This course isn’t about button-mashing. It’s about understanding the why behind Houdini’s architecture. Kate Xagoraris walks you through the history of computer graphics systems, showing you exactly…
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A focused, hands-on course that walks you through building a mystique effect in Houdini using VEX code. You’ll learn how quaternions and matrices work in practice, not…
This course, taught by VFX artist Liam Whitehouse, focuses on creating detailed pyrotechnic explosions using Houdini, the Axiom GPU solver, and Karma XPU in Solaris. You’ll learn…
A deep, practical look at Houdini’s Pyro solvers. This course skips the fluff and gets straight into the math and logic that drive explosion simulations. You’ll build…
This course walks you through building a full avalanche VFX rig in Houdini, from setting up source points and grains to rendering and compositing. You’ll work with…
A practical, hands-on course that walks you through the entire pipeline of destroying a building in Houdini, from a real-world photograph to a final VFX composite. You’ll…
This course is a straight-up, practical guide to building a full open ocean simulation in Houdini. You’ll go from prepping geometry to rendering with Redshift and doing…
This module focuses on the nitty-gritty of river dynamics using Houdini’s Flip solver. You’ll move past the basics and get into the real-world techniques needed for production-level…
This two-part course is a straight-up deep dive into large-scale fluid FX in Houdini. Part 1 covers the heavy lifting: building ocean layers, flip simulations, white water,…
A 5-hour workshop by VFX Artist David Silberbauer that walks you through building a swamp monster entirely in Houdini. No other software needed. You’ll set up a…
This course breaks down how visual effects actually work in big-budget cinema. Carolina Jiménez García, a layout artist who’s worked on The Hobbit and Star Trek Beyond,…
This course walks you through the full grooming pipeline for animated characters, using a cartoony hyena as the project. You’ll learn how to use Houdini for procedural…