FennAnimations Nl

I have a some questions.

I can't get Camera focus Distance right, if I use F-Stop and the Focus Distance, and I want to focus on 1 object then either the background is blur or the foreground is blur.

(I work in Houdini Apprentice 19.5.493)

Finally, after many attempts, I managed to focus on one of the 100 Spheres, but I wanted to focus on a sphere closer to the camera, but that just didn't work.

Is there a simple way to use a Null object as a Focus Target? Because when I Animate the Camera it takes me a long time to focus again.

In Maya,Cinema4D and Blender I can place a Null object and link it to the Focus Distance of the Camera, how does that work here in Houdini?

If I place a Null Object in Houdini and link it to the camera and I move the Null, I move the whole Camera instead of the pure Focus.

Can someone help me with this and show me an example?

Small nuance I'm new (just two months) in Houdini, and I can make very basic expressions in Parameters but certainly no hard coding yet.

Should that be necessary?
The point is that I have a setup fairly quickly?

Thank you very much in advance!😉😃

Here are some examples:

Thank you for your comment!😁

Could you perhaps show a visual example of Knife Sop, Poly Split Sop and UV Texture Sop?

tamte
PolyExtrude SOP should have most of the options you need, are you looking for something more specific?

Well, take a crate for example and you want to extrude the cross beams out of it.

And I'm trying to understand what exactly Stage Tab is used for? Is that only for USD and VDB Imports/Exports? Or can you use that just like you use Geometry's in the OBJ Tab? I'm trying to understand the differences.
I do know that Stage is used with the Realtime Path Tracer.(Karma)

Once again thank you very much for your help!😃

PS.
I have added an example of a crate by which I mean the cross beams.😉

Hello all.

My name is Fenna.

First of all, I hope I put this in the right topic?

I'm new to Houdini (Apprentice), I've been taking an Online Course for Houdini for two months now, and I'm on lesson 15 of 195 , but I haven't learned how to use a Knife Tool yet.

I have years of working and experience with Maya, Cinema 4D and Blender.

I have three questions: And am I used to making extra Edges, Vertices, Inner and Outer cuts etc?
How can I do that easily in Houdini? My other question is: How to use Inner Extrude's, Outer Extrude's?
And how can I easily do Projected from View?
(name within Blender, to be able to project UV Textures, such as UV Smart Project, Project from View, Cube Project etc)

Are there Blender users who recognize this and know how you can easily apply this in Houdini?

I want to thank you in advance for your help with thinking along?

I really appreciate it already

Greetings, Fenna!