Hey there,
I was scrolling through twitter today and saw a bunch of my favorite software was doing nice Black Friday discounts. I have been interested in the Houdini Indie edition but I don't even know how to use Houdini yet but I know that if I were to just go ahead and get it, it would force me to finally spend some time learning it, lol. So I was wondering if anyone happens to know if SideFX does any sort of Black Friday sales on Houdini?

Thanks!

It doesn't look like they do.
I think the price for the Indie version is already very reasonable. I don't know of any other package that offers Indie users so much at a similar price point.
You can do everything with an apprentice edition, it's just not for commercial purposes and has a render resolution cap( 720p ) and watermark.
As the indie versions are rentals, you'd probably be better of waiting until you need it for commercial purposes or want to remove the render limitations.

FDX3245,
I appreciate the reply. I am in no way disputing that it is a reasonable deal, I am just more of a… hardcore hobbyist? I don't know what to call it. I have no intention of making any return on my investment into anything I do, I am just very passionate about learning and doing.

Lately, I have been trying my hand at animation and short cinematic creation with Unity and the HD Render Pipeline and wanted to beef up my blood effects and several more that I plan to make. (https://youtu.be/pi7564A15u4), and I figured the Indie version of Houdini might help out, as I believe I would have to export it out to Alembic (I am not quite sure yet, though, if that is the proper way to go about it) and I don't believe I can do so with Apprentice, and even if I could, I would prefer no watermark or anything. Plus, as I mentioned, when I pay for something, I am much more likely to learn it, as was the case with Akeytsu, and a few other tools. I am also a fan of spending *less* when I can, though, lol.

It is definitely no problem if there is no sale, I was simply wondering as I am trying to get a list together so I don't forget to grab anything that I am wanting.

Thanks,
- instanceid

Houdini Apprentice might, not sure though.

Apprentice won't. Left of field option FXPhd are doing a Black Friday sale $66 a month for their premium tier You can use their licence servers for Houdini FX (and a bunch of other software) as well as download your fill of their courses. Not a realistic forever option - but last year I did it for 4m. Since then a few new good Houdini tutorials have dropped so I signed up again.

I am a hobbyist as well and use Indie, I like the fact I can export FBX to substance painter which you cannot do in Apprentice and run Houdini engine for Unity.