SpeedTree... but for Rocks?

Beddall

Hey,

So, we all know about SpeedTree, but I was wondering if there was a similar package that you could use for creating Rocks , formations and cliff faces etc?

I saw one called Medusa but it doesn't seem to be quite 'there' yet.

any ideas?

cheers

[Deleted User]

Houdini! => http://forums.odforce.net/topic/9532-rock-hard/

ngw

I had no idea Houdini could be used in this way... I love that last one. Some of the others look cool but aren't particularly convincing.

Does this output polygonal geometry, or is it some kind of voxel thing?

[Deleted User]

It's a Houdini. No other package can do what you can in it. Not without ton of programming/scripting or ton of plugins that costs double of Houdini FX price. Even Softimage with its ICE covered only portion of what you could do in Houdini. I will not even mention Maya.

And remember that there is Houdini Indie version version too, which costs 200$f for year and allows you to use it commercially as long as you don't break $100K income in one year. And it gives you all the tools that Houdini FX have. The only limitations are no external renderers allowed (so no Octane support etc.) and Render limit size for animations set to 1080p, which is more than enough fro freelancers and indie because they don't have possibilities to used massive renderfarms.

You can convert it to whatever you want.

But it will be not so easy job like in SpeedTree. It's a TD tool, so you have to dive deep enough to know how to do things like that.

ericktjoe

Holy houdini! I've seen many great rocks and cliffs with vue's procedural but never I saw houdini can do this as well. Thanks for the insight mantragora.

[Deleted User]

Well, staying on topic of SpeedTree, probably you haven't seen this too:



It's Houdini too. Quite old, from 2007.


Search for Arkadiusz Rekita + Houdini + Avatar.

[Deleted User]

Here is zipped article in which Rekita explains how he made plants in Houdini => https://www.mediafire.com/?4efb9cx6hh1n0pr