Getting started with houdini ( entry level course)

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Trailer

Lecture 1: Trailer

Chapter 2: Understanding Houdini's workflow & nature

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: The User Interface

Lecture 3: Desktops and Projects

Lecture 4: Creating and Transforming Geometry

Lecture 5: Using The Interactive Transform Tools

Lecture 6: The Handle Tool and Viewport Arrangement

Lecture 7: understanding display mode create from tab

Lecture 8: create multiple geometry in one geo folder

Lecture 9: selecting points primitive, vertices

Lecture 10: template and render flags

Lecture 11: basic concept of attribute part 1

Lecture 12: basic concept of attribute part 2

Lecture 13: creating group part 1

Lecture 14: creating group part 2

Lecture 15: creating group part 3

Lecture 16: creating group part 4

Lecture 17: your first render in houdni

Lecture 18: applying material

Lecture 19: applying materal based on group

Lecture 20: group promote

Lecture 21: donut

Lecture 22: basic render concept

Lecture 23: The Network View and Understanding Contexts

Lecture 24: Further Understanding Contexts

Lecture 25: value ladder

Lecture 26: importing model in houdini

Lecture 27: understanding scene scale and object dimension

Lecture 28: edit node in practise

Lecture 29: expression

Lecture 30: polyextrude in practise

Lecture 31: creating wheel part 1

Lecture 32: creating wheel part 2

Lecture 33: creating wheel part 3

Lecture 34: creating wheel part 4

Lecture 35: subdivide wheel and rotate

Lecture 36: Using Expressions to Animate Wheel Rotation

Lecture 37: Editing the Parameter Interface

Lecture 38: duplicating wheel

Lecture 39: Adding Vertex Normal Attributes

Lecture 40: adding uv attributes and promoting attributes

Lecture 41: creating group for applying material

Lecture 42: advanced group

Lecture 43: applying material to wheel

Lecture 44: checking the primitive group of the car

Lecture 45: applying material to cars based on groups

Lecture 46: lights camera mantra

Lecture 47: modifying existing material

Lecture 48: merging different scene

Lecture 49: keyframe

Lecture 50: your first dynamics simulation

Lecture 51: initial state and collision geometry

Lecture 52: RBD physical property friction and bounce

Lecture 53: making the car fall from building

Lecture 54: adjusting bounce and friction

Lecture 55: fracture glass and final output

Chapter 3: Introduction to VEX

Lecture 1: Intro

Lecture 2: variable and attribute

Lecture 3: attribute flows downward nodes to nodes

Lecture 4: manipulating variable and attribute

Lecture 5: list of predefined attributes names and functions

Lecture 6: attributes and functions in practise

Lecture 7: chramp function

Lecture 8: fit and rand function

Lecture 9: getting more familiar with attributes and functions

Lecture 10: understanding if and else

Lecture 11: color change with if and else

Lecture 12: practising if and else more

Lecture 13: creating our own custom function from scratch

Lecture 14: printf houdini console

Lecture 15: understanding array

Lecture 16: for loops part 1

Lecture 17: for loops part 2

Lecture 18: forEach loop

Lecture 19: while loops

Lecture 20: transfaring attributes from detail to points

Lecture 21: run over priority and veclocity attributes

Lecture 22: hoisting

Lecture 23: copy to points, scale, id ptnum

Lecture 24: scatter building

Lecture 25: conclusion

Chapter 4: Introduction to VOP

Lecture 1: Introdcution to VOP and your first step in it

Lecture 2: Manipulating, controlling and animating vop parameter

Lecture 3: Displace objects with noise

Lecture 4: attribute promote and poly extrude

Lecture 5: worley noise, group range and extrusion

Lecture 6: Division, integer to float, controlling extusion with map part 1

Lecture 7: Division, integer to float, controlling extusion with map part 2

Lecture 8: creating basic electric

Lecture 9: create, delete, promote bind, from map and overview

Lecture 10: hand paint attribute and scattering bu attribute

Lecture 11: controlling the scattering copies with VOP

Chapter 5: Introduction to Pre-fracture

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: the name attribute

Lecture 3: Surface Vs volume