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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

Promising tool creates KineFX-compatible muscle and skin simulation rigs for use in visual effects, animation and games.

Thursday, July 4th, 2024

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

Check out the Summer 2023 updates to Nvidia's online design platform, plus plans to integrate Adobe's generative AI toolset.

Tuesday, August 8th, 2023

Use generative AI inside Houdini to create matte paintings or concept art based on simple 3D scenes.

Wednesday, May 10th, 2023

Heavyweight VFX and animation renderer now includes Pixar's own AI-trained denoiser. Sizeable update to RenderMan XPU, too.

Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

ReDefine FX supervisor's free tool helps users art direct instances of simulation caches like explosions.

Tuesday, March 21st, 2023

Mohsen Tabasi's award-winning free tool minimises visible repeats by tiling textures using a hex grid.

Monday, February 13th, 2023

Updated: get five new free tools from SideFX's Houdini-to-UE5 tech demo, plus its Houdini Engine for UE5 plugin.

Sunday, June 5th, 2022

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

Friday, September 3rd, 2021

Check out the free game engine's new Houdini-integrated Nvidia Blast destruction physics system and improved cloth simulation.

Tuesday, December 15th, 2020

Set of 37 HDAs generates detailed tree growth animations in Houdini or Houdini Engine-compatible apps and game engines.

Wednesday, August 12th, 2020

Promising new feather-generation and animation toolkit has been used in Alt.VFX's commercial work.

Friday, June 28th, 2019