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Updated on June 26  2024



Deborah R. Fowler



Houdini Lighting - Solaris/Karma

Posted Dec 2  2019
Updated on June 26  2024

Instanced Lights - Karma


Copies of lights - really is just an instance node. One thing I find quite confusing is that in the geometry (sops) context, "copy to points" copies the item on the left onto the source points of the item on the right. However, if you are in LOPS, copy to points is really a "instancer" node. Why SideFX provided the label "copy to points" I'm not certain. The node does not behave with the same logic as the sops context and the inputs are the opposite of what they are in sops. It would be helpful to be able to turn off the icon for the light (haven't found a way to do that yet).



H18 Example file here (now renders in H20)
NOTE: The default in H20 for the copy to points node has changed. The example file has been updated so that Method "Inherit" in the copytopoint1 node is correct.
H20 Example file here - be sure to also turn off use entire stage as prototype as noted below

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Also see Houdini 18 Launch Presentation Scott Keating example at time stamp 31:32