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Aug 8, 2018
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Houdini Reflection Vector (vex)

I was doing some particle collision and needed some control over the after hit vel vector, did some research and came up with this...

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Aug 6, 2018
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Houdini Impact Attribute

Extracting impact data is not one of the most straight forward thing you can get out of an RBD, specially when you want it as an...

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Aug 3, 2018
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Got Featured in Houdini Customer Reel 2018

لله الحمد من قبل ومن بعد تم ادراج أحد أعمالي ضمن بورتفوليو شركة ال Sidefx لعام 2018 , وهي الشركة الصانعة لبرنامج ال Houdini أحد أقوى...

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Aug 2, 2018
1 min

Houdini Glitters

I created this setup in an attempt to replicate what I normally achieve using 3dsmax PFlow, so this setup has the following...

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Jul 28, 2018
1 min

The Cosmic Collection

The collection articulates the beauty and romance of the Moon, Planets and Galaxies first explored and celebrated in the late fifties,...

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Jul 13, 2018
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Houdini UV to world position

It simply works by sampling the target object uv and extract the world position from it, then apply that to our desired shape or object....

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Jul 7, 2018
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Houdini Rotation matrix (vex)

Matrices is a complex topic for artists, no one can doubt that so I tried my best to put all the known vex method to rotate an object...

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Jul 2, 2018
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Dubai Ramadan Idents 2018

Directed by: Usama Alsharqi VFX: Alaa Alnahlawi Producer: Reem Emad Production House: Yara Media - Dubai Executive Producer: Aws...

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Jun 23, 2018
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Houdini Adaptive shape sampling

I faced a scenario where I had to deal a very dense shape and do some extrusion and bevel and with that amount of points it was so heavy...

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Jun 19, 2018
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Velocity field based on normals

Compared to the previous version I added proximity activation where the speed of particles will excel gradually so it give a clean blend...

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Jun 17, 2018
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Houdini Helix (vex)

Well coming from 3ds max it really bugged me that there is no helix shape in Houdini till I thought of going back lol. But wait it's...

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Jun 15, 2018
1 min

Houdini Fibonacci sequence 2 (Vex)

I pushed the tool further and added a distribution ramp in addition to pscale control. Download.

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Jun 14, 2018
1 min

Sadeem 2

سديم 2: قليلة هي تلك الفرص التي تتيح لك استخدام خبراتك الفنية لخدمة هدف أكبر من فقط الفن لأجل الفن والمتعة, ولله الحمد حظيت هذا العام...

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Jun 9, 2018
1 min

Houdini Volume Displacement (Vex)

An attempt to compare vex vs vops which is faster in terms of manipulating voxels thinking that vex would win, but surprisingly vops is a...

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Jun 8, 2018
1 min

I'm on Patreon

Hey guys, I'm glad to announce that I'm a part of Patreon family now, and will be sharing most of my creation there so I need your...

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Jun 4, 2018
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Houdini reflective coating (sop level)

I was messing around with points normals based on camera angle and came up with this result, might be helpful for someone. Download.

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May 28, 2018
1 min

Houdini Train rail with banking

A cheep but yet an effective trick using the cross product of the side vectors to determine the turning direction and the turn strength,...

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Apr 13, 2018
1 min

Disable Windows User Account Control (UAC)

Well I faced some problems with 3dsmax plug ins (Fumefx, Thinking particles) while loading the program or using the tool and it has to do...

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Apr 3, 2018
2 min

Houdini Benchmark Cores vs Clockspeed (updated)

Something that's gonna face every artist building a new rig, which is better a fast cpu or more cores. Well let's find out, I'll focus...

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Mar 17, 2018
1 min

Dubai TV Identity 2018

Directed By: Usama Alsharqi VFX TD: Alaa Alnahlawi of VFXArabia Executive Producer: Aws Alsharqi Producer: Reem Emad Production House:...

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