Houdini (Animation and Design Tools)

Houdini Sites:

InsideCG Community - Houdini InsideCG Community - Houdini: Forum for finding help and information on the workings of Houdini. (Houdini) http://www.cgchat.com/board/forumdisplay.php?s=929d716756404f6f45e263746cdf074e&forumid=23 od[force] od[force]: Serving the Houdini community with scripts, shaders, tutorials, plugins and codes. A forum is available for help and links to other Houdini related material. (Houdini) http://www.odforce.net/ Expression2houdini Expression2houdini: Two tutorials one will show how to set up a simple control panel using expressions, the other faking global illumination in Houdini with Vmantra. (Houdini) http://www.lewkiw.com/ Using Houdinis Particle System Using Houdinis Particle System: A quick example of how to use particles to create a field of grass complete with a gentle wind blown effect in Houdini. The file has two components: the source geometry and the particle system. (Houdini) http://www.digitalproducer.com/pages/using_houdinis_particle_system.htm Smoke Shader Tutorial Smoke Shader Tutorial: Methods for creating smoke from within Houdini. One method uses the point SOP and renders with mantra, and the other uses a Renderman shader. (Houdini) http://www.odforce.net/tips/smoke.htm B.FX B.FX: A few interface scripts, shaders, and links to Houdini site. (Houdini) http://b.fx.free.fr Techimage Techimage: UK distributors of Houdini. Tutorials and Apprentice download available. (Houdini) http://www.techimage.co.uk/ Side Effects Software Side Effects Software: Creators of Prisms and Houdini, procedural 3D animation and special effects tools for film, broadcast, entertainment and visualization production. (Houdini) http://www.sidefx.com/ El Kabong El Kabong: Discover the 10 basic tricks, plus 3 more that combine the tricks for the CHOPs Editor in Houdini. (Houdini) http://www.elkabong.com/ Houdini Animation Software Forums Houdini Animation Software Forums: This is an open forum for users of Houdini animation software. (Houdini) http://www.odforce.net/forum Tutorial Abstract: Houdini Basic Surface and Solid Meshing Tutorial Abstract: Houdini Basic Surface and Solid Meshing: Algor's keystroke-specific, step-by-step tutorials are distributed electronically in a format that customers can easily print out. (Houdini) http://www.algor.com/news_pub/adw/1998/julsep98/tutor_04.asp?sQuery=Houdini