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Rebelway – Introduction To Houdini For 3D Artists | 12.9 GB

Description:

This course is designed for people who have a good understanding of CG and interested in gaining a full understanding of houdini and how to utilise it’s procedural modeling tools to create 3d assets, create environment, shade and render using mantra as well as learn how to composite using Houdini COPs.

We will be creating a vast number of assets with each we learn how to use certain nodes in houdini and how to procedurally model complex geometry.

We will start by analysis and learn about Gothic architecture and see how we can build our own solution to create the iconic windows, arches and pillar used in this architecture, we will then tweak and assemble various asset to create Modular blocks that once put together will create a very complex procedural environment in Houdini.

We will then learn how to procedurally create uvs for the main assets.

Shade the majority of the asset created and start lighting and rendering our environment.

By the end of the 5th week the student should acquire a very deep understanding of how Houdini works and be able to have a fully fledged environment created.

WEEK1 –

Intro to proceduralism and Houdini’s interface

Maya vs max vs Houdini, transition and differences

Intro to Houdini contexts

Intro to vex and pointvops

How to get the most out of the workshop

An in-depth look at modular design

Start modeling first elements of the environment

WEEK2 –

Solving problems in Houdini

A look at Gothic architecture and how to design tools to procedural create the various windows, arches, pillars and shapes

Layout and composition

Creating generic tools to help us build the various elements needed for the environment

Modeling the main blocks of the environment

WEEK3 –

Procedurally and dynamically assemble the environment

Model the environment ground

Procedural UV generation for the various model created

Bonus/Advanced: Creating OTLS In Houdini.

WEEK4 —

Intro to shading, Lighing in mantra

Setting up a lookdev lightrig

Shade the various elements created for the main block of the environment

Create more complex shading by reading points attribute stored in the mesh to drive various parts of the shader

WEEK5 —

Lighting the interior

Settings all the passes and aovs using takes

Render optimization

Compositing the various passes in cops

Create fog passes in Houdini using vdb volumes