HS-112: Scientific Phenomena in Houdini
Students will leave this class with a fundamental understanding of how you can improve your VFX builds through an understanding of scientific application.
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Let's Build a Solar System
Marine Systems - Exploring Coral, and Other Marine Structures
Aerostatic and Aerodynamic Simulations
1. Introduction
2. Science Behind Clouds
3. Goals
4. Scene Breakdown
5. Creating Side Clouds Part 1
6. Creating Side Clouds Part 2
7. Creating Main Clouds
8. Creating Large Clouds
9. Creating a Cirrus Cloud
10. Creating a Cloud Head
11. Q&A: Add SOP
12. Creating Top Clouds
13. Creating Background Clouds
14. The Final Clouds
15. Background Clouds Part 1
16. Background Clouds Part 2
17. Background Clouds Part 3
18. Background Clouds Part 4
19. Background Clouds Part 5
20. Background Clouds Part 6
21. Background Clouds Part 7
22. Large Clouds
23. Rain
24. Lightning
25. Render
1. Introduction
2. Overview of Solar System
3. Project Overview
4. Creating the Sun
1. Points
2. Point Attributes
3. Geometry Creation
4. Orbit Ring
5. Moon Orbit
6. Merging Orbit Ring
7. Merging Part 2
1. SetUp
2. Rings
3. Moon Geometry
4. Bringing it all Together
1. Overview of Growth Systems
2. Initial Setup
3. Remove Large Edges
4. Creating Growth Start Points
5. Add Initial Direction
6. Creating Food Group
7. Set Seed Direction of Growth System
8. Q&A: Setting Number of Food Points
9. Making Branch Algorithm
10. Making the Growth System Lines
11. Cleaning up the System
12. Making the system Renderable
13. Q&A: Growth-System Normals
14. Q&A: Creating Growth System on Other Geometry
“I thought this course was great. Really takes you to a place that crosses science and art and for me is an expression of how maybe no single creator is good as the universe itself. Enjoy!”
Timothy Bladel