VFX
Destruction FX | Pyro FX | Fluid FX | Vellum | MPM | Realtime FX
Houdini FX empowers VFX artists with cutting-edge performance and physically realistic simulation tools to create stunning visuals for feature films, commercials and video games.
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Destruction FX
Rigid Bodies
Houdini’s industry-leading Destruction and Rigid Body Dynamics tools let you blow up buildings, create crumbling landscapes, or crash vehicles into a thousand pieces. Houdini gives you total control over every splinter, bounce, and collapse.
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Pyro FX
Fire & Smoke
Create breathtaking smoke, fire and explosions with the power of Houdini’s Pyro FX. Whether you're simulating a candle flame or a full-scale battlefield detonation, Houdini gives you the tools to craft these effects with precision and ease.
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Fluid FX
Water & Liquids
Make a splash with Houdini’s Fluid FX tools, the ultimate solution for simulating water, splashes, pouring liquids and majestic waterfalls. Craft photorealistic ocean waves or stylized fluids using Houdini to control the shape of the fluid at every stage.
Multi-Solvers
In the real world, effects collide, blend and react. Houdini’s powerful Multi-Solver systems such as Vellum and MPM let fluids, grains, cloth, snow and rigid bodies interact seamlessly, creating rich, physically accurate simulations all within a unified environment.
VELLUM
Soft Bodies, Grain +
Bring softness, stretch and flow to your VFX with Houdini’s Vellum tools, the go-to solution for fast and versatile cloth, hair, soft body and tissue simulations. Whether you're animating flowing fabric, jiggling creatures or dynamic rope and fibers, Vellum delivers natural motion with exceptional performance.
MPM
Snow, Mud and Jello
Step into the next generation of visual effects with Houdini’s Material Point Method (MPM) tools, designed to simulate complex materials like snow, sand, mud, and soft tissue with stunning realism. Create slushy impacts, deformable creatures, sticky surfaces, and more with physical accuracy and artistic control that brings your vision to life.
REALTIME FX
Gamedev Tools
Bring blockbuster-quality effects into your game with Houdini’s award-winning particle and dynamics tools. Perfect for prototyping interactive experiences, Houdini lets you create stunning FX using particles, rigid body destruction, fluids and more. Export seamlessly to vertex animation textures, sprites, vectors and flow maps to deliver high-performance visuals optimized for real-time gameplay.