build 557
but, this happens
LEFT OGL 3.1 RIGHT H11
thanks
Technical Discussion » houdini and modo
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Houdini has a very nice fbx export import plugin, BUT, it doesn't work on the apprentice edition, because it's free, you need either Escape or a Master license and the workflow is totally possible AND fun
soooo, you can export all that stuff in FBX from Modo and import that in houdini and will wok, getting all that stuff BACK, it's the issue, but only cause of the apprentice thing.
CHeers!!
soooo, you can export all that stuff in FBX from Modo and import that in houdini and will wok, getting all that stuff BACK, it's the issue, but only cause of the apprentice thing.
CHeers!!
Technical Discussion » Open CL Settings
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what a great post Jeff
this clears a few of my questions
thanks for the scene file will inspect it today
cheers!!
this clears a few of my questions
thanks for the scene file will inspect it today
cheers!!
Houdini Lounge » OGL3 lots of crashes
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Houdini Lounge » OGL3 lots of crashes
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Houdini Lounge » OGL3 lots of crashes
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Hi guys
since this is GOLD I'll post it here now
OGL3.2 crashes a LOT on my, and I'm just modeling, selecting points adding poly loops and suddenly, bang, another crash.
I switched to old school H11 viewport, can't select stuff when any transform tools are active.
this happens for me in both windows and linux
is this something you guys are aware off?
thanks
since this is GOLD I'll post it here now
OGL3.2 crashes a LOT on my, and I'm just modeling, selecting points adding poly loops and suddenly, bang, another crash.
I switched to old school H11 viewport, can't select stuff when any transform tools are active.
this happens for me in both windows and linux
is this something you guys are aware off?
thanks
Houdini Lounge » cmiVFX 50% Sale
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dulosmaugthewyrm
yep, i finally got a subscription.
Was the Subscription 50% off too ?
subscriptions where cheap for current and new members
There a new sale
http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_forum&Itemid=172&page=viewtopic&p=108364#108364 [sidefx.com]
cheers
Houdini Lounge » cmiVFX 30% Sale on HIP TRICKS
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Hey
Just cause I'm happy and the Cook-off contest was amazing (see winners here http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1976&Itemid=353 [sidefx.com] )
http://store.cmivfx.com/ [store.cmivfx.com]
I'll give everyone that buys ANY of my Hip tricks videos 30 % off, effective right now until monday
the code is : alvaro30
So if you missed the 50% off sales last week, go get Hip Tricks at least
this things don't happen often.
Again, congrats to all the Cook-off winners and all the new Houdini users
let's keep the community growing.
thanks
Just cause I'm happy and the Cook-off contest was amazing (see winners here http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1976&Itemid=353 [sidefx.com] )
http://store.cmivfx.com/ [store.cmivfx.com]
I'll give everyone that buys ANY of my Hip tricks videos 30 % off, effective right now until monday
the code is : alvaro30
So if you missed the 50% off sales last week, go get Hip Tricks at least
this things don't happen often.
Again, congrats to all the Cook-off winners and all the new Houdini users
let's keep the community growing.
thanks
Houdini Lounge » cmiVFX 50% Sale
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Hey Guys
If you were waiting to get those Houdini vids or any other vids from cmiVFX
get them NOW, there's a 50% off discount going on right now
here you go
1) Visit http://www.cmivfx.com [cmivfx.com]
2) Choose from the many many videos we have (more then one is recommended on a deal like this) we cant keep having sales like this!
3) enter this code at the shopping cart: 50iscrazy
get them now cause this will end on SATURDAY
shameless plug to my VIDS
http://www.cmivfx.com/tutorials/view/307/Houdini+Hip+Tricks+Volume+4 [cmivfx.com]
http://store.cmivfx.com/tutorials/view/300/Houdini+Hip+Tricks+Volume+3 [store.cmivfx.com]
of course cheaper if you get the kit
Thanks
If you were waiting to get those Houdini vids or any other vids from cmiVFX
get them NOW, there's a 50% off discount going on right now
here you go
1) Visit http://www.cmivfx.com [cmivfx.com]
2) Choose from the many many videos we have (more then one is recommended on a deal like this) we cant keep having sales like this!
3) enter this code at the shopping cart: 50iscrazy
get them now cause this will end on SATURDAY
shameless plug to my VIDS
http://www.cmivfx.com/tutorials/view/307/Houdini+Hip+Tricks+Volume+4 [cmivfx.com]
http://store.cmivfx.com/tutorials/view/300/Houdini+Hip+Tricks+Volume+3 [store.cmivfx.com]
of course cheaper if you get the kit
Thanks
Houdini Lounge » cmiVFX Releases SideFX Houdini Hip Tricks Volume 3 Training
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Hi
We are very happy to announce our latest volume on the Hip Tricks Series of training.
Hope you enjoy it
Keeping Houdini Strong
Thanks
We are very happy to announce our latest volume on the Hip Tricks Series of training.
Hope you enjoy it
Keeping Houdini Strong
Thanks
Houdini Lounge » cmiVFX Releases SideFX Houdini Hip Tricks Volume 3 Training
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cmiVFX Releases SideFX Houdini Hip Tricks Volume 3 Training Video
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Hip Art is well known for its beautiful repetitions. The technique uses tons of repetition and the subtle changes to express the individual artists minds in a way that is perfect for Houdini. Taking all of this into consideration, it becomes a perfect subject for our studies. Using both Houdini geometry displacements and render time displacements, we will make some images that will open your mind to a brand new kind of experience and help add a phenomenal amount of details to your projects.
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Houdini Lounge » why mantra renderer is so so so slow?
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I see you've already set your Diffuse and Reflection Limits way down – but I see your sampling settings aren't really ideal.
So: the I've found the relying noise variance algorithm to provide you clean illumination is not ideal. We've just done 200 shots using PBR and these are the sampling settings that worked best for us:
- Pixel Samples: 7x7 (up to 10x10 if the scene really needed it)
- Min/Max Ray Samples: 1/9 – sometimes 2/9
- Noise Level: 0.08 (this seemed good enough to us … less than film grain)
- Reflect/Diffuse Limits: 2, 2
- Color Space: Gamma 2.2
- Color Limit: 4 (your 1 is clamping way too hard)
- Photons: 2m photons for a huge room. Yours is 7m! I'm sure 1m is fine for this space. Ratio was 2.5.
Be very careful of displacement. The default Mantra Surface shader is less efficient than a Plastic shader because of mere presence of the displacement shader. Our shader manages this with the “Disable Displace Shader Rendering” property but the distributed Mantra Surface-based shaders don't.
Holy Jason!!! those settings rock mate, very nice clean image, I've been fighting noise for a while with no nice results, but this recipe rocks mate
thanks for that
Houdini Lounge » Tx Toolkit
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Great stuff Francois
I'm looking at the videos, looks awesome
release them !!
and I also like to pack each tool in a separate otl file, seems more logical to me
thanks
I'm looking at the videos, looks awesome
release them !!
and I also like to pack each tool in a separate otl file, seems more logical to me
thanks
Houdini Indie and Apprentice » Individual particle color
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Houdini Indie and Apprentice » problem running apprentice on ubuntu
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Weird, houdini installs an entry in the applications menu for me in ubuntu
I just run it from there, unless I really need to run it from bash, most of the time I use the menu.
I just run it from there, unless I really need to run it from bash, most of the time I use the menu.
Houdini Lounge » Can't Rendering
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Hi
YOu could try a newer build
http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_download&Itemid=208 [sidefx.com]
that might be already fixed there's Houdini 9.5.462
let us know how it goes
YOu could try a newer build
http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_download&Itemid=208 [sidefx.com]
that might be already fixed there's Houdini 9.5.462
let us know how it goes
Houdini Lounge » Can't Rendering
- varomix
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Hi
Delete the houdini9.5 folder in your user folder please and try again
I think there's a corrupted otl there
Delete the houdini9.5 folder in your user folder please and try again
I think there's a corrupted otl there
Technical Discussion » Next Limit to officially support Real Flow/Houdini SOPs
- varomix
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Houdini Lounge » new books ?
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that what Andrew id doing with his book
http://www.andrew-lowell-productions.com/andrew-lowell-productions/resources.html [andrew-lowell-productions.com]
a very intelligent move if you ask me.
Go Buy IT !!!
http://www.andrew-lowell-productions.com/andrew-lowell-productions/resources.html [andrew-lowell-productions.com]
a very intelligent move if you ask me.
Go Buy IT !!!
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