afrosamurai2583 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 (edited) Hey guys, I'm new to odforce and i heard that you guys are a great community for houdini users. So with that being said, can you guys help me find some good tutorials to learn houdini? i have been messing with maya for a couple of months now and i like it but i want to create dynamics and particle simulations using houdini.. I've seen what it can do and i heard of its power and i would like to really learn this program and be able to use it very well.. i would probably mainly use it for creating visual effects like fire, water, destruction, smoke, explosions, maybe crowd simulations and ect. thanks guys Edited October 30, 2014 by afrosamurai2583 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sierra62 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Welcome, for free tutorials Sidefx.com has a great collection of their own as well as 3rd party tutorials. If you are willing to pay for some, check out CMIVFX or FXPHD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebkaine Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Welcome Jalin. i think this tutorial is a very good simple intro to houdini , unfortunatly no explosion here ... https://cmivfx.com/store/152-houdini-fundamentals This one is also very good to learn the fundamentals http://workshops.cgsociety.org/courseinfo.php?id=393 Cheers E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narbuckl Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 (edited) For people just starting I would recommend Peter Quint's vimeo page As advice to someone who is just starting I would recommend that you do not try to tackle every aspect at once, look at specific tools in specific contexts a little bit at a time. I can't tell you how often I have had maya people ask for a 'general overview' of houdini and I just laugh. -N Edited October 30, 2014 by narbuckl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afrosamurai2583 Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 Hey guys I've been trying to understand houdini and its very complicated. I want to learn it and understand it but like i said its very complicated.. thank you all for the great resources. Where do you guys think i should start? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kleer001 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 I think you should start with your passion, something you're interested in that's going to drive your first project. Do you love cars, guns, airplanes, flowers? Try to model them. Do you dream of a giant earthquake? Build a block tower and knock it down. Do you have other artwork in different mediums? Try to recreate that subject matter in Houdini. No goal is too lofty. You may not reach it quickly, but the pursuit of it will teach you enough fluency that you can absorb more advanced tutorials for their own sake. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Hey guys I've been trying to understand houdini and its very complicated. I want to learn it and understand it but like i said its very complicated.. thank you all for the great resources. Where do you guys think i should start? I'm still learning but what made it way, way easier was a few classes in Linear Algebra. Also programming - doesn't matter what language - it's getting used to the way of thinking that helped. I remember being super scared of the foreach sop or the sop solver - at least they make sense now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potkonny Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Hi, Please, look at: -http://forums.odforce.net/topic/17105-short-and-sweet-op-centric-lessons/ !!post #7 OLD SCHOOL!!!. and -http://forums.odforce.net/topic/20723-the-relationship-between-the-concept-of-a-shader-a-material-and-vex/ !!post #8 OLD SCHOOL!!! 1. http://www.papicrunch.net/GC-houdb/?collec=0&model=list&filter=none&sort=idASC&p=6 2. http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=14&Itemid=132 2. http://vimeo.com/channels/54102 4. http://lesterbanks.com/category/houdini/ 5. http://vimeo.com/groups/houdiniofficialtutorials 6. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLShEm1_z6_cyBOAKQSH2ck-enGSnovMjD 7. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=houdini+digital+asset&page=1 8. http://houdini.dreamerzstudio.net/ 9. http://training.adrianlazar.com/free-houdini-training/ 10. http://www.youtube.com/user/Khermah/videos?view=0&sort=dd&tag_id= 11. 12. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=houdini+modeling+tutorial&page=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willow wafflebeard Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 (edited) this one is full of complicated stuff, but very inspiring. there's alot more of it here. http://forums.odforce.net/topic/8471-eetus-lab/ there's also that epic FEM worm sim, i happen to forget where. Edited October 31, 2014 by willow wafflebeard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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