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    Houdini Trace in camera space
    • May 5
    • 1 min

    Houdini Trace in camera space

    A very handy tool which I tend to use a lot, do you often find your self in a situation where you need a 3d object to match a live plate,...
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    Houdini ultimate waterfall setup (particle version)
    • Nov 13, 2021
    • 1 min

    Houdini ultimate waterfall setup (particle version)

    Creating a large scale waterfall never been easier, it came as a request from one my supporters on Patreon and after some testing well I...
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    Houdini Bricker
    • Oct 16, 2021
    • 1 min

    Houdini Bricker

    Slice any object vertically, horizontally or both with some randomness. I originally created it to create brick walls. As you can see in...
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    Houdini Volumetric Colored Trail
    • Sep 19, 2021
    • 1 min

    Houdini Volumetric Colored Trail

    The core part of this tool is to have at least a rough roto of your moving subject and for that I used Runwayml, it's an amazing platform...
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    Houdini paint peeling effect
    • Aug 4, 2021
    • 1 min

    Houdini paint peeling effect

    Peeling a wall hasn't been easier Tool's features: - currently working on plane surfaces, while can be applied to organic shapes but...
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    Snow surface cover (Houdini)
    • Jul 10, 2021
    • 1 min

    Snow surface cover (Houdini)

    A great tool to cover any surface with snow. Tool's features: - Covering was achieved by using "Mask by feature" you can specify the snow...
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    Houdini Cloud Lighting Baker v4 (Redshift version)
    • May 12, 2021
    • 1 min

    Houdini Cloud Lighting Baker v4 (Redshift version)

    The original tool can be found here... What's been updated: - Much faster setup (keep an eye on fps and performance monitor), normally...
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    Houdini uv suction
    • Apr 5, 2021
    • 1 min

    Houdini uv suction

    A simple setup that help you cheat a suction effect performed on the uv channel, features: - suction center, it has some limitations when...
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    Shark Leaping Out the Water (Houdini)
    • Mar 7, 2021
    • 2 min

    Shark Leaping Out the Water (Houdini)

    I did some upgrades on the old setup... And they are as follow: Flip: - Solve Pressure with adaptivity was enabled - I increased the...
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    Houdini mask pyro forces by speed and distance
    • Feb 8, 2021
    • 1 min

    Houdini mask pyro forces by speed and distance

    Adding more details to your smoke sometimes can be tricky and a straight forward Turbulence is not the answer, so in an attempt to bring...
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    Houdini Bricks Builder
    • Dec 8, 2020
    • 1 min

    Houdini Bricks Builder

    Bricks builder or as I like to call it "Brickfy" is a new tool that takes advantage of the amazing Chain sop introduced in Houdini 18.5...
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    Houdini Water Explosion
    • Nov 19, 2020
    • 1 min

    Houdini Water Explosion

    My take on water explosion, it's heavily inspired by Graham Matthew's setup. Tool's feature: - main plash done with flip. - secondary...
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    Houdini dirty fluid
    • Nov 9, 2020
    • 1 min

    Houdini dirty fluid

    In an attempt to mimic how dirt in water behaves, I created this simple setup Using different flip densities, which gave an acceptable...
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    Houdini Parachute (Vellum)
    • Oct 10, 2020
    • 1 min

    Houdini Parachute (Vellum)

    The anatomy of this setup goes like: - Box: Sadly still RBD doesn't interact quite well with vellum so I had to fake the rigidity of the...
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    Houdini Glue
    • Oct 3, 2020
    • 1 min

    Houdini Glue

    This setup is based on Arnold Song's technique presented in Sidefx Worldwide HUG | Los Angeles. I faced a problem with the constraint...
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    Houdini Dirt
    • Sep 15, 2020
    • 1 min

    Houdini Dirt

    Getting my self familiar with grain solver doing some stress and stability tests, I thought it might be helpful to share. As you can see...
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    Houdini Fireworks custom shape
    • Sep 5, 2020
    • 1 min

    Houdini Fireworks custom shape

    Skip to the 20s to see the tool in action and how does it function, it was based on the previous fireworks tool but with custom explosion...
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    Houdini (instancing,proxy,redshift rs....)
    • Aug 19, 2020
    • 1 min

    Houdini (instancing,proxy,redshift rs....)

    The most ultimate guide to redshift proxy, instancing, timeshifting rs sequence, not sure if I covered everything but what happened is...
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    Houdini Branching & Roots tool
    • Aug 6, 2020
    • 1 min

    Houdini Branching & Roots tool

    If you've tried the built in Labs Curve Branches tool then you'll know what I'm trying to achieve here, Despite looking so complex but...
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    Houdini Painting Flow
    • Jul 12, 2020
    • 1 min

    Houdini Painting Flow

    I was inspired by David Ferreira work that was featured on Houdini Hive 2020, so I thought of utilizing the flow field I created earlier...
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