there is another thread asking how a body is to go about really learning houdini. well, it was my desire and endeavor to simply and solidly answer that question in writing this book. i hope you find the book useful and perhaps even, at times, entertaining. if you have any suggestions, comments, notes on possible errors, etc, please do send over an email to willauthor@gmail.com.
salud,
will
oh yes, did you have a part in making the potter, vrljc? i had seen the short film several times and loved the endearing nature of it. thomson suggested using a frame from it and i chose the one that is now on the cover. if you did have a part to play in the short, thank you much! as i can't think of a more perfect visual expression for the intention of the book.
Yes, I did the FX on the cover. I am glad you liked the short film. The crew of us who worked on the cover are honored to be able to supply the image, as we are all GREATLY looking forward to getting our hands on a copy of the book.
Its kinda funny with Houdini that just when you think you know the package, you can always find a new area to dive deeper into. I hope I can do that some more using the material in the book.
It's funny you say that, just proofreading parts of it I learned a lot, and I've been using it since version 0.9beta ! I don't think it's possible to know everything about it… though some in R+D might disagree )
Cheers,
Pete rB
Cheers,
Peter Bowmar ____________ Houdini 20.5.262 Win 10 Py 3.11
yes indeed. i'll be compiling any corrections that readers send over to willauthor@gmail.com and updating an errata section on the thomson website once a month or so. it will be put up some time next week. hopefully, it won't be too abundant.
Ok… i preferred to spend some time (and damn i did it! ehe) reading it before expressing my comments on the book.
when I recieved it .. i actually was with Andrew Quinn talking about Houdini and pipelines.. and such… I took a fast view of the book.. but i had no much time to read it until later in the evening after my dinner… at first I was a bit..“oh no.. its for noobs”… after half hour .. “oh damn … that's a great book”.
Its a great book.. nicely wrote (friendly and really clear and explanatory), with nice examples that points at the real meaning of the tool or chapter explained.
The more i read… the more i love it.
POP's intro by Caleb Howard simply impressed me and left me wordless… stil cant believe at what i've read there..
just a point … about point and copy Sop's, that's true, you'd need an entire book about those two incredibly powerfull tool… then why you didnt gone a bit deeper with some more examples?.. i expected a bit more about those two SOPs. I also expected a bit more about Expressions but they are wide spreaded around the chapters so I might bewrong yet.. (wasnt supposed to be last chapter Variables and Expression?)
I still have to read it entirely obviosuly.. and I guess I'll do it many and many times.. again.. I love this book.