Hi,

I understand that Houdini is quite good at creating convincing particle effects. Now, I'm not rich - just a hobbyist - but I think I can afford the Indie licence if Houdini can satisfy my needs.

I'm an avid user of DAZ Studio which is where I like to create my scenes and to render still shots of them (no animation). But the only thing I'm missing is some special effects. I was wondering if it's possible to export a particle effect from Houdini into DAZ Studio and to render it there? To put it another way, is it possible, for example, to convert a Houdini particle effect into a .OBJ mesh (along with the UV mapping, and the shading (diffuse, specular, opacity, normal maps, etc.)) and bring it into DAZ Studio?


Thanks.

why not think about exporting your Daz objects to Houdini , then adding FX & rendering in mantra.

Rob

Wow, Houdini to Daz. I'm with Rob, but would go one step further and say…

Buy Houdini indie, and slowly stop using Daz.

You won't be able to reproduce the Mantra visual effects in DAZ studio using the OBJ format as a conduit. That format is very old and only supports limited material options.

But as circusmonkey suggests, DAZ exports should work very well with Houdini. I put together a short 12 minute tutorial on how to leverage OBJ sequences from programs like Poser/DAZ inside of Houdini.
https://vimeo.com/121902177 [vimeo.com]