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Contents 1 General Houdini Usage 1.1 Wiki 1.2 Non-wiki 2 HDK 2.1 Wiki 3 Rendering 3.1 Wiki 3.2 Non-wiki 3.3 Reference 4 Dynamics 4.1 Wiki 4.2 Non-wiki 5 CHOPs 5.1 Wiki 5.2 Non-wiki 6 Particles / POPs 6.1 Wiki 6.2 Non-wiki 7 Volumetrics 7.1 Wiki 7.2 Non-wiki 7.3 Reference 8 Mirrored or Legacy Tutorials 9 External Tutorials

General Houdini Usage

Wiki

Non-wiki

• (4) Real-world Camera Matching - considerations when matching CG cameras in Houdini to real cameras.
• (1) School Of Creative Media, Hong Kong, Houdini Course
• (5) Turbulent Trails Video Tutorial by User:pwquint, 2009, Houdini 10.0
  • Turbulent Trails I
  • Turbulent Trails II
  • Refining the Trails Effect I
  • Refining the Trails Effect II
• (1) Basic Tutorial Videos by User:pwquint, 2009, Houdini 10.0
  • Selection
  • Bundles
  • Groups
  • Ramps
  • Polygons I
  • Polygons II
  • Attributes I
  • Attributes II
  • Attributes III
• (3) ForEach SOP Video Series by User:pwquint, 2009, Houdini 10.0
  • ForEach I
  • ForEach II
  • ForEach III

HDK

Wiki

• (2) Get_points_from_primitive - How you can access individual Points from a specific Primitive with HDK
• (3) Frame_information - How you can access frane animation information with HDK
• (3) Keyframe_information - How you can access keyframe animation information with HDK
• (3) Setup_visual_Studio - Setup your Visual Studio so you can compile your work with HDK
• (4) Access_Group_Information - How you can access a specific group (Pointgroup, Primitivegroup etc) and get its information
• (4) Access_Shader_Parameters - Explains how you get all the shader information from Houdini straight to your fingertips!

Rendering

Wiki

• [4] CreatingReflectionMaps
• [5] Eliminating Displacement Artifacts

Non-wiki

• [1] HDRI in Houdini, 34 min video
• (5) Happy Rendering With VEX : Some useful examples of how to use many of the VEX functions
• (3) Writing a VEX Shader For Houdini by User:AndyNicholas
• (3) Shader writing using VEX, by User:JasonIversen, 2000, Houdini 5.0
  • broken ShaderWriting 1 : Basic Concepts
  • broken ShaderWriting 2 : Colouring And Illuminating
  • broken ShaderWriting 3 : Reflections
  • broken ShaderWriting 4 : Transparency and Refractions
• (3) Mantra/Rendering Video Tutorials by User:pwquint, 2009, Houdini 10.0
  • An introduction to Mantra
  • Caustics I
  • Caustics II
  • Caustics III
  • ZDepth Passes
  • Physically Based Rendering/PBR I
  • Physically Based Rendering/PBR II
  • Physically Based Rendering/PBR III
  • Physically Based Rendering/PBR IV
  • Global Illumination I
  • Global Illumination II
  • Global Illumination III
  • Global Illumination IV
  • Depth of Field
  • Exporting Light Passes
  • Motion Blur I
  • Motion Blur II
  • Coordinate Systems and Shading

• (3) Basic Shader Writing by User:pwquint, 2009, Houdini 10.0
  • Shader Writing I
  • Shader Writing II
  • Shader Writing III
  • Shader Writing IV
  • Shader Writing : Update

Reference

• (5) WritingShaders

Dynamics

Wiki

Non-wiki

• (5) RBD Brick Wall Video Series by User:pwquint, 2009, Houdini 10.0
  • Brick Wall I
  • Brick Wall II
  • Brick Wall III
  • Brick Wall IV
• (5) SOP Solver / Burning Match Video Series by User:pwquint, 2009, Houdini 10.0
  • SOP Solver I
  • SOP Solver II
  • SOP Solver III
  • SOP Solver IV
• (5) Creating a Wet Map Video Series by User:pwquint, 2009, Houdini 10.0
  • Wet Map I
  • Wet Map II
  • Wet Map III
  • Wet Map IV
• (5) Combining Dynamics and Keyframe Animation Video Series by User:pwquint, 2009, Houdini 10.0
  • DOPs / Keyframes I
  • DOPs / Keyframes II
  • DOPs / Keyframes III
  • DOPs / Keyframes IV
• (3) Basic Smoke Video Series by User:pwquint, 2009, Houdini 10.0
  • Smoke I
  • Smoke II
  • Smoke III

CHOPs

Wiki

Non-wiki

• (5) CHOPs and Music Driven Animation Video Series by User:pwquint, 2009, Houdini 10.0
  • CHOPs and Music Driven Animation I
  • CHOPs and Music Driven Animation II
  • CHOPs and Music Driven Animation III
• (5) Varying animation using CHOPs Video Series by User:pwquint, 2009, Houdini 10.0
  • CHOPs Animation I
  • CHOPs Animation II

Particles / POPs

Wiki

Non-wiki

• (3) Particles Video Series by User:pwquint, 2009, Houdini 10.0
  • Particles I
  • Particles II
  • Particles III
• (5) Flying Letters Video Series by User:pwquint, 2009, Houdini 10.0
  • Flying Letters I
  • Flying Letters II
• (3) Light Instancing Video by User:pwquint, 2010, Houdini 10.0
  • Light Instancing
• (5) Point Cloud Video Series by User:pwquint, 2010, Houdini 10.0
  • Point Clouds I
  • Point Clouds II

Volumetrics

Wiki

Non-wiki

• (3) Volumetrics using i3d, simple shader writing using VEX, by User:JasonIversen, 2000, Houdini 5.0
  • broken Volumetrics 1 : Basic Concepts
  • broken Volumetrics 2 : Shaping your Clouds
  • broken Volumetrics 3 : Writing Shaders
  • broken Volumetrics 3 : More Shaders

• • Volumetrics 1 : Basic Concepts (from Archive.org)
  • Volumetrics 2 : Shaping your Clouds (from Archive.org)
  • Volumetrics 3 : Writing Shaders (from Archive.org)
  • Volumetrics 3 : More Shaders (from Archive.org)

• (2) Volumes Basics Video Series by User:pwquint, 2009, Houdini 10.0
  • Volumes I
  • Volumes II
  • Volumes III

Reference

Mirrored or Legacy Tutorials

• LegacySESIVideoTutorials : old version 6 legacy videos

External Tutorials

• SESI Tutorials - official tutorials from Side Effects.
• VizyAcky has a Tutorials Section
• 3D Buzz offers some great video tutorials (on Houdini 5.5)
• Digital-Tutors Houdini Tutorials - video tutorials, starting from the very basics
• houdiniforum Houdini Spanish Community
• Zohaib Ahsan's Tutorials - HDRI usage and manipulation versus traditional lighting
• PQHoudini Vimeo Channel - Various Houdini Tutorials on Vimeo