Houdini Tech Art – Vertex Density Heatmap
Release date:2020
Author:Alex Stroukoff
Skill level:Beginner
Language:English
Exercise files:Yes
This course is a Houdini Only course. In this course you will learn how to create a Vertex Density Heatmap, which is a simple tool to visualize the Vertex Count of a mesh, and can be used to help optimize a mesh, or for motion design purposes.
This course is a great way to get started with Houdini, and get started as a Technical Artist. Everything done here will achievable with Houdini Apprentice which is totally free.
We will cover a lot of aspect of Houdini, and I’ll try my best to explain everything used to achieve the tool.
Covered topics :
What’s is a context ? ( SOP, VOP, Scene…)
What’s an attribute ?
Basic VOP
Example of more advanced VEX
Attribute promotion