Master advanced Houdini hair grooming techniques

Create production-ready grooms in ILM artist Kristin Farrensteiner's Gnomon Workshop masterclass.

Sunday, January 24th, 2021

Master Houdini's Ocean toolset

Discover how to simulate realistic ocean surfaces, complete with foam and spray, in The Gnomon Workshop's introductory tutorial.

Thursday, December 31st, 2020

Master Houdini particle effects

Get to grips with Houdini's VFX-industry-standard particle effects tools with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new introductory tutorial.

Sunday, December 20th, 2020

Chaos Group releases V-Ray 5 for Houdini

See all the new features in the Houdini edition of renderer, from ACEScg to updates to VRayDirt.

Wednesday, December 16th, 2020

Create detailed environments in Gaea and Houdini

New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how Gaea's procedural terrain tools extend VFX workflows.

Monday, December 14th, 2020

SideFX ships Houdini 18.5

Big update to the procedural 3D software adds KineFX character rigging toolset; updates to Solaris, Karma and the simulation tools.

Wednesday, October 21st, 2020

Master FLIP fluid simulation in Houdini

Follow The Gnomon Workshop's essential introductory tutorial to Houdini's fluid simulation tools.

Saturday, October 3rd, 2020

Use Blender's Cycles renderer inside Houdini with hdCycles

Now shipping: Tangent Animation's neat free plugin makes Blender a Hydra render delegate in Houdini.

Tuesday, August 25th, 2020

Eye candy: SideFX's 2020 Houdini Film & TV Reel

See the best new VFX work done in Houdini, plus breakdown videos of how the effects were created.

Tuesday, July 28th, 2020

SideFX 'backports' new features to Houdini 18.0

Can't wait for Houdini 18.5? Check out the neat new topology transfer and rendering options available in Houdini 18 today.

Wednesday, July 8th, 2020

See Blender's Cycles renderer running in the Houdini viewport

Nifty work from Tangent Animation makes Cycles a Hydra delegate in Houdini's Solaris look dev toolset.

Thursday, July 2nd, 2020

Master procedural environment creation in Houdini

Discover non-destructive workflows for creating VFX environments with Gnomon's detailed new tutorial.

Monday, June 8th, 2020

Chaos Group ships V-Ray Next for Houdini Update 1

First update to the Houdini edition of the renderer adds support for custom AOVs and debug shading.

Thursday, May 21st, 2020