When you master Pragmatic VEX; you can call yourself a Houdini Guru like animatrix

KineFX driven Face Peeling FX presentation at Gamescom Asia 2022 (Singapore) is up on SideFX Houdini channel:



There is a sneak peek of Pragmatic VEX: Volume 2 where I showcase the new Poly Carve SOP, one of the major chapters in the upcoming VEX course.

I also talk a bit about my own UX design in Houdini based on the inquiry by Fianna 

Huge thanks to SideFX for letting me present on their platform :P

Hope you find it useful!

Houdini is being used to create the new concept videos that explains the theory behind complex topics in illustrative style instead of using Photoshop. It takes a lot of time to create these low level tools in Houdini that mimics a 2d presentation style but the benefits far weigh the efforts spent.

It creates better consistency, higher quality of presentations, opens a lot more doors for getting ideas across, i.e. having animated presentations that wouldn't be possible using standard painting apps. This alone makes it possible to explain a lot more in less screen space since everything is live Houdini geometry.

These low level tools still need a lot of work before I can fully utilize them but here is a sneak peak from Pragmatic VEX: Volume 2 concepts (WIP, color theme pending changes):



It's highly likely all the concept chapters of Pragmatic VEX: Volume 1 will be recreated using the same Houdini tools sometime in the future once the tools are finalized.

Hey - is there a discord/slack/forum for pragmatic vex users to discuss lessons and ask questions?

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Hey - is there a discord/slack/forum for pragmatic vex users to discuss lessons and ask questions?

Hi,

Currently no but you can email me about questions.

A brand new bonus chapter for Pragmatic VEX: Volume 1 is in the works that shows unconventional performance optimizations to gain extreme levels of performance out of complex networks.

Custom VEX-based Catmull-Clark Subdivide SOP is optimized to be up to 10 times faster, creating an even bigger performance gap with Houdini's subdivision algorithms used in the Subdivide SOP in some instances (Houdini Catmull-Clark and OpenSubdiv Catmull-Clark).

The new bonus chapter consists of 13 videos spanning over 1.5-2 hours (pending editing) reaching about 15 hours of total video length in the entire course in an already densely packed, highly planned and highly edited advanced VEX course for artists and TDs ready to get to the next level in Houdini.

Google is the latest company to join again the impressive list of companies and studios that use Pragmatic VEX: Volume 1 as part of their training. It shows how some companies truly value the growth of their employees, which makes it an even better place to work at!

Congratz, well deserved.
The amount of content in volume 1 is mind blowing. It is the gold standard for houdini training. Zero fluff, clear explanations followed by the implementation.

Will Volume 2 come this year?

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Congratz, well deserved.
The amount of content in volume 1 is mind blowing. It is the gold standard for houdini training. Zero fluff, clear explanations followed by the implementation.

Will Volume 2 come this year?

Thanks a lot, appreciate it!

Volume 2 will be out this year! Hopefully Q2, if not Q3 as this volume is longer than volume 1 so it takes more time.