Whirlpool (Houdini)
Whirlpool Sop tool, a relatively fast and cheep way to create a whirlpool by generating a radial uv on a mesh to drive a noise map,...
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Aug 271 min read
Snow imprints (Houdini mpm solver)
With the introduction of the new Houdini 20.5 mpm solver I had to upgrade my old snow vellum setup to use the the new toy, it's much...
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Jun 101 min read
Leds Grid (Houdini)
Leds Grid is a simple setup to create such nice effect, you can control: - lines density. - leds density per line. - volume shape. -...
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Apr 281 min read
Houdini Snow imprints
Compared to my previous setup this one uses real simulation and collision: - I used a sop solver a couple of times with different mesh...
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Mar 91 min read
Houdini Snow print setup
Snow prints setup, a fake method to carve a surface, by: - raycasting the mesh to conform to the collision mesh using a solver. -...
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Aug 13, 20231 min read
Houdini Voronoi morph
Morph one object to another in a voronoi style, tool's features: - It's not a solver based, changes can be seen realtime. - Morph type:...
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Jul 8, 20231 min read
Houdini Flip mask stick on collision
Creating a custom volume stick mask around collision object to guide your fluid behavior (stick/slide) on that surface. I made it using...
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Jan 15, 20231 min read
Sort points by distance (Houdini file)
An attempt to sort two groups of points so each point will find its closest pair in the target group, and it works like this: - first we...
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Oct 18, 20221 min read
Glowy lake (Houdini)
I was amazed by this bioluminescent phenomena in Australia so I tried to mimic it in Houdini, nothing complex it's just a: - flip...
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Jul 6, 20221 min read
Houdini group by distance
It's a little trick I would like to share with you guys, if you were asked to group a bunch of points based on their distance to another...
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May 5, 20221 min read
Houdini Trace in camera space
A very handy tool which I tend to use a lot, do you often find your self in a situation where you need a 3d object to match a live plate,...
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Nov 13, 20211 min read
Houdini ultimate waterfall setup (particle version)
Creating a large scale waterfall never been easier, it came as a request from one my supporters on Patreon and after some testing well I...
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Oct 16, 20211 min read
Houdini Bricker
Slice any object vertically, horizontally or both with some randomness. I originally created it to create brick walls. As you can see in...
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Sep 19, 20211 min read
Houdini Volumetric Colored Trail
The core part of this tool is to have at least a rough roto of your moving subject and for that I used Runwayml, it's an amazing platform...
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Aug 4, 20211 min read
Houdini paint peeling effect
Peeling a wall hasn't been easier Tool's features: - currently working on plane surfaces, while can be applied to organic shapes but...
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Jul 10, 20211 min read
Snow surface cover (Houdini)
A great tool to cover any surface with snow. Tool's features: - Covering was achieved by using "Mask by feature" you can specify the snow...
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Jun 14, 20211 min read
Houdini recursive cloth tearing
Remember the Recursive Fracturing tool. Well it's the same idea but done with vellum. Features: - Activation stage, cloth will freeze...
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May 12, 20211 min read
Houdini Cloud Lighting Baker v4 (Redshift version)
The original tool can be found here... What's been updated: - Much faster setup (keep an eye on fps and performance monitor), normally...
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Apr 5, 20211 min read
Houdini uv suction
A simple setup that help you cheat a suction effect performed on the uv channel, features: - suction center, it has some limitations when...
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Mar 7, 20212 min read
Shark Leaping Out the Water (Houdini)
I did some upgrades on the old setup... And they are as follow: Flip: - Solve Pressure with adaptivity was enabled - I increased the...
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