See a full list of new features in the next version of Houdini, including updates to creature effects, fluid simulation, Solaris and Karma.
Monday, July 18th, 2022
See a full list of new features in the next version of Houdini, including updates to creature effects, fluid simulation, Solaris and Karma.
Monday, July 18th, 2022
Lighting and look dev software gets new Nuke Bridge for live linking to Nuke comps, updates to the Hydra Viewer and Foresight+ rendering.
Tuesday, December 14th, 2021
Check out the key tools in this big update to the procedural 3D app: from muscles, multiphysics and Pyro simulations to Karma XPU.
Wednesday, October 27th, 2021
Free physically accurate GPU renderer gets new toon shading mode and deformation motion blur.
Monday, July 12th, 2021
Free GPU renderer get supports for Cryptomatte AOVs, and a new 16-bit Machine Learning denoiser.
Thursday, April 1st, 2021
Update to the production renderer adds new motion blur algorithm for volumes, and improves support for Houdini's Solaris layout toolset.
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020
Now shipping: Tangent Animation's neat free plugin makes Blender a Hydra render delegate in Houdini.
Tuesday, August 25th, 2020
Major stable release of the GPU renderer adds RTX acceleration, improved SSS and hair shading.
Tuesday, April 28th, 2020
GPU renderer gets updated RTX acceleration, new spectral sky and daylight system, ACES support.
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019
Update adds support for live displacement editing, SIMD acceleration for OSL. Houdini integration "completely rewritten".
Thursday, May 9th, 2019
Check out the changes in the compatibility-breaking update to the renderer, including better denoising and progressive rendering.
Thursday, March 28th, 2024
Read our run-down of the key changes in the largest ever update to Houdini, from character animation to rendering and machine learning.
Thursday, November 9th, 2023
Promising tool lets you set up a USD-based VFX pipeline 'out of the box'. Works with Blender, Maya, Houdini, Nuke, UE5 and ZBrush.
Friday, November 3rd, 2023