Houdini Hangout

Tonight (11/12/2025 at 6pm) we're going to try to work with some fluid sims, and make slightly sticky collisions. I've had a couple of questions about this on the Discord, so it would be worth trying out. Hope to see you then!

#houdini #vfx #FLIP #simulation

Tomorrow night (11/05/2025 at 6pm EST), we're going to have Kate Xagoraris as a guest. She's worked on a couple of really interesting HDA toolkits for star catalogs and proteins. It should be a great chat with a lot of science nerdiness!

#houdini #sidefx #vfx #sciviz

Tomorrow (10/29/2025 at 4pm EDT) we're going to have Valentina Malavasi join us. She'll be talking about some of her projects that she's worked on as a student at #BUAS. Her work focuses on bridging #Houdini and #Unreal. Hope to see you there!

#SideFX #gamedev #vfx #procedural

Tonight (10/22/2025 at 6pm EDT) we'll have another guest on the stream, Ferry Taswin! If you're curious about ways to make your own custom workflows in #Houdini this stream should be really interesting for you. Hope to see you there!

#sidefx #python #vfx

We’re thrilled to announce that you can now become a Houdini Certified Instructor! Apply to take the Houdini Exam and join our growing community of certified instructors.

More details are available here: www.sidefx.com/education/edu...

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Houdini Hangout | Home Come join the live education environment for learning SideFX Houdini. The stream is live every Wednesday at 6pm ET. Users of all skill levels are welcome!

Tonight (10/1/2025 at 6pm EDT) we're going to to another live Q&A on the stream. If you have any questions about how to do something in #Houdini this is a great time to ask on the stream. We'll all do our best to get you an answer.

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Just a reminder to join Carlos Dordelly tonight on the stream. It will be starting an hour earlier than usual, 5pm EDT. Hope to see you there!

Tomorrow night (9/17/2025 at 5pm EDT), Carlos Dordelly will be joining the stream to talk about some practical workflows and tips in #Solaris. He'll especially focus on things for solo artists and small teams. See you there with your questions!

#sidefx #houdini #vfx #mograph

Houdini Hangout | Home Come join the live education environment for learning SideFX Houdini. The stream is live every Wednesday at 6pm ET. Users of all skill levels are welcome!

Tonight (9/10/2025 at 6pm EDT) we're going to try to connect a #Copernicus Flow sim to a #Vellum sim. We'll use the velocity from one to drive the other. Hope to see you there!

For more stream info and Discord link: houdinihangout.com

#sidefx #houdini #motiondesign #vfx

Houdini Hangout | Home Come join the live education environment for learning SideFX Houdini. The stream is live every Wednesday at 6pm ET. Users of all skill levels are welcome!

Tonight (9/3/2025 at 6pm EDT) we're going to try to get something working with the new Shot Builder tools. There won't be anything grand or expansive shown off, but we'll do our best to do something interesting with them.

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#houdini21 #sidefx #vfx #openusd

Houdini 21 is released! Tonight (8/27/2025 at 6pm EDT) we're going to open it up and play around with some of the new features. There are lots of features that weren't covered in the Keynote, and we'll try some of those. Bring your questions!

#sidefx #houdini #vfx #motiondesign

Just a reminder that this week's stream will start in a little over an hour. Hope to see you there!

Paul Esteves on Instagram: "Having so much fun playing around in Copernicus. You can stack so many noises and fonts and blend between them. So many options! #houdini #sidefx #cloth #simulation #copernicus Thanks to @20percent.vision for his super helpful tutorials on Copernicus. Really helped me unlock the initial barrier to entry!" 646 likes, 12 comments - paulesteves28 on August 5, 2025: "Having so much fun playing around in Copernicus. You can stack so many noises and fonts and blend between them. So many options! #houdini #sidefx #cloth #simulation #copernicus Thanks to @20percent.vision for his super helpful tutorials on Copernicus. Really helped me unlock the initial barrier to entry!".

Tomorrow (8/20/2025 at 4pm EDT), we're going to have Paul Esteves as a guest on the stream. We'll tackle a few questions he's been asked online, and then we might look at rendering his Copernicus effect (www.instagram.com/p/...) in Karma.

#SideFX #HoudiniTime #motiondesign

Paul Esteves on Instagram: "Having so much fun playing around in Copernicus. You can stack so many noises and fonts and blend between them. So many options! #houdini #sidefx #cloth #simulation #copernicus Thanks to @20percent.vision for his super helpful tutorials on Copernicus. Really helped me unlock the initial barrier to entry!" 646 likes, 12 comments - paulesteves28 on August 5, 2025: "Having so much fun playing around in Copernicus. You can stack so many noises and fonts and blend between them. So many options! #houdini #sidefx #cloth #simulation #copernicus Thanks to @20percent.vision for his super helpful tutorials on Copernicus. Really helped me unlock the initial barrier to entry!".

Tomorrow (8/20/2025 at 4pm EDT), we're going to have Paul Esteves as a guest on the stream. We'll tackle a few questions he's been asked online, and then we might look at rendering his Copernicus effect (www.instagram.com/p/...) in Karma.

#SideFX #HoudiniTime #motiondesign

Just a reminder that we'll have Danny Laursen as a guest tonight (8/13/2025), but this time starting 2 hours earlier at 4pm EDT. Hope that will be a nice change of pace for any Europeans wanting to watch.

Come join us to talk about Danny's awesome flower workflow and HDAs!

Watch the Houdini 21 Keynote from SIGGRAPH 2025! Discover new KineFX motion mixer, muscle system improvements, MetaHumans integration, Copernicus GPU Pyro solver, built-in ML tools, Vulkan support, and more. Today at 10 am PST!
youtu.be/C--08SipCNU

This week (8/13/2025 at 4pm EDT) we'll have Danny Laursen on the stream to talk about his awesome flower tools. We'll look at the logic behind the HDAs, and then go into the tool's functions. Hope to see you there!

www.youtube.com/@Dan...

#sidefx #houdini #3dFlowers #FLOPs

The following is a preview of some of the new features coming in Houdini 21! We will reveal more at the upcoming SIGGRAPH 2025 in Vancouver, so keep an eye out for the Keynote, HIVE presentations and more :) starting week of August 11.  https://www.sidefx.com/houdini-hive/siggraph-2025/ - - - - - Houdini 21 Sneak Peek

Tonight (8/06/2025 at 6pm EDT) we're going to chat about the H21 Sneak Peak video that was released on Monday. I'm sure you've seen and heard about it by now, but if you want some more analysis of the video come join us!

youtu.be/aq7JQCV51CY...

#houdini #sidefx #vfx #H21

EQUINOX | SideFX Join us for Houdini HIVE Equinox in Toronto - a multi-day event where the Houdini Community has access to IGNITE workshops, HIVE presentations, and social events.

We are thrilled to announce #houdini HIVE Equinox (Sept 23–25, 2025), join us for IGNITE workshops, HIVE presentations, and social events. Building on last year’s Horizon, this year goes bigger with more ways to learn, connect, and be inspired.

www.sidefx.com/equinox/

𝑨𝑷𝑶𝑿𝑰𝑨 on Instagram: "Blood & foam N2. Owner- @cjbaran" 955 likes, 22 comments - apoxia.art on July 26, 2020: "Blood & foam N2. Owner- @cjbaran".

Tonight (7/30/2025 at 6pm EDT) we're going to try to make an animation like this art from Apoxia: www.instagram.com/ap... We'll see how we go about creating it, but some non-simulation options might happen. We'll see!

#sidefx #houdini #motiondesign

Artigiano in Fiera | Expo internazionale di artigianato on Instagram: "🎨 Cerchi qualcosa di bello e colorito da fare questa estate? Fai esplodere la tua creatività con i disegni in velluto da colorare Colorvelvet 👩‍🎨 #artigianoinfiera #artigianato #handmade #fattoamano #italy #smallbusiness #diy #colorvelvet #disegni" 73 likes, 2 comments - artigianoinfiera on July 31, 2024: "🎨 Cerchi qualcosa di bello e colorito da fare questa estate? Fai esplodere la tua creatività con i disegni in velluto da colorare Colorvelvet 👩‍🎨 #artigianoinfiera #artigianato #handmade #fattoamano #italy #smallbusiness #diy #colorvelvet #disegni".

Tonight (7/23/2025 at 6pm EDT) I'm going to take a shot at making a dust explosion inspired by this reference: www.instagram.com/re... Never sure what we'll come up with, but join us for the process!

#sidefx #houdini #vfx #motiondesign

Tonight (7/16/2025 at 6pm EDT) I'm going to try to make some abstract cloth inspired by Ariel Ting Wei Lu. Check out her amazing website here: ariellu.com/google-d.... Not sure how it will turn out, but it should be fun regardless!

#sidefx #houdini #motiondesign #vfx

Tonight (7/2/25), I'm a little unsure about what we should do. It will be a bit of a viewers choice, and if nobody has a live suggestion I'm going to play with some stuff in Vellum. Sorry for the indecision, but it should be fun either way.

#sidefx #houdini #motiondesign

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Tonight (06/18/25 at 6pm EDT) we're going to work on creating some animated, nested instances in Solaris. USD can be tricky for a lot of people (me included!), and hopefully we'll clear up some misunderstandings.

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#houdini #sidefx #solaris

Also, if you missed Tom Goffelli (aka WaffleboyTom) and I chat about APEX last week, you can find the recording on YouTube: www.youtube.com/live...

We talk about how APEX works, and some of the tech that came before it's development.

#houdini #sidefx #APEX #CompiledGraphs

We had the pleasure to collaborate with Klar Mexico to create a series of animations for their Platino card release. It was a great creative journey and we are super pleased with the results. Thank you for having us, Klar! Klar - Platino

Tonight (6/11/2025 at 6pm EDT), we're going to create something inspired by this ad from @TactycStudio: youtu.be/ULgOsnNxexI...

There's a cool melting effect that we'll try to use Vellum Grains and MPM on. Hope to see you then!

#houdini #sidefx #mpm #vellum #motiondesign

Tomorrow night (6/4 at 6pm EDT) we're going to be joined by Tom Goffelli (aka WaffleBoyTom). He's going to walk through the basics of using APEX outside of the current rigging/animation tools. This should be a bit of a continuation of his awesome talk at FMX. See you then!

#sidefx #apex #houdini

Tonight (4/23/2025 at 6pm EDT) we'll look at creating a FLIP sim with whitewater. First we'll talk about sourcing whitewater from a sim, and then we'll look at how to use a guided wave setup. Thanks to our Discord community for the request. Hope to see you then!

#sidefx #houdini

Jan Elsner on Instagram: "#Gucci Bronze Powder . . . A personal project to test the new #mpm solver in #houdini 20.5 sound: Henning Minssen #3d #cgi #sidefx #beauty #cosmetics #guccibeauty #mdcommunity" 3,390 likes, 77 comments - el_sner on August 13, 2024: "#Gucci Bronze Powder . . . A personal project to test the new #mpm solver in #houdini 20.5 sound: Henning Minssen #3d #cgi #sidefx #beauty #cosmetics #guccibeauty #mdcommunity".

Tonight (4/16/2025 at 6pm EDT), we're going to look at how to make an MPM sim inspired by this work from Jan Elsner: www.instagram.com/re...

It's a really great piece, and since he mentioned using MPM for the project we'll do the same. Hope you join us!

#houdini #sidefx #vfx

Houdini Hangout | Home Come join the live education environment for learning SideFX Houdini. The stream is live every Wednesday at 6pm ET. Users of all skill levels are welcome!

Tonight (4/9/25 at 6pm EDT) we're going to do another Q&A session. Join the stream if you have any burning questions about Houdini or just want to chat about it. These open sessions are always fun, so I hope to see you there.

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#sidefx #houdini #vfx