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

Create art-directable building demolition FX in Houdini

New Gnomon Workshop tutorial shows how to go from empty scene to complete destruction simulation.

Monday, December 13th, 2021

Chaos releases V-Ray 5 for Houdini Update 2

Update to the Houdini edition of the renderer extends V-Ray for Solaris, improves the hair material.

Saturday, December 11th, 2021

Get started with Houdini's Pyro FX toolset

New two-part Gnomon Workshop tutorial provides a detailed guide to Houdini smoke and fire simulations.

Saturday, November 6th, 2021

SideFX releases Houdini 19

Check out the key tools in this big update to the procedural 3D app: from muscles, multiphysics and Pyro simulations to Karma XPU.

Wednesday, October 27th, 2021

Alexey Vanzhula releases Soft Boolean for Houdini

Real-time Boolean modelling toolkit can also be used inside apps that support Houdini Engine, like Maya.

Friday, September 3rd, 2021

Master creature grooming techniques in Houdini

Learn to style digital hair and fur with The Gnomon Workshop's guide to current VFX workflows.

Monday, August 9th, 2021

Wysilab releases Instant Terra plugins for Houdini and UE4

New early access plugins set up Instant Terra terrains in Houdini and Unreal Engine in a couple of clicks.

Monday, August 9th, 2021

Alexey Vanzhula releases Modeler 2021 for Houdini

Versatile modelling toolkit gets neat new tools for retopologising high-res ZBrush character sculpts.

Monday, July 12th, 2021

Master procedural shading in Houdini and Arnold

Discover how to create realistic shaders for VFX with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.

Wednesday, June 9th, 2021

Check out neat free Houdini sparse GPU fluid solver Axiom

Updated: See what's new in Build 6 of the GPU-based alternative to Houdini's own Sparse Pyro solver.

Tuesday, May 18th, 2021

Houdini Engine for UE4 and Unity now free to all users

Houdini Engine plugins for Unity and Unreal Engine now free for larger studios, not just indie artists.

Friday, February 26th, 2021

Get started with look development in Houdini

Take a crash course in look dev for VFX and animation with The Gnomon Workshop's latest tutorial.

Monday, February 15th, 2021