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Houdini EngineH
oudini, the ground-
breaking, Oscar-winning
digital content creation
application from SideFX, has a
long and well-earned reputation
for being the 3D software
application that can do anything.
Houdini has a procedural and
node-based creation structure
that sets it apart from many 3D
applications and also makes it
extremely powerful. The software
comes with a full suite of creation
tools from fluids, particles and
dynamics to name but a few.
Houdini is used in large
studios where it handles a lot
of the effects work for major
blockbusters, and with the
cheaper but nearly full-featured
Houdini Indie, many freelancersand small studios are now starting
to integrate Houdini into their
own workflows.
One of the keys to this
integration is Houdini Engine.
It allows practically any asset
that can be made in Houdini to
be packaged and placed into a
compatible 3D or game-creation
application. At the moment
Autodesk Maya, 3ds Max, Cinema
4D, Unreal Engine 4 and Unity
are supported. An API is also
available to allow developers to
start creating their own plugins for
a chosen application.
Houdini Engine allows complex
assets to feature only the required
controls, meaning that artists
and animators who do not want
to learn all of the incrediblyMike Griggs
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with vast experience
across the industry, as
both a creator and a
technical writer.
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tools created for them by more
experienced Houdini users,
without having to worry about
breaking anything.
Houdini Engine also allows
access to the Orbolt marketplace
where a wide range of free and
paid-for assets can be used.
These tools can be simple
particle sim setups or a full voxel
modelling application, allowing
extra functionality in the host
application that was potentially
not there before.
Houdini Engine comes with
both the main and Indie versions
of the application, and enables
the power of Houdini to be
utilised wherever you need it.
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