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TOTAL DURATION: 6h 19m 29s

This comprehensive Houdini 20.5 Muscle masterclass series is for both new and seasoned Houdini users. The masterclass covers geometry preparation for your muscles and bones, thorough walk-throughs of all the Houdini muscle nodes, and advanced specialty topics. Along the way, you will learn common pitfalls and problems to look out for and how to deal with them. Furthermore, you will learn tips to make your setup easier and less confusing. The example files will be available for download to follow along.

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Liesbeth_Levick
LIESBETH LEVICK

Liesbeth Levick is a Character Effects Technical Director at Side Effects Software, focusing on Muscles and Tissues. She studied Astrophysics and then moved on to work in grooming and CFX at animation and visual effects studios in South Africa and Canada. Her production experience includes creating tools and workflows for CFX in Houdini and helping transition studios to a Houdini-based CFX pipeline. Her familiarity with both artistic and technical roles drives her to build tools to make the lives of CFX artists easier.

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COMMENTS

  • Vivis 1 year ago  | 

    Thank you so much for creating such a great tutorial. It's helping me a lot.

  • Samah 1 year ago  | 

    Thank you so much for this tutorial. I really needed it. I'm looking forward to the release of the tissue pass.

  • jegupi 1 year ago  | 

    Good one, thanks for sharing

  • BSwarth 1 week, 1 day ago  | 

    Are the general concepts in this tutorial series still relevant with the introduction on Otis in H21? How has the workflow changed with Otis?

  • Liesbeth_Levick 1 week ago  | 

    I am working on an updated Masterclass for H21, but I will be referring back to this Masterclass a lot, so it is still worth watching. I'd recommend putting down an "Otis Muscle and Tissue Simulation" recipe from the SOP tab menu, and then comparing the nodes in there to what is mentioned in these videos to give you an idea of what is the same and what is different. I can't give a comprehensive overview of the differences here, but the biggest difference is that we no longer use Muscle-to-Muscle or Muscle-to-Bone constraints in Otis, instead relying on the fascia or the tissue to hold the muscles in place, so you can skip videos 11 and 12 (10 still has useful information on attachment candidates, which we use for Muscle Glue). Apart from that there is the new tension line and activation workflow that isn't Otis specific, but is new in H21, although the old method can still be used in more or less the same way, you'll notice that the Muscle Flex interface is a bit different. You can also watch Kai's Siggraph Hive presentation, or my Tokyo Hive presentation (which covers the new tension line and activation workflow) to get a better idea of the new features and differences. Lastly, there is a lot of information in the documentation - https://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/news/21/muscles.html and https://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/muscles/index.html are good places to start. I hope that helps tide you over until the new Masterclass is released!

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