Category Archives: Houdini

The last lesson of Houdini is to learn how to create a plain using the numerous nodes beginning with ‘height’. Then Medhi goes into how to create water within the plain. I didn’t get to attempt to make any terrains … Continue reading →

This lesson was based around continuing the hair simulation, rendering and to create the effect of walking the a terrain of grains like sand or something. I wasn’t able to do one myself but I did watch and take notes … Continue reading →

This lesson was the second part to lesson 6. Now we were on our way to finally fixing our building model, we could start thinking about the destruction part which was definitely more exciting. Here is where I figured out … Continue reading →

This lesson was all about how to use the Vellum Solver which create soft bodies. There was quite a lot to this lesson that I did as I really enjoyed the process and the outcomes I got. There were 3 … Continue reading →

In our lesson for week 5 with Medhi we just focused on this weeks project. The lesson is to teach us how to manage a big workspace. This one will be a two week project learning how to smash up … Continue reading →

This lesson was all about smoke and how to create it. This looked really facinating from all the examples Medhi showed us. From smoke you can make fire or magical illusions. There are a lot of possibilities as an effect … Continue reading →

Today we were learning how rendering worked in Houdini. I have experience in rendering in Maya now to it was definitely easier to understand in Houdini. Linearise everything when rendering HDRI images – photos used in sphere lighting (environment), linear … Continue reading →

So for this lesson we would be continuing from when we were building the cabin in the first lesson. Medhi said we could add to it e.g. another floor. Then we would crash up the cabin in his tutorial. Fracture … Continue reading →

Before diving into the next lesson we talked through how everyone found the cabin building. From what was said from other students, it looked as though people understood it enough. One student from another course showed his work and it … Continue reading →

We will be having online lessons with Medhi Daghfous who has specialised in the Houdini programme. Medhi started has been working with Houdini for 6 years in the industry. Photogrammetry Pipeline td Modelling & Environment Katenya Procedural way Learning the … Continue reading →