JETPACK CRAIG - HOUDINI (PYRO/THRUSTERS/XPU)

🚀 Houdini Jetpack FX – Full Series Overview 🚀

In this series, we build a complete jetpack FX shot from scratch starting with attaching the jetpack to a deforming character all the way to final rendering in Solaris (Karma XPU).

🔥 What you’ll learn:

• Fixing attachment issues on deforming geometry (beyond basic Copy to Points)

• Tracking motion using localized scattering + transform extraction

• Using Point Deform for stable attachments on animated Alembic assets

• Creating realistic thruster exhaust with particles velocity smoke workflow

• Smart emission: dust only where motion exists

• Enhancing pyro with disturbance, damping & vortex confinement

• Breaking uniform motion with animated noise

• Full Solaris setup: camera, lighting, HDRI & MaterialX shading

• Smoke shading, volume limits & fiery thruster look

• Final render setup using Karma XPU + denoising

🎯 This series focuses on practical, production-ready workflows not just simulations, but making them look cinematic.

📂 Project files included so you can follow along step-by-step.

If you like this approach, check out our free demo classes - demo.indianvfxschool.com

Our upcoming advanced course: Houdini Hollywood. www.indianvfxschool.com/HoudiniHollywood