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YOu can't export sequences of BGEOs in Houdini Apprentice  (coz it's free!) - but you can a bought version using a Geometry ROP.

http://odforce.net/wiki/index.php/HoudiniApprentice

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Why did they exclude this Geometry ROP. What can somebody do with this obj files alone. That there is a watermark in the render ,I understand but why not exporting obj possiblity?

Many thanks!

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Why did they exclude this Geometry ROP. What can somebody do with this obj files alone. That there is a watermark in the render ,I understand but why not exporting obj possiblity?

Many thanks!

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It would make it easy to use Houdini Apprentice as a full animation package then, merely exporting geometry to a licensed version for rendering without watermarks. For medium size facilities, you'd need only one licensed version then, no? Apprentice could be used just as a front-end for free in this case.

We should be so lucky that it even supports .obj for still models, IMHO. Since .obj is not really lossy like a watermarked JPEG is you make a parralel with rendering. For a truly secure route, it should only read/write encrypted/watermarked .bgeo files (which would be able to support sequences but switch any Houdini session down to Apprentice mode), but they've allow poeple to interchange freely between packages using .obj.

I try not to look a gift horse in the mouth in this case. :)

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It would make it easy to use Houdini Apprentice as a full animation package then, merely exporting geometry to a licensed version for rendering without watermarks.  For medium size facilities, you'd need only one licensed version then, no? Apprentice could be used just as a front-end for free in this case.

We should be so lucky that it even supports .obj for still models, IMHO. Since .obj is not really lossy like a watermarked  JPEG is you make a parralel with rendering. For a truly secure route, it should only read/write encrypted/watermarked .bgeo files (which would be able to support sequences but switch any Houdini session down to Apprentice mode), but they've allow poeple to interchange freely between packages using .obj.

I try not to look a gift horse in the mouth in this case. :)

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Hello, thanks Jason, now I understand.

Wouldn't it be possible to Save each geometry (bgeo) per frame: frame1, RMB save geometry, frame2, RMB save geometry, and so on...

Thanks,

Bernard

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Hello, thanks Jason, now I understand.

Wouldn't it be possible to Save each geometry (bgeo) per frame: frame1, RMB save geometry, frame2, RMB save geometry, and so on...

Thanks,

Bernard

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Yeah, which is why its not so secure. And you certainly can't build a pipeline around that - well, not an efficient one. ;)

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Yeah, which is why its not so secure. And you certainly can't build a pipeline around that - well, not an efficient one. ;)

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Yes I see. For 5 or 10 frames it's do'able, but not for a 100 or more...

Many thanks for the fast reply!

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