Check out the presentations just released from Houdini HIVE Tokyo!  www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #Houdini #VFX #Procedural #Simulation #EnvironmentArt

Join SFHUG on Wednesday, Nov 12, from 7–10 PM PST in San Francisco for a panel discussion with Steven Knipping, David Abfall, and Berk Hakguder as they share how Houdini helped them transition into building real-world systems. www.meetup.com/sf_hug/events...

Check out this Houdini Connect featuring VFX Mojo! Singapore-based educators Karim and Maria Sahai share their professional journeys, key lessons from real projects, and what it truly means to inspire the next generation of creators. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMaj... #Houdini

Discover how XK Studio blends art, technology, and storytelling in this Forward Festival talk! Alexa Sirbu reveals their approach to creating abstract visuals inspired by nature, beauty, and culture with a focus on experimentation and 3D design. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1bH...

Watch this Houdini Connect featuring RISE! Discover how Houdini transformed their workflow, from building a USD-based pipeline with Solaris to creating explosive VFX for Amazon's Fallout series and the Christmas comedy Red One. www.sidefx.com/community/red...

We are excited to announce the first-ever How To Houdini Tutorial Contest! To enter, submit your tutorial through your profile on the SideFX website. Tutorials created in Houdini 21 and submitted by December 30, 2025, will be automatically entered. www.sidefx.com/community-mai...

Level up your Houdini skills at Houdini Ignite in Seoul on October 25-26! Join exclusive hands-on workshops with world-class instructors covering Houdini 21 features and procedural FX techniques. Cloud-hosted workstations included. Reserve your spot! www.sidefx.com/houdini-hive/...

Join us in Tokyo, Japan for Houdini Hive on October 23rd and Houdini IGNITE Workshops on October 25-26! Expert instructors cover Solaris, Terrain tools, Karma XPU rendering, Muscle systems, Copernicus, and more! www.sidefx.com/houdini-hive/...

We’re thrilled to announce that you can now become a Houdini Certified Instructor! Apply to take the Houdini Exam and join our growing community of certified instructors. More details are available here: www.sidefx.com/education/edu... #sidefx #houdini #instructors

Check out the Equinox Worldwide HUG! Featuring talks from Houdini User Groups from around the globe — USA, Scotland, France, Austria, Bulgaria, Malaysia, and Australia. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lEb... #houdini #sidefx #vfx #3danimation #procedural #visualeffects #animation

Only a few days to go—Houdini HIVE Equinox kicks off Sept 23! See you in Toronto! www.sidefx.com/equinox/ #houdini #sidefx #vfx #toronto

A look at some of the inspiring HIVE Presentations lined up for next week! www.sidefx.com/equinox/ #houdini #sidefx #vfx

Join us at Houdini HIVE Equinox – a special multi-day event Sept 23–25, 2025, featuring IGNITE workshops, HIVE presentations, and social events. Register for free on our website. www.sidefx.com/equinox/ #houdini #sidefx #vfx #toronto

Congratulations to the 2025 Houdini Game Art Challenge winners! 🏆 Across Best Realtime Environment, Best Realtime FX, and Best Game Art Tool categories, participants demonstrated outstanding creativity, skill, and innovation. #houdini #gameart #realtimefx www.sidefx.com/community-mai...

We’ve expanded the Labs mesh creation family! New tools include Simple Shapes 2.0 (with stars, polygons + viewport handles), Capsule (great for collisions + rounded forms), and Hexagon Grid (procedural hex patterns for #motion graphics + #games).  youtu.be/JlAlJx6pAyo?si=PGJw...

Bring your MetaHumans into Houdini! The latest MetaHuman Character Rig HDA lets you seamlessly import and assemble high-quality MetaHumans with head, body, and textures. You can also now create MetaHuman-compatible hairstyles directly on your character. forums.unrealengine.com/t/me...

Houdini 21 is here! KineFX gets a Motion Mixer, Animation Catalog, Autorig Builder & enhanced muscles. Copernicus adds GPU Pyro FX, reaction diffusion FX & texture baking. Solaris expands with Shot Builder, Live Rendering & Gaussian Splats & much more.  www.sidefx.com/products/what...

Watch the Houdini 21 Keynote from SIGGRAPH 2025! Discover new KineFX motion mixer, muscle system improvements, MetaHumans integration, Copernicus GPU Pyro solver, built-in ML tools, Vulkan support, and more. Today at 10 am PST! youtu.be/C--08SipCNU

Check out the #Houdini 21 sneak peek! We’re sharing a preview of some of the new features. More will be revealed at SIGGRAPH 2025 in Vancouver—don’t miss the Keynote, HIVE presentations, and more starting the week of August 11.  www.sidefx.com/community/hou...

We are thrilled to announce #houdini HIVE Equinox (Sept 23–25, 2025), join us for IGNITE workshops, HIVE presentations, and social events. Building on last year’s Horizon, this year goes bigger with more ways to learn, connect, and be inspired. www.sidefx.com/equinox/

Discover how Disney's 'Wish' used Houdini to create Star's dust trails, King Magnifico's magic effects, and 1,923 floating wish bubbles, blending hand-drawn artistry with procedural techniques for their 100th anniversary film. www.sidefx.com/wish/

Watch this Houdini Connect featuring Harry Bardak and Fabian Nowak from The Yard VFX! Discover how they tackled the technical challenges of an intense ocean sequence featuring an eco-boat attack during a storm for the Amazon Prime series Étoile. www.sidefx.com/community/eto...

Dive into Project Elderwood and explore game art workflows using #Houdini and Unreal, featuring rich vegetation typical of adventure games! The project utilizes the Natsura plugin for live tree creation and offers video tutorials and project files. www.sidefx.com/learn-main-me...

Join us at SIGGRAPH 2025 for a first look at Houdini 21! Learn about enhancements to COPs, MPM and Solaris – new ML-based workflows – easy-to-use pyro presets – facial rigging with KineFX... and more! Use code HOUD1156 for a FREE Exhibits Only pass. www.sidefx.com/houdini-hive/...

Watch the #Houdini HIVE presentations from #EPC2025, the Everything Procedural Conference in Breda, Netherlands. Procedural experts share insights on world-building, game prototyping, pipeline optimization, and more! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Discover how The Scope is transforming automotive visualization in this #Houdini Connect! Scope City is a procedural tool that generates customizable photorealistic urban environments from NYC to LA for CG photo and film projects. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qASj...

Untold Studios explores the challenges of simulating octopus tentacles, skin, and hair for Disney's 2024 holiday film using #Houdini. VES nominated CFX Supervisor Andrea Lacedelli and Head of VFX Amaan Akram share solutions to challenging creature work. youtu.be/381Bveq2vak?si=0aMM...

Learn the fundamentals of tool-making with #Houdini and Unreal Engine 5. Project Skylark features a stylized look generated by procedural assets. Download project files and watch the free learning materials here: www.sidefx.com/learn-main-me...

Check out the Monopoly GO! campaign with JAMM. See how #Houdini created high-end FX and stylized animation through a generalist approach where artists switch between modeling, lighting, and effects for one of today's most popular mobile games. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnrb...

Watch Michal Rutkowski explain how the boutique studio Meta Meow uses #Houdini in clever, creative ways, including magical water sims, miniature ocean renders, and their custom Unreal Engine tool, Meta Foam. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4kh...#Houdini #UnrealEngine #GameDev #TechArt #VFX

Enjoy this Houdini Connect on the making of Audible’s 'Cosmic Vacuum' by Electric Theatre Collective, revealing how they used #Houdini to create a salt planet under siege—with mechanical armies, spiraling storm vortexes, and intricate crowd simulations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPoG...

Check out the making of Godzilla Minus One by Shirogumi Inc. in this Houdini Connect with VFX artist Shinji Miyake. Learn their approach to destruction, water sims, and to capturing the scale of Godzilla in one of Japan’s most ambitious monster films. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh04...

Join us for Houdini HIVE Presentations and IGNITE Workshops at ANNECY, which include KineFX Character Rigging, Animation, and more. See production techniques and preview features coming in H21! Impérial Palace Rotonde de l'Europe, June 11-12, 2025. www.sidefx.com/houdini-hive/...

Check out this Houdini Connect: 'Warhammer' with M2 Animation! Watch as this boutique studio blends Scandinavian sensibility with Asian craftsmanship, and learn how they created fire, smoke, and explosive battle scenes using #Houdini's procedural tools. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VEP...

London #Houdini event! On Sat, June 7, we are hosting the Ignite workshop "Project Violet: CFX Workflow". Sam Taylor & Abe Coyne (REALTIME) teach KineFX/APEX rigging & cloth techniques. For #CFX artists & tech animators! 9am-4pm. www.eventbrite.ca/e/houdini-...

Join us for "Reimagining VFX Workflows with Houdini," a seminar presented by VFX Mojo in Mumbai, India on May 22, 2025, hosted by Tathastu Techno Solution and SideFX Software. Connect, learn, and get inspired! Register here: animationxpress.com/houdini_... #Houdini #VFX

SideFX proudly presents 'Turbulence,' an animated short by Tumblehead Animation Studio & Christopher Rutledge! A turbulent flight tale created with #Houdini's KineFX/APEX workflows, Solaris for scene setup, Karma XPU for rendering & COPs for compositing. www.sidefx.com/tech-demos/tu...

Visit our #Houdini HIVE at OFFF Barcelona on Saturday, May 10, 2025! We're hosting a full day of presentations. OFFF is a space for innovation, collaboration, and inspiration, featuring a mix of emerging voices across art, design, and digital culture. www.sidefx.com/houdini-hive/...

Learn how Mikael Moane, Lead CG Technical Artist at Cause and FX in Auckland, New Zealand, and his team tackled a unique challenge: creating content for a virtual production LED wall using Karma XPU in #Houdini. youtu.be/_7McwFZ0KP8?si=8y1R...

Need to get from Point A to Point B — and look good doing it? Turns out three models and a bit of procedural magic are all you need. Procedural Wooden Bridge Tutorial for @sidefx.bsky.social Houdini - coming soon! #houdini #sidefx #sidefxhoudini #procedural #tech #tools #techart #gamedev #unreal

Watch as Untold Studios shares a BTS look at their VFX process in this Houdini Connect, highlighting their collaboration with VCCP and Virgin Media to create a memorable CG walrus, with #Houdini at the heart of simulation, lighting, and rendering. youtu.be/st2yRKkoTOs

Come join us in Seoul, Korea from May 10–13 for SideFX IGNITE workshops! Learn from industry experts on #Houdini topics such as Copernicus, Destruction FX, and Realtime FX with hands-on sessions across multiple days. Register here to secure your spot! www.sidefx.com/houdini-hive/...

Endava, a next-generation technology services partner, has announced a strategic partnership with SideFX, to revolutionize the creation and deployment of synthetic data for AI and machine learning (ML) applications. Read the full press release here: www.sidefx.com/community/sid...

Enter the Houdini Game Art Challenge! Create art and assets for use in real-time game engines and compete for exciting prizes! Click here for more info and to request a 6-month #Houdini Indie trial license: www.sidefx.com/community-mai...#Houdini Environment art by: George Hulm #games

Repost (via Matt Tillman on LinkedIn): Converting the Graswald asset library to USD and MaterialX for loading into Houdini's asset browser. Shout out to Graswald for not only making such a great library of assets but also making them available for free. lnkd.in/gn5uYUGZ

Register now for #Houdini KineFEST 2025 — a free event in Viborg, Denmark, on April 29th and 30th. Dive into Houdini's KineFX rigging, animation, and character FX tools, with expert-led HIVE presentations from leading studios across the industry! www.sidefx.com/houdini-hive/...

Discover the innovative techniques used and how #Houdini played a role in creating the luminous, dreamlike world of the "Belief System" in Inside Out 2. Read the full story in this RenderMan article. renderman.pixar.com/stories/...

Master explosions in #Houdini with Urban Bradesko, starting with emitters that define their look, movement, and impact. Gain control over your simulations from art direction to rendering and compositing in this online workshop by DoubleJump Academy! www.sidefx.com/tutorials/moo...

Learn how Q3D Studios uses #Houdini to generate procedural barriers for their Racing Simulator in this article by Technical Artist George Pennyfather. You can also catch George at #EPC2025! www.sidefx.com/community/f1-...

Check out our latest Houdini Connect featuring Yan Paul Dubbelman. With over a decade of experience with Cinema 4D, Yan Paul transitioned to #Houdini during the pandemic, discovering its immense potential for creating organic living systems. youtu.be/Fw_lwlxrp2Y?si=aoCz...