March 31, 2014 | 1 comment
Naiad's co-author turned Autodesk product manager tells us how Maya 2015's new fluid simulator will stir up FX artists' workflows Read More »
February 13, 2014
Discover the alien life pulsating at the heart of a comet in Erik Ferguson's unnerving Houdini short. Read More »
January 15, 2014
Foundation edition makes high-end matchmover accessible to students. Full version gets an update, too. Read More »
January 6, 2014
Nifty free tool, pitched as the 'ZBrush of particle animation', adds support for point cloud data in PLY format. Read More »
December 17, 2013
Check out eight minutes of beautiful Houdini effects breakdowns from the epic Russian war movie. Read More »
November 26, 2013
Update to the GPU-based renderer adds progressive rendering. Modo and Softimage editions mooted. Read More »
November 20, 2013
Free experimental versions of the plugins let other apps import Houdini Digital Assets in editable form. Read More »
October 31, 2013
Update adds cool new soft and hard body, particle and fluid simulation tools; more robust lighting workflow. Read More »
July 24, 2013
Plugin expands into full 'modular VFX framework', including particles, fluids and volumetric modelling. Read More »
July 21, 2013
Buckle up for three minutes of peerless fluid simulations, from Life of Pi to Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. Read More »
July 11, 2013
API turns Houdini into "world’s most powerful plugin" for other DCC apps. Sign up to test the Maya and Unity plugins now. Read More »
June 6, 2013 | 1 comment
New free tool creates ultra-complex rigid-body simulations in Houdini using the Bullet physics toolset. Read More »
April 11, 2013
Update to the open-source HDR file format should finally make deep compositing available in most tools. Read More »
March 15, 2013
Major update adds better ocean-surface sims and cloud sculpting via DreamWorks' OpenVDB technology. Read More »
January 25, 2013
Gnomon's new live online courses make its legendary VFX tuition available anywhere in the world. Read More »
September 24, 2012
Innovative real-time image-based lighting tool enables users to 'paint' highlights directly onto 3D models. Read More »
August 8, 2012
Updated: Volumetric format used on Puss in Boots due for integration into "next major release" of Houdini. Read More »
August 7, 2012
Software also renamed Houdini FX, given updated fluid and fire sims, new integrated 'smart asset' store. Read More »
July 27, 2012
Watch a lot of cool things you'd expect to be created in Houdini - and some more cool things you wouldn't. Read More »
March 15, 2012
Update to the paint app adds texture replication options, navigation presets to mimic Maya and Houdini. Read More »
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