Applied Houdini VOLUMES V – EXPLOSIONS
Release date:2020, October 9
Author:Steven Knipping
Skill level:Intermediate
Language:English
Exercise files:Yes
Welcome to Applied Houdini Volumes V – Explosions, where we’ll talk all about how to simulate, shade, and render a cinematic explosion in Houdini! We’ll start by learning to create and control combustion style simulations in the sparse pyro solver, and then take it further by using PDG to run a bunch of wedged sims so that we can work more effeciently. Custom simulation and post-simulation techniques, together with custom shader and lighting strategies, will allow us to create production quality work in ways that out of the box tools just can’t. After some compositing, we’ll end up with a great explosion – but more importantly, the knowledge and confidence to hack solvers and shaders to create all kinds of effects! Master all this and more right now with Applied Houdini Volumes V – Explosions.
01. Introduction
02. Basic setup
03. Basic source
04. Temperature
05. Flame
06. Divergence
07. Combustion
08. Tweaks
09. Particle sim
10. Volume source
11. Source velocity
12. Caching
13. Disturbance
14. Speed
15. Combustion tweaks
16. Preamble
17. Setup
18. Presentation
19. Compiling
20. Tweaks
21. More wedging
22. Setup
23. Flame refinement
24. Color
25. Scatter
26. Customize shader A
27. Customize shader B
28. HQ
29. Ground plane
30. Volume light
31. Setup
32. Bloom
33. Conclusion
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