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Frozen 2 - Walt Disney Animation Studios

In Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee’s Frozen 2, we return to the world of Arendelle with Elsa and Anna, and we venture further into new places, such as the Enchanted Forest. These new adventures required new approaches to effects for Walt Disney Animation Studios. Here, the team behind the work break down their various challenges on the film.

HOUDINI GAME JAM 2020

SideFX is pround to announce the first-ever HOUDINI GAME JAM! Everyone is invited to participate in the jam and use Houdini to make games for a chance at winning awesome prizes!

HOULY Daily Challenge

SideFX is proud to announce the HOULY Daily Challenge where Houdini artists can compete for cool prizes by creating a new image or animation everyday during the month of July. Each week has a theme and each day has a topic to help inspire you on your journey.

Houdini 18 Backport

With Houdini's daily build program, features under development for the next major release can become candidates for backporting. With the latest Houdini 18 Build 499, there are a number of production-ready features that are being made available early. Here is a roundup of these new features along with a list of general enhancements that have been added since the H18 release.

Control | Remedy Entertainment

Johannes Richter, Principal VFX Artist at Remedy Entertainment takes us through the creation of 'reactive environments' in the game Control where the gamer essentially has the ability to smash their surroundings into pieces, and more.

Houdini and The Lion King

This photo-real world saw MPC Film rely on several tools and techniques, including SideFX Houdini for procedurally building environments, for helping to simulate the fur of many of the film’s animals, and for simulating certain naturalistic phenomena such as water, fire and dust. Members of MPC Film’s team break down where Houdini fit in those various areas of The Lion King’s production.

Houdini HIVE Worldwide has arrived!

The Houdini HIVE Worldwide event brought together Industry experts and SideFX staff to present on a wide range of educational topics. The goal in each case is to explore how Houdini and its procedural node-based workflow can be applied to the work you do on a daily basis.

The Art of Houdini Tests

If you look around the web - on Youtube or Vimeo, on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook - there’s a wealth of effects artists posting their latest Houdini tests and R&D projects. Some of these are for specific projects. On some the artist is trying out a new feature or technique. And of course some of them are just for fun.

Houdini HIVE Worldwide

On May 18-21, 2020. Join us for four days of online learning! Industry experts will be providing educational presentations on how Houdini and its procedural node-based workflow is applicable to the work you do every day. Explore techniques used by top studios and artists to meet a wide variety of production challenges.