Eye candy: the Houdini 2013 demo reel

Buckle up for three minutes of peerless fluid simulations, from Life of Pi to Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception.

Sunday, July 21st, 2013

Side Effects announces Houdini Engine

API turns Houdini into "world’s most powerful plugin" for other DCC apps. Sign up to test the Maya and Unity plugins now.

Thursday, July 11th, 2013

Milan Suk releases BulletSOP 2.0 for Houdini

New free tool creates ultra-complex rigid-body simulations in Houdini using the Bullet physics toolset.

Thursday, June 6th, 2013

Side Effects Software ships Houdini 12.5

Major update adds better ocean-surface sims and cloud sculpting via DreamWorks' OpenVDB technology.

Friday, March 15th, 2013

Side Effects cuts price of Houdini Master to $4,495

Software also renamed Houdini FX, given updated fluid and fire sims, new integrated 'smart asset' store.

Tuesday, August 7th, 2012

Eye candy: the Houdini 2012 demo reel

Watch a lot of cool things you'd expect to be created in Houdini - and some more cool things you wouldn't.

Friday, July 27th, 2012

Video: create a volcano in Houdini with PyroFX

Tame the elements with Scott Keating's 35-minute video on using Houdini 12's new dynamics tools.

Monday, June 18th, 2012

Register for the free Houdini FLIP fluids webinar

Sign up for the free 30-minute session on Houdini 12's fluid simulation tools, held next month.

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

Side Effects Software releases Houdini 12

Update adds new geometry engine, new OpenGL 3 viewport, improved sims - and lots of lovely speed.

Friday, March 2nd, 2012

Side Effects gives first-time Houdini users 40% discount

One-month 'First Timer' promo gives freelancers and studios big savings on licences of Houdini Master.

Sunday, September 25th, 2011

Video: Houdini's Siggraph user group presentation

Watch Side Effects Software's Jeff Wagner demo some of the cool tools coming in Houdini 12.

Thursday, August 25th, 2011

Siggraph 2011: peek under the hood of the new Houdini

Check out Side Effects' videos of the turbo-charged new geometry engine and simulation tools in Houdini 12.

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011

Eye candy: cool new Houdini 2011 demo reel

Watch a range of things exploded, deformed or transformed in Houdini from recent games and movies.

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011