Learn Squared – Houdini Procedural Foundations

Learn Squared – Houdini Procedural Foundations

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Houdini is one of the most intimidating pieces of software out there, but it doesnt have to be! Industry-leading artist and creative director Adam Swaab breaks it down for you in an easy and accessible way. Hell take you through the foundations of the program, getting you started on making your first mind-blowing procedural images in Houdini.

Core Concepts
The most daunting step of learning a software like Houdini is often taking the first step. In this first lesson, Adam will focus on the key concepts youll need to understand as a foundation to working in Houdini. Youll learn how to navigate the UI, organize your project, and get familiar with some procedural modeling and design tools.

Multi-scatter Tool
Using randomization, you can create organic-looking scatter patterns in your scene. Adam will show you how to inherit properties from an objects surface, and how to use textures to influence its appearance. By the end of this lesson, youll have created a tool to distribute and render millions of complex objects with ease.

Greeble Tool
Continuing on our theme of complexity, now youll learn how to build a proper greeble tool. Adam will show you how to turn each primitive of your mesh into a placeholder for a complex piece of geometry, which can be randomized and iterated for insane levels of complexity.

Rendering the Environment
Now that our environment is complete, we will focus on rendering strategies. Adam will demonstrate the various techniques behind creating shaders and materials in Houdini. To wrap things up, youll break your scene into render layers and create multi-channel EXRs to rebuild in Nuke and refine the look of your image.

Lessons in this Course
Recommended Software:
Houdini Version 15.5 [Free Apprentice or Indie versions acceptable!]
Optional Software:
NukeX 10.0v2 Non-commercial