Houdini for Absolute Beginners

Learn Houdini and its awesome dynamic visual effects for film.

4.30 (60 reviews)
Udemy
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English
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3D & Animation
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480
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16 hours
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Nov 2022
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$59.99
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What you will learn

Create smoke and pyro simulations.

Create procedural geometry in houdini.

Create particle simulations

Create soft body simulations

Making fire effects

Description

Are you a beginner and want to learn all the Houdini effects?

Then I welcome you to Houdini for Absolute Beginners course.


WHY SHOULD YOU LEARN FROM ME:

Hello, my name is Shahzad Ahmad. I am a Houdini FX Artist. I am passionate about creating Visual Effects (explosions, smokes, fire, clouds, dust, particles, magic, etc.), as well as all kinds of destruction and fluids. I am a self-taught Artist. And I love watching science documentaries and Sci-Fi movies!


By the end of this course:

  • You will be able to work in Houdini with confidence.

  • You will be able to create procedural geometry in houdini.

  • You will be able to create smoke and pyro simulations.

  • You will be able to create particle simulations.

  • You will be able to create soft body simulations.


WHAT WILL I LEARN:

  • Houdini procedural workflow

  • Geometry Attributes

  • Geometry Grouping

  • Scattering multiple objects

  • Working with VOPs

  • Writing VEX Code

  • Geometry data types

  • Houdini volumes

  • Building smoke simulation network

  • Building pyro simulation network

  • Working with ACES color space

  • Create particles FX

  • Working with grains

  • Create rigid body simulations

  • Geometry fracturing techniques

  • Working with RBD Constraints

  • Working with vellum solver

  • Create vellum soft bodies

  • Vellum constraints

  • Creating flip fluids

  • Rendering flip fluids

  • Rendering with Karma XPU


COURSE PROJECTS:

We will start with the basic houdini navigation and get familiar with the user interface. And then we will talk about geometry grouping and geometry attributes and create two procedural projects. First we will create a procedural spiral staircase and then procedural nuclear reactor cooling tower. After that we will learn about VEX and VOPs working with VOPs and writing VEX code and we will create projection deformers both in VEX and VOPs. After we have good understanding with houdini SOPs then we will dive into houdini DOP land and create dynamics simulations we will learn about volumes and voxels and build a smoke simulation network. After that we will learn about pyro solvers and create fire simulations to generate sparks for fire and then we learn about explosions and create an explosion project. After that we learn about particles, setting up particle simulation networks to work with particle forces and we will create our own custom forces to drive particle simulation. And then we will learn about grains, how to activate grains and create sand simulation. After that we will learn about rigid body simulations and setup RBD simulation networks and we will learn different geometry fracturing techniques and we learn about constraints, how to create constraints and different constraints types. And after that we will learn about vellum to create soft bodies simulation and learn about different vellum constraints and how to dynamically adjust constraints while simulating. And we will finish this course out with flip fluids and we learn how to set up a flip simulation network. We will learn about flip viscosity to create viscous fluids. And we will render all our projects in Karma renderer. We will learn how to import geometry in Solaris for rendering and we will learn about Karma XPU for rendering.


IS THIS COURSE RIGHT FOR ME:

I have designed this course for beginners who want to learn Houdini.


WHAT SHOULD I KNOW OR HAVE FOR THE COURSE:

  • I expect you to have some sort of basic 3D knowledge.

  • You should have Houdini installed on your computer.


JOIN ME NOW:

So if you want to learn Houdini and want to create procedural geometry and FX, then join me now. Hope to see you in the course.



Content

01 Introduction

Introduction
Download Project Files

Chapter 02 - Getting Started

User Interface
Import Geometry
Geometry Grouping
Attributes
Attribute Transfer
Attribute From Pieces
Scatter And Align
Orientation Along Curve
Working With Chain SOP

Chapter 03 - Procedural Modeling

Procedural Staircase
Create Houdini Digital Asset
Procedural Nuclear Cooling Tower
Tower Railings
Tower Base
Nuclear Cooling Tower HDA

04 Intro To VEX And VOPs

Intro To VEX And VOP
Geometry Manipulation With VOPs
Noise And Ramps in VOPs
Importing Attributes In VOPs
Writing VEX Code
Projection Deformer In VOPs
Projection Deformer In VEX

05 Smoke And Pyro

Volume And Voxels
SDF Volume
Clouds With Fog Volume
Smoke Simulation
Exploring Pyrosolver
Divergence Field Demonstration
Large Scale Smoke
Write Smoke Cache
Setting Up ACES
Rendering Smoke
Creating Fire Simulation
Volume Deform
Adding Sparks In Fire
Rendering Fire And Sparks
Pyro Burst Source
Setting Up Explosion Sim
Adding Smoke Trails
Create Blast Rings
Rendering Explosion

06 Particles

Intro To POP Network
Particles Forces
POP Axis And Curve Force
Custom Particles Forces
POP Replicate
Particles Advection
Rendering Particles
Setting Up Growth Attribute
Particle Simulation
Render Setup

07 Grains

Setting Up Grains
Activating Grains
Render Grains
Grains Soft Bodies

08 RBD Dynamics

Setting Up Basic RBD Sim
Fracturing Geometry
RBD Cluster
Boolean Fracture
RBD Activation
RBD Constraints

09 Vellum

Vellum Basics
Vellum Soft Bodies
Vellum Pressure Constraint
Vellum Shape Match
Vellum Hair
Vellum Cloth Tearing
Vellum Brush
Vellum Grains

10 Flip Fluids

Basic Flip Simulation
Flip Tank
Flip Viscosity
Meshing Fluid
Rendering Flip Fluids

11 Conclusion

Thank You

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Reviews

Marsel
March 22, 2023
Not beginner friendly. He's as if showing and telling his professional workflows. Nodes are not explained and what nodes does what. Beginners expect that. You are treating like everyone should know this by birth.
Sébastien
March 14, 2023
The course is very good overall. Many things are seen and the pedagogy makes sense. However, some things should be more in depth (what does the node we use do more precisely, what is the global reasoning of the chosen solution). The teacher's tone is too neutral and lacks a bit of energy; we hear too many "OK! as well, etc.". I recommend this course to anyone who wants to start FX with Houdini.
Mohammad
March 11, 2023
If you are an absolute beginner looking to learn Houdini, then the "Houdini for Absolute Beginners" course on Udemy is a great starting point. This comprehensive course provides an in-depth introduction to Houdini's procedural workflow, which is a unique feature that sets Houdini apart from other 3D animation and visual effects software. Throughout the course, you will learn about a wide range of topics, including geometry attributes, grouping, scattering, VOPs, VEX code, volumes, smoke and pyro simulation networks, particles FX, grains, rigid body simulations, geometry fracturing techniques, RBD constraints, vellum solver, vellum soft bodies, vellum constraints, flip fluids, and rendering with Karma XPU. The instructor does a great job of breaking down complex concepts into easy-to-understand lessons, making it accessible to beginners. The hands-on approach to learning is another strength of the course, as students are provided with several exercises and projects that allow them to apply what they have learned in a practical setting. Overall, I would highly recommend the "Houdini for Absolute Beginners" course to anyone looking to learn Houdini's procedural workflow. The course provides an excellent introduction to Houdini's capabilities, and the hands-on approach to learning makes it easy to apply what you have learned in a practical setting.
Hanna
December 27, 2022
I'm very beginner in Houdini and 3d at all and I've seen a lot of tutorials. So this course for me, for now is the best. Thank you
Shaiksameer
December 10, 2022
the course is good but the teacher need's to be more open and excited he kind of sounds unmotivated and i think beginner's don't feel the excitement for themselves other then it is a fine course

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