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Houdini is a 3D procedural software for modeling, rigging, animation, VFX, look development, lighting and rendering in film, TV, advertising and video game pipelines.
Houdini is built from the ground up to be a procedural system that empowers artists to work freely, create multiple iterations and rapidly share workflows with colleagues.
What's New in H21 Houdini 21 introduces major updates across the pipeline, including enhancements to KineFX with a new motion mixer, animation catalog, Autorig Builder, and improved muscle system. Copernicus gains a sparse GPU Pyro FX solver, reaction diffusion effects, texture baking, while Solaris adds Shot Builder, Live Rendering, and Karma support for Hydra 2 and Gaussian Splats. The ...
Geometry How Houdini represents geometry and how to create and edit it. Copying and instancing How to use copies (real geometry) and instances (loaded or created at render time). Heightfields and terrains How to use Houdini’s heightfield tools to generate realistic terrains. Animation How to create and keyframe animation in Houdini. Digital assets Digital assets let you create reusable nodes ...
Houdini Apprentice is a free version of Houdini FX which can be used by students, artists and hobbyists to create personal non-commercial projects. With Houdini Apprentice, you have access to virtually all of the features of the award-winning Houdini FX to develop your skills and work on personal projects.
Start Here Foundation lessons take you from the ground up in Houdini's node-based procedural workflows. Learn about key tools and techniques as you run through lessons and build simple projects from scratch. Watch the lessons as videos or read the downloadable PDFs. Visit the Foundations Learning Path to take your first steps into Houdini.