Best tutorials on Houdini

dzibarik

I want to learn its procedural mesh generation. Where is the best place to start?

Joao Sapiro

google

dzibarik

yes, I have my list of youtube videos, I just wanted people to recommend something they consider useful because from my experience not all videos/courses are equally good.

thanks for dropping by though

walterlow

you could try gametutor.com

his got some nice unity/houdini stuff

Aabel

Start with the tutorials on sidefx.com if after that you are sure you want to continue down the road of learning Houdini I would highly recommend a cmivfx.com subscription. While those tutorials are mostly geared towards feature film quality visual effects the principles will be still be very valuable.

It's great to see more people getting interested in Houdini!

alekseypindrus

Most Houdini courses are bad. Here's a list of well-known good tutorials.
Some of them old but still good and applicable because inner logic of Houdini are still the same.

Books:
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Magic-Houdini-William-Michael-Cunningham/dp/1598630822"]The Magic of Houdini: 9781598630824: Computer Science Books @ Amazon.com[/ame]
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Houdini-On-Spot-Time-Saving-Shortcuts/dp/0240808622/"]Houdini On the Spot: Time-Saving Tips and Shortcuts from the Pros (On The Spot {Series}): 9780240808628: Computer Science Books @ Amazon.com[/ame]

Free videos:
http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1000&Itemid=266
Peter Quint videos: https://vimeo.com/user2030228

Courses:
https://cmivfx.com/store/152-houdini+fundamentals
https://cmivfx.com/store/153-houdini+intro+to+procedural+modeling
http://www.rohandalvi.net/
http://training.cgsociety.org/course/introduction-to-fx-using-houdini
http://training.cgsociety.org/course/vex-in-houdini

And check onlinevfx.ru, best on the market.

P.S.: http://forums.odforce.net/topic/17105-short-and-sweet-op-centric-lessons/#entry104263

DireWolf

SideFX has quite a lot of videos to get you started. Not my favorite tho, I found their example a bit difficult to stay interested sometimes.

http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=222&Itemid=383

And there's Peter Quint. Really excellent tutorials, some are quite old but still informative.
https://vimeo.com/user2030228

dzibarik

thanks for suggestions! that's what I wanted to get when I started the thread.