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All posts by “Christopher Kopic”
Machine Learning with ONNX in Houdini 20
With Houdini 20 we got our first official machine learning node from SideFX. While we previously had example scene files that did machine learing related stuff or plugins like mlops, this is the first machine learning tool that you get just by installing Houdini. So […]
AHTYA 2.0 – pt.30: Smoke Stick Part 1 – Pyro Setup
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Melting Complex Objects Part 2 – Rendering
Welcome to the second and final part of our mini series on how to melt complex objects with fine details, textures and multiple materials. All without melting your pc as well! In the first part we built a setup to retain geometric detail and now […]
AHTYA 2.0 – pt.29: Microsplash Part 2 – Adding Bubbles
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Melting Complex Objects Part 1
You guys seem to like melting things! So over the next two free tutorials, we’re going to answer one of the more common questions: How to melt more complex objects with fine details, textures and multiple materials. All without melting your pc as well! Watch […]
AHTYA 2.0 – pt.28: Microsplash Part 1 – Flip Fluid Setup
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Sci Fi Panel Deformer with OpenSubDiv Patches
In this episode we’re using a little geometry processing trick to build a sci fi panel deformer, much like some of the tools in the Tissue addon for Blender. We’ll also learn how to use some of the OpenSubDiv functions within Vex in Houdini. Links […]
AHTYA 2.0 – pt.27: Vase Smash Part 2 – Adding Particles
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AHTYA 2.0 – pt.26: Vase Smash Part 1 – RBD Setup
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Particle Life in Houdini POPs
Particle Life is a new(ish), super popular autonomous agent system that is able to produce very organic, microorganism-like patterns with particles. So of course we had to build our own version in Houdini, right? In this video we’ll cover the basic ideas of Particle Life […]
AHTYA 2.0 – pt. 25: Dissolving Pill Part 2
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AHTYA 2.0 – pt. 24: Dissolving Pill Part 1
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AHTYA 2.0 – pt. 23: Houdini Simulations Overview
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New In Houdini 20: Cloud Workflow
Houdini 20 comes with a completely rebuilt cloud workflow, which makes it a whole lot easier to create a wide variety of realistic clouds. So let’s build one from scratch and take a look at the new cloud shape tools, noises and shaders! Download Project […]
Advanced Setups 29: Python State Sculptures
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AHTYA 2.0 – pt. 22: Swirly Rocks Projects Part 3
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AHTYA 2.0 – pt. 21: Understanding Vectors Part 2
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AHTYA 2.0 – pt. 20: Swirly Rocks Projects Part 2
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AHTYA 2.0 – pt. 19: Understanding Vectors Part 1
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AHTYA 2.0 – pt. 18: Swirly Rocks Project Part 1
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KineFX 101 – pt. 31: Fixing Faulty FBX Files
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AHTYA 2.0 – pt. 17: Dataviz Mini Project
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AHTYA 2.0 – pt. 16: Understanding VOPs in Houdini
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AHTYA 2.0 – pt. 15: City Model Mini Project
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Interference Patterns On Surfaces
Today we’re revisiting an old setup of ours: Creating intricate interference patterns using circular waves. Time has passed since Mo built the first version of this in 2018 and now, with Houdini 19.5, we got a new node that finally allows us to calculate those […]
AHTYA 2.0 – pt. 14: Intricate Torus Project
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AHTYA 2.0 – pt. 13: Understanding For Loops in Houdini
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AHTYA 2.0 – pt. 12: Rendering B: Octane Walkthrough
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AHTYA 2.0 – pt. 11: Rendering A: Overview and Preperations
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AHTYA 2.0 – pt. 10: Flower Tube Project Part 2
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AHTYA 2.0 – pt. 09: Understanding Points, Verts, Prims, Details and Edges
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AHTYA 2.0 – pt. 08: Understanding Attributes in Houdini
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Paper Folding with Vellum
In this video Chris covers a simple way of simulating origami like patterns in Houdini and Vellum, just using edge groups and (depending on how you count them) three or six lines of vex. We can very much recommend watching Junichiro Horikawa’s previous explorations on […]
Advanced Setups – pt.28: PyTorch Series 2b – Battle of the Latent Spaces
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Advanced Setups – pt.27: PyTorch Series 2a – Upgrading the Autoencoder
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AHTYA 2.0 – pt. 07: Understanding Groups in Houdini
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AHTYA 2.0 – pt. 06: Flower Tube Project Part 1
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Simulating a Belt Adjuster in Vellum
There are some setups that start out looking quite easy and then get harder the more you start thinking about them. And this belt adjuster is one of them because we got quite a few elements interacting with each other. As usual with Vellum, the […]
AHTYA 2.0 – pt. 05: Squishy Vellum Project Part 2
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AHTYA 2.0 – pt. 04: Squishy Vellum Project Part 1
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AHTYA 2.0 – pt. 00: Course Overview
We’re renewing our beginner course for Houdini. We’re creating “Adding Houdini To Your Arsenal 2.0”. The first version was one of the earliest courses on our Patreon and is now already four years old. Houdini has changed and so should this video series. So, get […]
AHTYA 2.0 – pt. 01: User Interface
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AHTYA 2.0 – pt. 02: Node Editor
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AHTYA 2.0 – pt. 03: Parameters, Keyframes & Basic Expressions
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Building a Latent Space in Houdini: Part 2 – Implementation
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Building a Latent Space in Houdini: Part 1 – Theory
This week we want to give you a lot more insight into what a latent space actually is and how it gets created. In this case not by using Stable Diffusion, but by building and training our own neural net inside Houdini, who’s only job […]
Strange Forests: Creating 2.5D Images with MLOPs and Faking DOF in Pointclouds
Now that MLOPs is released and available for everyone, let’s create some motion graphics using those new tools and combine them with other workflows we already know from Houdini. In this video Chris shows you how he created these strange forest renders while beta-testing MLOPs […]