SideFX just released Houdini 21: check out its five key features
Read our pick of the changes in Houdini 21, from Copernicus and KineFX to new AI workflows - then see a list of all 300+ new features.
Wednesday, August 27th, 2025
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ZibraVDB for Houdini and UE5 is now free to indie artists
Indie users can now use the real-time effects tech to compress and play back an unlimited number of OpenVDB sequences for free.
Tuesday, August 19th, 2025
Sneak peek: Houdini 21
Read our list of 300+ new features due in the next version of Houdini - from Neural Point Surface for liquids to the Otis organic tissue solver.
Tuesday, August 5th, 2025
Get the free version of ZibraVDB for Unreal Engine and Houdini
Updated: free version of the real-time volumetric effects tool for games and virtual production is now available for Houdini as well as Unreal Engine.
Friday, April 18th, 2025
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
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
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
Free tool: Hextile for Houdini and Unreal Engine
Mohsen Tabasi's award-winning free tool minimises visible repeats by tiling textures using a hex grid.
Monday, February 13th, 2023
Check out SideFX's Fast Remesh for Houdini
Neat free tool turns meshes into even triangles up to 25x faster than Houdini's standard Remesh node.
Monday, August 29th, 2022
SideFX releases Houdini 19.5
Read a detailed run-down of new features in the procedural 3D app, including updates to simulation, creature effects, Solaris and Karma.
Thursday, July 21st, 2022
Sneak peek: Houdini 19.5
See a full list of new features in the next version of Houdini, including updates to creature effects, fluid simulation, Solaris and Karma.
Monday, July 18th, 2022