Tonight (1/28/2026 at 6pm EST), with the series ending over the holidays, we're building a #StrangerThings inspired portal. We'll use #Vellum to animate it breaking apart and healing. This will probably be a multiple week project, but we'll see how far we get. #houdini #vfx

Tonight (01/14/2026 at 6pm EST) we're going to work on a spreading ice effect that was suggested on the Discord server. There should be a few different ways to tackle it, so we'll see how many we get up to. For more info: houdinihangout.com #Houdini #vfx #motiondesign

Tonight (1/7/2026 at 6pm EST) we're going to get back to streaming after the holidays! To ease back in, we're going to do a Q&A session. We do these from time to time, and they're usually a lot of fun. Bring your thoughts and questions! houdinihangout.com #Houdini #vfx

Tonight (11/26/2025 at 6pm EST), I'm going to try to finish up the laser project that I started last week. This time we'll add some volumetric effects to try to make the scene a lot more dynamic. houdinihangout.com for stream info #houdini #vfx #motiondesign #copernicus

Tonight (11/19/2025 at 6pm EST) I'm going to try to create some lasers using some of the new tools in #Copernicus. Last time I wasn't so successful, but I'm hoping that this time we'll come up with something much better. info: houdinihangout.com#Copernicus. #houdini #vfx #motiondesign

Tonight (11/12/2025 at 6pm) we're going to try to work with some fluid sims, and make slightly sticky collisions. I've had a couple of questions about this on the Discord, so it would be worth trying out. Hope to see you then! #houdini #vfx #FLIP #simulation

Tomorrow night (11/05/2025 at 6pm EST), we're going to have Kate Xagoraris as a guest. She's worked on a couple of really interesting HDA toolkits for star catalogs and proteins. It should be a great chat with a lot of science nerdiness! #houdini #sidefx #vfx #sciviz

Tomorrow (10/29/2025 at 4pm EDT) we're going to have Valentina Malavasi join us. She'll be talking about some of her projects that she's worked on as a student at #BUAS. Her work focuses on bridging #Houdini and #Unreal. Hope to see you there! #SideFX #gamedev #vfx #procedural

Tonight (10/22/2025 at 6pm EDT) we'll have another guest on the stream, Ferry Taswin! If you're curious about ways to make your own custom workflows in #Houdini this stream should be really interesting for you. Hope to see you there! #sidefx #python #vfx

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

Tonight (10/1/2025 at 6pm EDT) we're going to to another live Q&A on the stream. If you have any questions about how to do something in #Houdini this is a great time to ask on the stream. We'll all do our best to get you an answer. houdinihangout.com#Houdinifor more info

Tomorrow night (9/17/2025 at 5pm EDT), Carlos Dordelly will be joining the stream to talk about some practical workflows and tips in #Solaris. He'll especially focus on things for solo artists and small teams. See you there with your questions! #sidefx #houdini #vfx #mograph

Tonight (9/10/2025 at 6pm EDT) we're going to try to connect a #Copernicus Flow sim to a #Vellum sim. We'll use the velocity from one to drive the other. Hope to see you there! For more stream info and Discord link: houdinihangout.com#Copernicus#Vellum#sidefx #houdini #motiondesign #vfx

Tonight (9/3/2025 at 6pm EDT) we're going to try to get something working with the new Shot Builder tools. There won't be anything grand or expansive shown off, but we'll do our best to do something interesting with them. houdinihangout.com #houdini21 #sidefx #vfx #openusd

Houdini 21 is released! Tonight (8/27/2025 at 6pm EDT) we're going to open it up and play around with some of the new features. There are lots of features that weren't covered in the Keynote, and we'll try some of those. Bring your questions! #sidefx #houdini #vfx #motiondesign

Tomorrow (8/20/2025 at 4pm EDT), we're going to have Paul Esteves as a guest on the stream. We'll tackle a few questions he's been asked online, and then we might look at rendering his Copernicus effect (www.instagram.com/p/...) in Karma. #SideFX #HoudiniTime #motiondesign

Tomorrow (8/20/2025 at 4pm EDT), we're going to have Paul Esteves as a guest on the stream. We'll tackle a few questions he's been asked online, and then we might look at rendering his Copernicus effect (www.instagram.com/p/...) in Karma. #SideFX #HoudiniTime #motiondesign

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

This week (8/13/2025 at 4pm EDT) we'll have Danny Laursen on the stream to talk about his awesome flower tools. We'll look at the logic behind the HDAs, and then go into the tool's functions. Hope to see you there! www.youtube.com/@Dan... #sidefx #houdini #3dFlowers #FLOPs

Tonight (8/06/2025 at 6pm EDT) we're going to chat about the H21 Sneak Peak video that was released on Monday. I'm sure you've seen and heard about it by now, but if you want some more analysis of the video come join us! youtu.be/aq7JQCV51CY... #houdini #sidefx #vfx #H21

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/

Tonight (7/30/2025 at 6pm EDT) we're going to try to make an animation like this art from Apoxia: www.instagram.com/ap... We'll see how we go about creating it, but some non-simulation options might happen. We'll see! #sidefx #houdini #motiondesign

Tonight (7/23/2025 at 6pm EDT) I'm going to take a shot at making a dust explosion inspired by this reference: www.instagram.com/re... Never sure what we'll come up with, but join us for the process! #sidefx #houdini #vfx #motiondesign

Tonight (7/16/2025 at 6pm EDT) I'm going to try to make some abstract cloth inspired by Ariel Ting Wei Lu. Check out her amazing website here: ariellu.com/google-d.... Not sure how it will turn out, but it should be fun regardless! #sidefx #houdini #motiondesign #vfx

Tonight (7/2/25), I'm a little unsure about what we should do. It will be a bit of a viewers choice, and if nobody has a live suggestion I'm going to play with some stuff in Vellum. Sorry for the indecision, but it should be fun either way. #sidefx #houdini #motiondesign

Tonight (06/18/25 at 6pm EDT) we're going to work on creating some animated, nested instances in Solaris. USD can be tricky for a lot of people (me included!), and hopefully we'll clear up some misunderstandings. houdinihangout.com for more info #houdini #sidefx #solaris

Also, if you missed Tom Goffelli (aka WaffleboyTom) and I chat about APEX last week, you can find the recording on YouTube: www.youtube.com/live... We talk about how APEX works, and some of the tech that came before it's development. #houdini #sidefx #APEX #CompiledGraphs

Tonight (6/11/2025 at 6pm EDT), we're going to create something inspired by this ad from @TactycStudio: youtu.be/ULgOsnNxexI... There's a cool melting effect that we'll try to use Vellum Grains and MPM on. Hope to see you then! #houdini #sidefx #mpm #vellum #motiondesign

Tomorrow night (6/4 at 6pm EDT) we're going to be joined by Tom Goffelli (aka WaffleBoyTom). He's going to walk through the basics of using APEX outside of the current rigging/animation tools. This should be a bit of a continuation of his awesome talk at FMX. See you then! #sidefx #apex #houdini

Tonight (4/23/2025 at 6pm EDT) we'll look at creating a FLIP sim with whitewater. First we'll talk about sourcing whitewater from a sim, and then we'll look at how to use a guided wave setup. Thanks to our Discord community for the request. Hope to see you then! #sidefx #houdini

Tonight (4/16/2025 at 6pm EDT), we're going to look at how to make an MPM sim inspired by this work from Jan Elsner: www.instagram.com/re... It's a really great piece, and since he mentioned using MPM for the project we'll do the same. Hope you join us! #houdini #sidefx #vfx

Tonight (4/9/25 at 6pm EDT) we're going to do another Q&A session. Join the stream if you have any burning questions about Houdini or just want to chat about it. These open sessions are always fun, so I hope to see you there. houdinihangout.com #sidefx #houdini #vfx

No Stream tonight (4/2/2025). I've got a work event that coincides with my steam time. See you all next week!

Tonight (3/26/25 at 6pm EDT), I'm going to make a few different examples of how to create a kinetic wind sculpture. I'm referencing a video that my co-worker sent me. I'm going to try to make a few versions: purely procedural, driven by a pyro sim, and possibly a dynamic version. #sidefx #houdini

Tonight (3/19/25) I'll be taking a shot at today's #Mardini prompt. Not really sure what I'll come up with, but that's half of the fun, right?! As always your thoughts and comments are welcome. See you there! More at: houdinihangout.com#Mardini #sidefx #houdini #vfx #motiondesign

Tonight (6pm EDT on 3/12/2025), we're going to look at emitting scaling vellum pieces. Someone on Discord suggested looking at Ruye's work (www.instagram.com/ru...). So we'll use that as inspiration for what we work on tonight. #sidefx #houdini #motiondesign #mograph

Tonight (02/26/2025 at 6pm EST) I'm going to go through a recent HDA that I built that would take in pre-built castle assets, and make walls from a drawn curve. It was a slightly tricky process to figure out, and I thought you all might be interested. #sidefx #hda #houdini

Tonight (02/19/2025 at 6pm EST) we're going to take a look at Solaris workflows, and talk about some processes that could help you improve your USD workflows. We'll also leave a bit of time for some Solaris/USD Q&A. houdinihangout.com #sidefx #houdini #openusd #solaris

In a couple of hours (02/12 at 6pm EST), I'll be continuing the tubes and foam series that I started last week. Sorry for the late reminder, I totally spaced on what day it was. If you'd like a reminder of last week here it is: www.youtube.com/watc... #houdini #vfx #sidefx

Tonight (2/5/25) we're going to try to recreate some of the visuals that Andrej Troha made in his Trypophobia pieces (www.artstation.com/a...). Lots of great visuals here to dive into. Also, we'll be starting a little later than usual at 6:30pm ET. #sidefx #houdini #vfx

Exciting news! Introducing Curriculum-in-a-Box – it’s never been easier for #teachers to bring #Houdini into the classroom. Get started here: www.sidefx.com/education/ed...

Tonight (01/29 at 6pm EDT) we'll look at some pyro simulations. A Discord user suggested to look at some of these examples by Fabio Rodriguez: www.instagram.com/p/... Come bring your questions and ideas! houdinihangout.com for more info #sidefx #houdini #vfx #pyro

Tonight (01/15/2025 at 6pm EDT) we're going to look at different uses for the SOP Solver. Matt Estela gives some great examples on his blog (tokeru.com/cgwiki/Th...), and we'll pick out some of those to explore and try to fully understand. Hope to see you then! #sidefx #houdini

Happy New Year! Tonight (01/08/25) I'm going to do a live Q&A session. It's been several months since we've done something like that, and I think it is always a lot of fun. So, bring your questions, and we'll chat about them or make some examples in Houdini. Hope to see you then!

In the spirit of the upcoming holiday, tonight (12/18 at 6pm EDT) we'll be making a procedural Christmas tree using the SideFX Labs nodes. Shouldn't be anything groundbreaking, but I was having fun playing with them and thought I would share. houdinihangout.com for info

Not able to stream tonight. Next week, since we're coming up on Christmas, we'll be looking at how to make a procedural Christmas tree with the #SideFXLabs tools. Hope to see you then! houdinihangout.com#SideFXLabsfor stream info and Discord invite! #SideFX #Houdini #procedural

Tonight (12/04 at 6pm EDT), I'm going to try my hand at the CGWiki's first #VEXember challenge. We'll be doing as much with VEX as I can possibly muster in a couple hours. As always, questions and comments are welcome. http://houdinihangou...#VEXemberfor your local time and Discord link