SideFX Houdini

Join us for Houdini HIVE + Ignite Workshops at Gnomon in LA on Saturday, March 28! Choose one of six hands-on morning workshops, then stay for lunch and afternoon presentations from industry experts, a discussion panel, and an evening social mixer. www.eventbrite.ca/e/houdini-...

We’re so excited about this year’s Mardini — only 3 days to go! Mardini is a daily contest, but even a single entry could win the grand prize. Head over to the SideFX website to claim 2 free months of Houdini Indie to use during the contest. www.sidefx.com/community-mai...

Discover how Megalis created the climactic water sequences for Alice in Borderland. Learn how they recreated destroyed Tokyo on a limited budget using procedural assets, massive water sims & USD/Solaris pipeline. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T08n... #Houdini

Check out the Houdini Learning Portal! Your new hub for tutorials, collections, content, and talks. Filters and category links give you quick access to educational materials. Create Collections to organize your learning into playlists — try it! www.sidefx.com/learn/learnin...

Discover how Found Studio integrated Houdini and AI to amplify their design workflow. For London Craft Week's 10th anniversary, they used Houdini's wedging process to generate 1,000 unique programme covers on HP12000 press. youtu.be/ykXxwMbcexo #Houdini #PDG

Learn to build a custom Houdini tool for automatic procedural edge damage—lightweight, scalable, and production-ready. Nicolas Garilhe shares his SILKROAD Project workflow for adding believable surface detail while maintaining artistic control. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

See Max Rose’s complete animation pipeline in Houdini, including procedural asset modeling and texturing with COPs, character rigging and animation in APEX, scene layout in Solaris, and lighting and rendering with Karma. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjv9... #houdini

Learn how to add interactive viewport controls to your HDAs using Python States with Mohamad Salame. Read and write parameters using keyboard and mouse input, work with multiparms and handles, and build right-click menus, selections, drawables, and more. www.sidefx.com/tutorials/pyt...

Watch TAT Studio break down the technical building blocks used to create the AutoBake system, which automates optimized, high-quality groom animation without dynamics, inside of Houdini using many of its technical features and pipeline-building tools. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk2o...

Bring your creatures to life using new Houdini 21 CFX features with Juliette Le Hir. Discover how tools like Shot Sculpt, Armature Deform, and the Otis Solver can help you shape and enhance both the form and motion of your characters. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tplb... #houdini

Go behind the scenes of Goodbye Kansas’ Game of Thrones: War for Westeros trailer, showcasing the studio’s first use of lighting assembly in Solaris and Houdini’s crowd and CFX tools, with Filip Orrby and Guillaume Ritt. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX2D... #houdini

Join Netflix Animation Studio (formerly Animal Logic) as they share lessons learned from adopting Houdini to rebuild their asset pipeline, from migrating established workflows to designing entirely new systems. www.youtube.com/watch?v=goWy... #houdini

Discover the new COP Pyro solver with Alexandre Tamisier. Learn how buoyancy and shaping operators can be layered, use live simulation for real-time feedback, and see how COPs Pyro with SOP workflows can open new creative possibilities. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjn1... #houdini

Find out how to translate papers into working tools in Houdini. Get an overview of the general ML workflow and dive into specifics with an implementation case study. Presented by Jakob Ringler. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQWc... #houdini

Explore Cairos.ai, a web service that produces 3D humanoid motion from conversations with an AI. This talk covers the inner workings of Cairos.ai and the vision behind it with Hristo Velev. www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9Fr... #houdini

Explore how to incorporate machine‑learning enhancements into your Pyro FX workflows. Make your sims look 3x better using Houdini 21's procedural ML tools with Jeff Guttin. www.youtube.com/watch?v=btg7... #houdini

Learn how to build supervised ML pipelines in Houdini 21 with Michiel Hagedoorn. Explore new ML nodes, including data generation, training, inference, and more. These applications include a volume up-resser and an improved character deformer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHbT... #houdini

The How To Houdini Tutorial Contest deadline has been extended to January 31, 2026! Lessons must be at least 10 minutes, and there are four categories: Beginner, Node Reference, Gamedev & Realtime, or Production Workflow. A new grand prize has also been added: a Dell laptop.

Huge congratulations to Sandfall Interactive on an extraordinary night at The Game Awards! Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 received nine awards, including Game of the Year. Watch our Houdini Connect interview with Technical Artist Alexandre Breton. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XNa... #gameart

Explore the unique art pipeline and novel real-time techniques behind the immersive sci-fi game Ambrosia Sky. Jules Glegg from Soft Rains shows how Houdini was used for volumetric gameplay with a stylized, hand-made look, even on handheld hardware. www.youtube.com/watch?v=89qL...

Discover how Tin & Ed, Australian artists based in NYC, use Houdini to explore natural systems, emergence, and interconnectedness in their creative process, bringing these ideas to life through large-scale physical sculptures and digital installations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gijI...

Find out how Peter Sanitra created this delicious simulation with multiple material type interactions in the MPM solver, combining solids and liquids and applying surface tension, plasticity, emission expansion, and more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=50Q2... #houdini

Have a look at this presentation by Filippo Robino and Marco Provitina showcasing the Alps' Moose project: a production-level full-CGI shot featuring FX, environment work, rigging in APEX, animation, muscle simulation, shading, and lighting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbPi... #houdini

Learn to build, customize, and package a reusable character rig in Houdini 21 using the Rig Builder and APEX. This course covers importing characters, creating animator-friendly controls, exporting a portable HDA—and much more. www.sidefx.com/tutorials/int... #houdini #rigging

Congratulations to all of our Houdini Certified Schools for another year of outstanding student submissions! www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLkE... #houdini #education #students

Join the Project Lighthouse Asset Challenge to help create 3D assets for Poly Haven’s first video game, all released free under CC0. Collaborate, contribute lasting content, and earn rewards including prizes from SideFX! blog.polyhaven.com/project-l... #houdini #gamedev #CC0

Find out how Simon Holmedal and Andreas Catucci of Panoply celebrate 10 years of creative innovation, showcasing work for the NBA and ESPN while revealing their evolving approach to motion design, branding, and storytelling. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsKt... #houdini

Build CG-AI workflows using the Houdini ComfyUI plugin with Rafael Drelich. Explore workflows from motion capture to AI-powered image & video generation, evolving VFX pipelines with generative AI. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yrhg... #houdini

Dive into Houdini’s KineFX & APEX rigging tools with Carlos Valcárcel through Project Outback, starting with phase one achievements and moving into facial rigging for realistic vs. stylized characters in KineFX. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZkQ... #houdini

Explore Houdini's new SOP-based crowd tools and build a complete crowd scene from scratch with Ayush Yadav, Lead Crowd TD at DNEG. Learn to bring in characters, set up motion paths, add animation layers, work with cloth & render in Solaris with Karma. www.sidefx.com/tutorials/int...

Learn how COPs can generate terrains in Houdini with Dmitrii Vlasenko. Create custom tools, explore texture synthesis using new COP noises & filters, and finalize with the HeightField Erosion toolkit. It's layers upon layers of fun! www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFqZ... #houdini

Take a look at how Houdini’s new Otis solver brings GPU-accelerated dynamics to Character FX, delivering unprecedented realism for muscle, fascia, fat, and tissue interactions—presented by Kai Stavginski. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdtM... #houdini

Check out Moritz Schwind's talk on generating procedural paintings in Copernicus inspired by reaction-diffusion and impressionist techniques. Create painterly effects with brush strokes, edge detection, and solvers for oil painting textures! www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJAj... #houdini

Learn how to map & visualize this abstract concept to gain insights into ML models. Explore how to manipulate this space directly using dimensionality reduction techniques to build better tools.  www.youtube.com/watch?v=woNP... #houdini

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...