Deborah R. Fowler
Resources for VSFX 728 Particles and Procedural Effects
Posted 2013Updated on March 17 2024
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Assignments are available online only.
- Please review the syllabus regularly during the quarter.
Due Dates (link to google calendar)
| Weight |
Requirements |
Reviews/Dailies |
Deadlines (by class number) | Grading |
Templates |
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| 5 |
Ex
1 |
out 1 |
due 4 (Vex/Vops) |
GR1 |
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| 20 |
Ex
2 |
out 3 |
due 6 (Particles) |
GR2 |
|||
| 10 |
Ex
3 |
out 6 |
due 8 (RBD - Light/Heavy) | GR3 |
|||
| 20 |
Ex
4 |
out 8 | continuous |
due 10 and 12 (Destruction/Pyro) |
GR4 |
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| 10 |
Project Blog |
out 10 |
continuous |
due 15
to start final 20 |
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| 25 |
Project |
out 1 |
prop 15 |
due 19 and 20 |
PGR |
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| 10 |
Professionalism including Hi-Res Stills |
Breakdown |
In keeping with creating a studio environment you will be expected to adhere to deadlines and show your work in progress in a "dailies" fashion.
Class Notes
On the SideFX website you will find a link to the Houdini documentation here.Class 1-20 please refer to the syllabus located on blackboard
Text: The VES Handbook of Visual Effects, Third Edition, Edited by Jeffrey A. Okun, Susan Zwerman, Focal Press, ISBN-13 978-1138542204
Top Picks for Read/View List:
The documentation provided with the houdini software is extensive and online. Specifically we will be using Houdini 19.5.640 and the links below will be very helpful:
Please read/view the following related to VEX/VOPS:
- http://www.deborahrfowler.com/HoudiniResources/VexVopsPython.html
- http://www.deborahrfowler.com/HoudiniResources/WrangleNodeExamples.html
- Len White has two excellent
recent videos (wrangle nodes)
- Escher in Houdini: Spirals (if you run into troubles I have created a hip file based on the tutorial)
- Escher in Houdini: Sphere Spirals (the key is in the profile curves, try it and if you have difficulty, I have created a hip)
- Anastasia Opera has a fun vex exercise For the Love of Sin
- Entagma makes snowflakes
with vex http://www.entagma.com/creating-a-procedural-snowflake/
- I also made a vop version on Phyllotaxis for those of you working on the seashells and needing more vop reference
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle_system
- http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini19.0/dyno/
- http://www.deborahrfowler.com/HoudiniResources/HoudiniParticlesInDynamics.html
- http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini19.0/dyno/rbd
- http://bulletphysics.org/wordpress/
- https://www.fxguide.com/featured/art-of-destruction-or-art-of-blowing-crap-up/
- http://www.deborahrfowler.com/HoudiniResources/RBD.html
Please read/view the following related to
Fluids:
- http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/fluid/index.html
- https://vimeo.com/295491505
(POP Fluid)
- http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/news/17/fluids.html
- https://vimeo.com/209763376 (Flip Fluids in Houdini 16)
- https://www.sidefx.com/tutorials/h15-masterclass-flip-workflow-enhancements/
- http://www.deborahrfowler.com/HoudiniResources/Fluids-liquid.html
- http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/news/17/fluids.html
- https://vimeo.com/225159293 (Pyro Illume Tips
and Tricks)
- http://www.deborahrfowler.com/HoudiniResources/Fluids-pyro.html