Check out this GPU-accelerated Houdini Skin Slide Deformer
DNEG TD Mengya Zhang's OpenCL-based tool generates realistic skin sliding without tissue simulation. Free to try on personal projects.
Monday, January 20th, 2025
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Sharan Vaswani's IPOPs Toolset streamlines VFX work in Houdini
Former ReDefine FX Supervisor's set of HDAs speeds up shader and AOV development in Houdini's Karma and Mantra renderers.
Friday, July 12th, 2024
Tutorial: Creating a Large-Scale Aerial Shot
Use OpenStreetMap data to create a procedural 3D environment in Houdini with The Gnomon Workshop's beginner-friendly guide.
Saturday, January 20th, 2024
Tutorial: Creating Tire Smoke FX in Houdini
Discover how to use Houdini's sparse Pyro solver in production with The Gnomon Workshop's essential tutorial.
Tuesday, December 5th, 2023
Tutorial: Create Disintegration VFX in Houdini & Nuke
Discover how to turn a character to ash with The Gnomon Workshop's introductory tutorial.
Tuesday, September 19th, 2023
Get Sharan Vaswani's free Populate Toolset for Houdini
ReDefine FX supervisor's free tool helps users art direct instances of simulation caches like explosions.
Tuesday, March 21st, 2023
Discover how to create an FX production shot in Houdini
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how to create a horror movie effect from start to finish.
Saturday, January 22nd, 2022
The 20 most popular Gnomon Workshop tutorials of 2020
Discover 20 video tutorials from the leading digital training firm that no CG artist can afford to miss.
Sunday, January 31st, 2021
10 expert tips for better Houdini FLIP fluid simulations
Follow FuseFX artist Kevin Pinga's production hacks to create faster, more flexible Houdini fluid sims.
Thursday, March 26th, 2020
SideFX unveils Solaris
Check out the powerful look dev, lighting and shot layout system due in Houdini 18 later this year, and the accompanying Karma renderer.
Thursday, August 1st, 2019
Master Houdini Randomization and Scattering
Learn key set dressing techniques with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new Houdini 17 tutorial.
Saturday, February 23rd, 2019
The Gnomon Workshop ships Introduction to Houdini 17
Get started with Houdini with Psyop veteran Robby Branham's step-by-step guide to core workflows.
Wednesday, October 18th, 2017