Learn Houdini the easy way - a practical handbook to learn the basics of the software
This course has a clear objective: to make simple enough the complexity of Houdini, and make your first step in the way of visual effects.
It is addressed to people with little or no knowledge of Houdini, so if you are already experienced with this software, maybe the course is not fo you!
Also take a look at my last course, "Houdini FX - How to add Visual Effects in Real Videos", it is specifically addressed to show how to create special effects to be composited with live footage.
Houdini is a very complex software and it takes months just to understand how it works.
So we decided to create simple lessons that will guide you in the basic concepts of Houdini.
In this course you'll get right to the point. For each lesson, only simple and essential explanations.
With this course, you'll learn the basic technics about Houdini's modelling and special effects.
You can use the lessons as a reference or a starting point to learn the basics of Houdini.
We will update the course regularly, in order to add new topics every week.
The course is the result of a personal experience. When I started studying Houdini, I had great difficulty finding courses or lessons that clearly explained the steps to achieve an effect or a simulation.
Even in the tutorials for beginners, there was always something unclear.
Sometimes there weren't all the steps explained, sometimes there were advanced concepts that a beginner can't know.
And above all, in order to complete a tutorial, you had to know concepts explained in other tutorials.
In short, an endless road.
But that's not all. Often the tutorials are extended on topics of little importance or the teacher talks about things that have nothing to do with the lesson.
Have you ever followed a tutorial that lasts 40 minutes just to explain a concept of 5 minutes?
Continuous pauses, concepts repeated several times, continuous comments often of little use.
If you don't remember a passage, you have to listen again 40 minutes of the lesson just to get to the point where the teacher talks about the concept that interests you!
In short, from all these experiences, I wanted to create a course that explains clearly, but without delay, each step to achieve effects and simple simulations.
If you already have a good knowledge of Houdini or if you are looking for a course to achieve spectacular and cinematic effects, maybe this course is not for you.
This course is for beginners and is a practical guide, made up of short lessons, simple steps and clear explanations on how to use Houdini.
For each lesson you will also find the attached project file with all the explanations to be able to repeat the exercise independently.
You will learn how to make simple animations, create materials and apply textures to an object.
We will also see the principles of the procedural system that is the basis and the strength of Houdini.
Please send me your comments, suggestions or other topics of interest to improve the course and help all the people who want to learn this great software!
The basics of Houdini and some of the most important visual effects
Particle systems
Basic simulations: fire, smoke, oceans
8 Lectures
5 Lectures
4 Lectures
2 Lectures
2 Lectures
2 Lectures
3 Lectures
7 Lectures
10 Lectures
2 Lectures
5 Lectures
3 Lectures
3 Lectures
2 Lectures
5 Lectures
3 Lectures
I worked on graphics and videos for scientific purposes at the University of Biology of Milan.My career continued in the field of web and multimedia, and I worked for some advertising agencies in Milan.Later, I opened my own company, for the production of multimedia content for large companies.I followed several courses in photography and I opened my own photography studio.Currently...
nodes are complex, but I'll review a couple of times, then used the resource files to further understand
Great and well explained content. Thank you.
For a 5 hours course, it is good, but not enough for the ones who want to dive deep more.
In some cases I thought that there will be some explanations on what's being done, but no it's like a tutorial, some concepts are explained very very late, like the Attributes, it is in the last video!
I know that the best way to learn Houdini and improve is to test and try, the thing is the concepts are not enough explained for new users to be confident and try things.
I repeat, for a 5 hours course it is good and close from what I imagined, but it could be better if some videos are re-organized.
Very simple and easy to understand so far
Best of the best!
Fine. Just some basic explanations are missing, like how to actually select the "manipulate points" mode and ways to modify the parameters are used that are not clear to a beginner.
This course is a great foundation to understand Houdini from a High level perspective. I attended several detailed courses that were frustating to the point I was losing interest of continuing. But not this one. Congratulations to the instructor for putting this training together in such a easy way to follow.
This is one of the Best beginner course i have come across.
It is super friendly and easy to follow.
Everything is step by step,No skipping.
Brilliant.
Perfect course for beginners to quickly get up to date on Houdini
Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *
Gary E.
All in all, there were a lot of key points like learning texture manipulations and how nodes affect the overall finished product. If I had to choose a favorite segment of the tutorials, it would be the rendering portion because of the depth of realism I can apply to anything.