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Tag: Houdini

Articles

These ‘Matrix Awakens’ behind the scenes videos are fantastic

Posted onApril 6, 2022April 6, 2022

Plus, you can download the sample city for free.

Magazine

How to sim birds

Posted onApril 4, 2022

An excerpt from the special CG bird flocks feature in issue #4 of befores & afters magazine.

Articles

Unreal Engine has made a ‘Matrix’-themed immersive experience with a photoreal Keanu

Posted onDecember 10, 2021December 10, 2021

The experience has pre-rendered cinematics, real-time rendered scenes, and a car shoot-em-up you can PLAY.

Podcasts

VFX Futures: The making of SideFX’s new renderer, Karma

Posted onNovember 22, 2021November 23, 2021

Go inside the release of the new renderer from SideFX.

Articles

Sneak peek of Houdini 19, Rust Working Group, UE5 modeling mode

Posted onOctober 18, 2021October 18, 2021

The latest in VFX tech.

Podcasts

VFX Firsts: What was the first film to use Houdini?

Posted onSeptember 1, 2021September 2, 2021

The surprising VFX breakthroughs of this Arnold Schwarzenegger film.

Articles

Inside the latest SideFX Houdini demo project: ‘The Dawning’

Posted onJanuary 30, 2021February 2, 2021

Go deep behind the scenes to see how Houdini was used on the animated short.

Articles

The crowd of characters in this music video was performed by one mocap artist

Posted onNovember 5, 2020November 7, 2020

How ’777’ by Joji was made (featuring a ton of behind the scenes imagery).

Articles

Automated character FX on ‘Peter Rabbit’

Posted onJanuary 24, 2020May 14, 2020

A new SideFX look at Animal Logic’s CFX work for the film.

Articles

How Animal Logic automates character FX

Posted onDecember 9, 2019May 13, 2020

Inside the studio’s character FX cloth and fur toolset.

Articles

Houdini 18 now available

Posted onNovember 28, 2019May 14, 2020

Solaris, Karma, USD.

Articles

What’s coming in Houdini 18

Posted onNovember 3, 2019May 14, 2020

Get a glimpse in this video.

Articles

Hear directly from women in FX

Posted onOctober 17, 2019May 15, 2020

Watch the full 45 minute SideFX panel from SIGGRAPH 2019.

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