Houdini 15 feature list
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Houdini 15 should be released today, but before it happens you can read the future list.
For 3dsmax guys, there is a Houdini Engine for Max available for testing, but it's only on Github, so I suppose it will require compilation.
Houdini 15 should be released today, but before it happens you can read the future list.
For 3dsmax guys, there is a Houdini Engine for Max available for testing, but it's only on Github, so I suppose it will require compilation.
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I will update it later, when they will officially announce it.
Also: Houdini 15 Released
Houdini 15 is available for download - feature list, new tutorials, and masterclasses now available:
http://bit.ly/1hGThYp
It lets you use Houdini digital assets in other programs. https://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2739&Itemid=381
Make sure to follow @nodeway.
What really sucks about Houdini is the "very difficult to learn" reputation that follows it,because when you understand how any node-based software (like Substance Designer) works it's really easy to understand the fundamentals imho
You know what, I started with Houdini around 2008, and yes, it's hard application. Prime example, DOPS and CHOPS. They are really hard.
Even with couple years under your belt in other apps, you are still looking at another 2-3 years of learning Houdini. Do not fool yourself that just because you can do wonders already in SOPS you know how Houdini works.
We got many Softimage guys and they are with us almost 2 years now, and I clearly can see that they still miss many fundamental things. DOPS and CHOPS are completely outside of their knowledge. Knowing just nodes will not help there.
I'm preparing training about Digital Assets right now and I can bet that 60 percent of what I show in it, beside couple oldtimers like me, just don't know that are possible.
Don't believe me? I can easily introduce you to Digital Asset error that to solve I had to start asset from scratch for years, because I didn't knew that it can be fixed otherwise. Not before I learned programing and WTF actually is happening inside of digital assets. And that was after 4 years in Houdini.
Talking about stuff like debris following a curve with many parameters to fill them in a scene,procedural models like rocks and buildings,terrains,etc...
Basically,the stuff that an artist can create to have a more streamlined workflow,for one project or many projects.
Of course,if you want to delve into it you will have a hard time figuring some stuff out unless you have a good understanding of maths and programming,but most of the time you don't need that as an artist.
I have seen the same hysteria around Substance Designer (Which is easier than Houdini) and it's complexity a year or two ago,but unless you want to use stuff like the FX Map and Pixel Processor,which in general you don't want to use,it's relatively simple to have what you want out of it,and this has been my experience with Houdini so far.
Allegorithmic has overcome this issue,but not SideFX and that's why you rarely see people using Houdini used in game forums.Not because it's hard to learn,but because people hear this so much that they don't even try to look at it.
Now with that said,I really can't wait to see what you come up with in your tutorials