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Sep 5, 2020
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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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Aug 19, 2020
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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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Aug 6, 2020
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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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Aug 1, 2020
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Houdini Beach FLIP Simulation

Test after another until I reached more than 40 iterations each taking more that 8 hours to sim over a span of a month, finally reached...

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Jul 12, 2020
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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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Jul 3, 2020
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Houdini Flow Field

I did a small research around vector and flow fields and came across this blog post. so inspiring but didnt mention how exactly it was...

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Jun 17, 2020
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Houdini Vellum hair (up res)

A nice trick that will allow you to up res an already simmed vellum hair, in my example I simmed only 350 hairs and boosted them to 5000....

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Jun 7, 2020
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Houdini Vellum balloons (wire cut supported)

I built upon the old balloons setup and added the following: - string will cut now at a specific threshold and a specific point. - new...

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May 5, 2020
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Houdini fountain

I tried creating this effect a couple of years ago but "Pop fluid" wasn't added to Houdini yet also the fluid sourcing back then was...

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May 4, 2020
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Houdini edge selection to curve

Update: apparently Houdini has a beta tool for that under the Labs section called "edgegroup_to_curve", it will save you a couple of...

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May 2, 2020
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MBC1 Ramadan 2020 TV spots (Fananees)

I was tasked with creating the water simulation inside the washing machine in the first spot, I used Houdini to do so and the challenges...

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Apr 5, 2020
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Houdini Fireworks

I started with the firework shelf tool thinking that it will give me the ultimate solution, but as most of you know it doesn't do much,...

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Mar 11, 2020
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Houdini Hologram (animated object upgraded)

Well if you've been following along the updates done for the Image base hologram then this would be a natural next step, I just added the...

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Mar 2, 2020
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Houdini Hologram (image based)

Remember the old Hologram tool Well I pushed it more so it now has a light source with some nice volumetric effect. Download...

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Feb 9, 2020
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Houdini Deforming Flip

Well if you are looking for the technique behind Spider Man the water rise monster shot then you are in the right place. I found two ways...

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Jan 11, 2020
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MBC1 Hyperloop 2019 TV series (Intro)

Director: Aws Alsharqi VFX TD: Alaa Alnahlawi It was a hell of a project over 20 shots in less than two weeks doing scene extension, 3d...

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Dec 26, 2019
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Houdini Fish School

In short a simple fish system which includes: - Avoiding each other. - Avoiding obstacles. - Controllable range at where the fish will...

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Nov 10, 2019
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MBC IRAQ 2019 TV Spots

This project was a bit different since my tasks weren't all about 3d fx, in addition I did some 2d texture replacement, matte painting...

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Nov 2, 2019
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Houdini mixing smoke colors with different densities

Doing colored smoke used to be a bit of a hassle in Houdini but as of version 17 it became easier and here I'm showing it with a density...

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Oct 16, 2019
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Houdini Vellum balloons (scene file)

A simple setup to create balloons, Tool's features: - Different string length (yup I used strings not cloth for the wires) - Balloons...

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