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Houdini Hangout @houdini-hangout.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Tonight (October 7, 2026 at 6PM EDT) we're going to do another live AMA session. It's been a little bit since we've done one. Bring whatever Houdini questions you have, and we'll do our best to talk through them. Hope to see you there! #houdini #AMA #vfx #motiondesign

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Houdini Hangout @houdini-hangout.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

For tonight's stream (6/10/2026 at 6pm EDT) we'll talk about the #H22 Sneak Peek, and then we'll work on making an art directed particle sim. We had some questions about this on Discord, so I thought it would make for a nice stream topic. www.sidefx.com/commu... #houdini22 #vfx

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Houdini 22 Sneak Peek | SideFX

Welcome to the Houdini 22 Sneak Peek which introduces you to exciting new tools for Character Animation & Rigging, Retargeting & Grooming, USD World Building and Rendering, Texture Synthesis and VFX in Copernicus, and new technologies such as Gaussian Splats.

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Houdini Hangout @houdini-hangout.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Tonight (5/13/2026 at 6pm EDT) we're going to play around in #Copernicus. We'll try to make some Slap Comp setups, and maybe mess around with some of the simulation stuff as well. Hope to see you there! more info: houdinihangout.com #houdini #compositing #vfx

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Houdini Hangout @houdini-hangout.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Tonight (4/22/2026 at 6pm EDT) we're going to do another general Q&A session. It's a great time to bring up questions that have been bugging you, or things that you're curious about. Can't promise to have the answers, but we'll give it a shot. More info:

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Houdini Hangout @houdini-hangout.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Tonight (4/15/2026) I'm going to try to build something like these porcelain pieces by Linda Lopez: www.thisiscolossal.c.... We'll try to take a look at both a procedural and simulated method. Stream/Discord: houdinihangout.com #houdini #vfx #vellum #motiondesign #art

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Linda Lopez's Playful Ceramic 'Dust Furries' Pick Up Detritus Like Pebbles and Peas in Their Colorful Coats — Colossal

In her ongoing series Dust Furries, color gradients complement the supple textures of "fur" that has a knack for picking up detritus.

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Houdini Hangout @houdini-hangout.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Tonight (3/18/2026 at 6pm EDT) we're going to make something for Mardini. We could do today's prompt "Organic", or even one of the other days. It's up to you! Hope to see you all then. Mardini info: zurl.co/XZEeU #houdini #vfx #sidefx #motiondesign #mardini

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Mardini 2026 | SideFX

Get Ready for the 2026 MARDINI Daily Art Challenge - your chance to compete for cool prizes by creating images or animations! With a different challenge every day during the month of March, you'll have 31 chances to enter and win.

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MOPs @motionoperators.com · 29/01/2026

My MOPs course on Houdini.School is now free! If you want a start to finish course on how (almost) everything works, plus the math background, you can watch it all here: www.houdini.school/courses/mops...

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MOPs: Motion Operators for Houdini

This course provides an overview of the MOPs workflow and how it integrates with the rest of Houdini, shows concrete examples of how MOPs can be used in both motion graphics and visual effects workflo...

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Peter Arcara @petercubic.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

You should contact support about that, as it's most likely a bug. I believe both are making the exact same USD primitive, but there is probably an error in the one parameter.

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Houdini Hangout @houdini-hangout.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Tonight (1/28/2026 at 6pm EST), with the series ending over the holidays, we're building a #StrangerThings inspired portal. We'll use #Vellum to animate it breaking apart and healing. This will probably be a multiple week project, but we'll see how far we get. #houdini #vfx

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Peter Arcara @petercubic.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

They should both be exactly the same, and shouldn't matter which you use.

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Peter Arcara @petercubic.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I honestly haven't really gotten into OCIO controls in Karma yet, so I can't really speak to how important it is to get cleaner renders. I might be doing further conceptual courses on Karma in the future, and if so I will definitely be looking into OCIO.

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Peter Arcara @petercubic.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I would certainly expect Karma's rendering performance to improve over the years. It's only been "production ready" for a couple of years, so there's a lot of ground to make up to some of the more mature render engines.

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Peter Arcara @petercubic.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Sorry for the contrived example. I'm definitely on the more technical/conceptual side of things, and not a highly accomplished artist. The idea with the example was to show the mechanisms that can be used to get better results. Every renderer definitely has it's strengths and weaknesses.

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Peter Arcara @petercubic.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Unfortunately, I can't really speak to what Pixar is doing with Renderman. I've never used that renderer. Also, if you're talking about XPU samples, you can't set a minimum value. You can only use the Path Traced Samples and the variance threshold parameter as your sampling control.

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Peter Arcara @petercubic.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Path Traced convergence mode is more efficient in shots where there is a very shallow DoF. It's also the default for XPU.

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Peter Arcara @petercubic.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Thanks so much for the kind words!

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Houdini Hangout @houdini-hangout.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Tonight (1/7/2026 at 6pm EST) we're going to get back to streaming after the holidays! To ease back in, we're going to do a Q&A session. We do these from time to time, and they're usually a lot of fun. Bring your thoughts and questions! houdinihangout.com #Houdini #vfx

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Houdini Hangout @houdini-hangout.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Tonight (11/26/2025 at 6pm EST), I'm going to try to finish up the laser project that I started last week. This time we'll add some volumetric effects to try to make the scene a lot more dynamic. houdinihangout.com for stream info #houdini #vfx #motiondesign #copernicus

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Houdini Hangout @houdini-hangout.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Tonight (11/19/2025 at 6pm EST) I'm going to try to create some lasers using some of the new tools in #Copernicus. Last time I wasn't so successful, but I'm hoping that this time we'll come up with something much better. info: houdinihangout.com #houdini #vfx #motiondesign

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Houdini Hangout @houdini-hangout.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Tonight (11/12/2025 at 6pm) we're going to try to work with some fluid sims, and make slightly sticky collisions. I've had a couple of questions about this on the Discord, so it would be worth trying out. Hope to see you then! #houdini #vfx #FLIP #simulation

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Houdini Hangout @houdini-hangout.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Tomorrow night (11/05/2025 at 6pm EST), we're going to have Kate Xagoraris as a guest. She's worked on a couple of really interesting HDA toolkits for star catalogs and proteins. It should be a great chat with a lot of science nerdiness! #houdini #sidefx #vfx #sciviz

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Houdini Hangout @houdini-hangout.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Tomorrow (10/29/2025 at 4pm EDT) we're going to have Valentina Malavasi join us. She'll be talking about some of her projects that she's worked on as a student at #BUAS. Her work focuses on bridging #Houdini and #Unreal. Hope to see you there! #SideFX #gamedev #vfx #procedural

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Houdini Hangout @houdini-hangout.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Tonight (10/22/2025 at 6pm EDT) we'll have another guest on the stream, Ferry Taswin! If you're curious about ways to make your own custom workflows in #Houdini this stream should be really interesting for you. Hope to see you there! #sidefx #python #vfx

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SideFX Houdini @sidefx.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

We’re thrilled to announce that you can now become a Houdini Certified Instructor! Apply to take the Houdini Exam and join our growing community of certified instructors. More details are available here: www.sidefx.com/education/edu... #sidefx #houdini #instructors

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Houdini Hangout @houdini-hangout.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Tonight (10/1/2025 at 6pm EDT) we're going to to another live Q&A on the stream. If you have any questions about how to do something in #Houdini this is a great time to ask on the stream. We'll all do our best to get you an answer. houdinihangout.com for more info

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Houdini Hangout @houdini-hangout.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Tomorrow night (9/17/2025 at 5pm EDT), Carlos Dordelly will be joining the stream to talk about some practical workflows and tips in #Solaris. He'll especially focus on things for solo artists and small teams. See you there with your questions! #sidefx #houdini #vfx #mograph

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Houdini Hangout @houdini-hangout.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Tonight (9/10/2025 at 6pm EDT) we're going to try to connect a #Copernicus Flow sim to a #Vellum sim. We'll use the velocity from one to drive the other. Hope to see you there! For more stream info and Discord link: houdinihangout.com #sidefx #houdini #motiondesign #vfx

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Houdini Hangout @houdini-hangout.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Tonight (9/3/2025 at 6pm EDT) we're going to try to get something working with the new Shot Builder tools. There won't be anything grand or expansive shown off, but we'll do our best to do something interesting with them. houdinihangout.com #houdini21 #sidefx #vfx #openusd

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Houdini Hangout @houdini-hangout.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Houdini 21 is released! Tonight (8/27/2025 at 6pm EDT) we're going to open it up and play around with some of the new features. There are lots of features that weren't covered in the Keynote, and we'll try some of those. Bring your questions! #sidefx #houdini #vfx #motiondesign

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Houdini Hangout @houdini-hangout.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Just a reminder that we'll have Danny Laursen as a guest tonight (8/13/2025), but this time starting 2 hours earlier at 4pm EDT. Hope that will be a nice change of pace for any Europeans wanting to watch. Come join us to talk about Danny's awesome flower workflow and HDAs!

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Peter Arcara @petercubic.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

I love that those timecodes are in hh:mm, and not mm:ss. Hahaha! It was quite the marathon of features. :)

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DC @dctechart.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Soo many incredible goodies coming in #Houdini 21! - Animation, rigging and muscles: 0:10 - Quad-remesher, texture baking and terrain erosion: 1:02 - Rendering: 1:20 - COPs texture gen: 1:40 - Simulations: 2:07 www.youtube.com/watch?v=C--0... #techart #simulation #procedural #3dart #texture #anim

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H21 Keynote Vancouver

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SideFX Houdini @sidefx.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Watch the Houdini 21 Keynote from SIGGRAPH 2025! Discover new KineFX motion mixer, muscle system improvements, MetaHumans integration, Copernicus GPU Pyro solver, built-in ML tools, Vulkan support, and more. Today at 10 am PST! youtu.be/C--08SipCNU

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Houdini Hangout @houdini-hangout.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

This week (8/13/2025 at 4pm EDT) we'll have Danny Laursen on the stream to talk about his awesome flower tools. We'll look at the logic behind the HDAs, and then go into the tool's functions. Hope to see you there! www.youtube.com/@Dan... #sidefx #houdini #3dFlowers #FLOPs

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Houdini Hangout @houdini-hangout.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Tonight (8/06/2025 at 6pm EDT) we're going to chat about the H21 Sneak Peak video that was released on Monday. I'm sure you've seen and heard about it by now, but if you want some more analysis of the video come join us! youtu.be/aq7JQCV51CY... #houdini #sidefx #vfx #H21

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Houdini 21 Sneak Peek

The following is a preview of some of the new features coming in Houdini 21! We will reveal more at the upcoming SIGGRAPH 2025 in Vancouver, so keep an eye out for the Keynote, HIVE presentations and more :) starting week of August 11. https://www.sidefx.com/houdini-hive/siggraph-2025/ - - - - -

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SideFX Houdini @sidefx.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

We are thrilled to announce #houdini HIVE Equinox (Sept 23–25, 2025), join us for IGNITE workshops, HIVE presentations, and social events. Building on last year’s Horizon, this year goes bigger with more ways to learn, connect, and be inspired. www.sidefx.com/equinox/

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EQUINOX | SideFX

Join us for Houdini HIVE Equinox in Toronto - a multi-day event where the Houdini Community has access to IGNITE workshops, HIVE presentations, and social events.

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Houdini Hangout @houdini-hangout.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Tonight (7/30/2025 at 6pm EDT) we're going to try to make an animation like this art from Apoxia: www.instagram.com/ap... We'll see how we go about creating it, but some non-simulation options might happen. We'll see! #sidefx #houdini #motiondesign

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𝑨𝑷𝑶𝑿𝑰𝑨 on Instagram: "Blood & foam N2. Owner- @cjbaran"

955 likes, 22 comments - apoxia.art on July 26, 2020: "Blood & foam N2. Owner- @cjbaran".

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Houdini Hangout @houdini-hangout.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Tonight (7/16/2025 at 6pm EDT) I'm going to try to make some abstract cloth inspired by Ariel Ting Wei Lu. Check out her amazing website here: ariellu.com/google-d.... Not sure how it will turn out, but it should be fun regardless! #sidefx #houdini #motiondesign #vfx

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Houdini Hangout @houdini-hangout.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Tonight (7/2/25), I'm a little unsure about what we should do. It will be a bit of a viewers choice, and if nobody has a live suggestion I'm going to play with some stuff in Vellum. Sorry for the indecision, but it should be fun either way. #sidefx #houdini #motiondesign

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Houdini Hangout @houdini-hangout.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Tonight (06/18/25 at 6pm EDT) we're going to work on creating some animated, nested instances in Solaris. USD can be tricky for a lot of people (me included!), and hopefully we'll clear up some misunderstandings. houdinihangout.com for more info #houdini #sidefx #solaris

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Houdini Hangout @houdini-hangout.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Tonight (6/11/2025 at 6pm EDT), we're going to create something inspired by this ad from @TactycStudio: youtu.be/ULgOsnNxexI... There's a cool melting effect that we'll try to use Vellum Grains and MPM on. Hope to see you then! #houdini #sidefx #mpm #vellum #motiondesign

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Klar - Platino

We had the pleasure to collaborate with Klar Mexico to create a series of animations for their Platino card release. It was a great creative journey and we are super pleased with the results. Thank you for having us, Klar!

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Houdini Hangout @houdini-hangout.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Tomorrow night (6/4 at 6pm EDT) we're going to be joined by Tom Goffelli (aka WaffleBoyTom). He's going to walk through the basics of using APEX outside of the current rigging/animation tools. This should be a bit of a continuation of his awesome talk at FMX. See you then! #sidefx #apex #houdini

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Matt Estela - cgwiki @cgwiki.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

woo, the graduation film from UTS ALA (where i used to teach) from last year is online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tqw...

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Fool's Gold (Full Film)

YouTube video by UTS Animal Logic Academy

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Peter Arcara @petercubic.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Just passing by one of Switzerland's newest tourist attractions. You're Google Maps famous @thewheatgerm.bsky.social! #jetlagthegame #nebula

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Houdini Hangout @houdini-hangout.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Tonight (4/9/25 at 6pm EDT) we're going to do another Q&A session. Join the stream if you have any burning questions about Houdini or just want to chat about it. These open sessions are always fun, so I hope to see you there. houdinihangout.com #sidefx #houdini #vfx

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Peter Arcara @petercubic.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Come join me as I make a couple different versions of this kinetic wind sculpture. #houdini #sidefx #procedural #sim

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Peter Arcara @petercubic.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Come watch me try to come up with something for today's #Mardini prompt.

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