Alexey Vanzhula releases Modeler 2025 for Houdini

Major update to the popular hard-surface modeling toolkit for Houdini reworks the interface, workflow, and adds new retopology tools.

Monday, September 23rd, 2024

Theory Accelerated releases Axiom 3.3 for Houdini

Check out the new features in the GPU-accelerated sparse volumetric fluid solver, including support for height fields as collision sources.

Wednesday, September 4th, 2024

Free tool: P4Houdini builds version control into Houdini

Now available free, technical artist Paul Ambrosiussen's P4Houdini plugin integrates Houdini with Perforce's version control tech.

Thursday, July 25th, 2024

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

SideFX releases Houdini 20.5: check out its five key features

Discover the key changes in the procedural 3D software: from the revolutionary Copernicus framework to rigging, animation and simulation.

Thursday, July 11th, 2024

Sneak peek: Houdini 20.5

See all the key features in the next major update to Houdini, from modeling, animation and simulation to the COPERNICUS framework.

Friday, June 14th, 2024

Alexey Vanzhula releases Soft Boolean 2025 for Houdini

Check out the new features in the popular real-time Boolean modeling and soft beveling system for SideFX's procedural 3D software.

Tuesday, May 21st, 2024

Check out SideFX's new free Project Dryad tools for Houdini

Find out how to use SideFX's experimental Houdini toolset for creating large-scale natural environments for games and VFX.

Sunday, May 12th, 2024

Tutorial: Art Directing Explosions using Axiom in Houdini

Discover how to create a professional-quality VFX shot with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed guide to explosion simulation.

Sunday, April 28th, 2024

F12 releases The Grove 2.1 for Blender and Houdini

Update to the tree-generation software ditches Leonardo da Vinci's 'Rule of Trees' to better simulate how trees really age.

Thursday, April 25th, 2024

Building Natural Environments Using Gaea & Houdini

Discover how to recreate real-world environments for VFX and game cinematics with The Gnomon Workshop's tutorial.

Saturday, March 30th, 2024

Download free custom Houdini tools from Project Pegasus

Get the Flora plant-generation tools SideFX developed for its tech demo on creating open worlds with Houdini and Unreal Engine 5.

Sunday, February 4th, 2024

Master Liquid Simulation in Houdini

Create art-directable simulations with The Gnomon Workshop's guide to Houdini's FLIP fluids and rigid body dynamics toolsets.

Friday, January 12th, 2024