Houdini Resources

Updated on June 26  2024

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• Introduction
• Sidefx
• Sidefx Documentation

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Quick Links

• Overview
  
• Troubleshooting
  
• Tips and Tricks (pictoral)
• Math for VSFX
  

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  Rendering
  
• Karma and Houdini
  
• Redshift and Houdini
  
• USD and Houdini
• Command Line Render

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Wrangles

• VEX/VOPS /a little Python
• Wrangle nodes
• Wrangle node examples
• Wrangle Syntax Quick
  

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Other

• Intro Tutorials (350/721)
• Advanced (428/728)
• RBD | Bullet
• Particle Dynamics
  
• Fluids - liquid
  Fluids - pyro
  Oceans
  OpenVDB
  
• Crowds
• Height Fields
• Material Style Sheets
• Fur
• 3D Printing

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• Houdini in Motion Media
• Houdini in Games

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copyright © Deborah R. Fowler

Deborah R. Fowler

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Houdini Lighting Overview

Posted Dec 12  2017
Updated on June 24  2024

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LOOK DEV

Lighting Intro

***Lighting in Houdini (KARMA-CPU/GOLD XPU)

• Basics: Types
• Render basics (materials/shadows/render nodes)
• Instanced Lights

***Lighting in Houdini Redshift

• see Overview of Redshift
• Instanced Lights in Redshift

Lighting in Houdini (MANTRA)

• Basics: Types, Attenuation
  
• Instancing (my favorite!)
  
• Instancing with Geometry (read above section first)
  
• Linking (powerful but be careful!)
• Render basics (materials/shadows/render nodes)
  
• Passes (not Layers) = lighting and Layers (not Passes) = geometry

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