Side Effects cuts Houdini educational pricing

Education edition now available to colleges for $75/year, and free to high schools and instructors.

Friday, July 15th, 2016

Point Render recreates Dürer and Doré in Houdini

Now shipping: Chimney VFX artist Jan Białek's Houdini plugin renders 3D models in striking classical graphic styles.

Saturday, July 9th, 2016

Get the new Substance plugin for Houdini

Allegorithmic's free add-on lets users edit textures in Substance format using Houdini's native tools.

Thursday, May 26th, 2016

Side Effects Software ships Houdini 15.5

Update adds new modelling, retopo and UV options, Delta Mush system, better crowd animation, VR camera.

Friday, May 20th, 2016

Houdini Indie to get support for third-party renderers

Arnold, RenderMan and Octane coming with Houdini 15.5 next month; V-Ray and Redshift to follow.

Tuesday, April 26th, 2016

Side Effects releases Houdini Engine Indie free

Edit Houdini content inside Unity, UE4, Maya, Max or C4D with the indie game dev tool, previously priced at $99/year.

Tuesday, March 15th, 2016

Side Effects ships Houdini Engine for UE4

New plugin enables games artists to edit procedural content created in Houdini inside Unreal Engine 4.

Tuesday, December 8th, 2015

Download Houdini Engine for 3ds Max

Get the binaries of Hideki Suzuki's free plugin for importing and editing Houdini content inside 3ds Max.

Monday, November 30th, 2015

Pixar launches RenderMan for Houdini

New bridge plugin ships out of the box with Houdini 15, and supports RenderMan's advanced features.

Friday, October 16th, 2015

Side Effects ships Houdini 15 and Houdini Engine 2.0

Wide-ranging update adds new modelling, animation, simulation tools; native support for RenderMan RIS shaders.

Thursday, October 15th, 2015

Sneak peek: Houdini 15

Updated: See the new crowd sim and simulation slicing options, plus the new Principled PBR shader.

Monday, September 28th, 2015

Eye candy: the 2015 Houdini demo reel

See the world's best new work created using the software, from Inside Out to Japanese animation.

Tuesday, August 11th, 2015

Maxon unveils Cinema 4D plugin for Houdini Engine

Updated: Free plugin to make Houdini's VFX tools accessible inside C4D now out in public beta.

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015