RAPID ASSET CREATION WITH MIDI

Using MIDI devices with Houdini is a great and easy way to supercharge creative workflows, whether it's modelling, animation or getting better results from procedural generators.

In the first half of this online course, the viewer will learn how to create procedural floral asset from scratch with the help of VEX and apply asset design considerations for the MIDI mapping. In the second half, the student will learn how to write the convenient automatic MIDI mapper in Python. The tutorial will provide a solid roadmap on how to get started with Python in Houdini, explaining concepts such as: parms, parm tuples, tracks, getting and setting node data, debugging workflows, creating node networks programmatically, using HDA modules and much more.

This course has been designed for Houdini enthusiasts as well as professional modelers, motion graphic designers, animators and pipeline developers. It can also be interested for creative technology professionals and game developers.

Requirements: intermediate Houdini, basic knowledge of programming concepts.

After viewing this course, people can expect to be able to get more confident with VEX and procedural design, get started with writing their own Python nodes in Houdini and get inspired to supercharge their workflows with MIDI-controlled interfaces. For those, who doesn’t want to go through the Python chapter, a universal MIDI mapper asset and the full video manual on how to use it is available in the files section.  This mapper can be used with any devices and any other assets from the student’s personal library.