This week Cgtuts+ brings you the second and final part of this awesome, in-depth Houdini tutorial, available exclusively to our Premium subscribers. The tutorial follows Houdini artist Alvaro Castaneda as he walks us through the creation of this awesome animated pinboard scene. After setting up the model in part one, today we go on to look at animating the model before finally setting up the scene for rendering. We know you’re going to love it!
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This week Cgtuts+ brings you another amazing two part, in-depth Houdini tutorial, available exclusively to our Premium subscribers. The tutorial follows Houdini artist Alvaro Castaneda as he walks us through the creation of this awesome animated pinboard scene. Today’s part covers the creation of the model, whilst part 2 goes on to look at animation and rendering. We know you’re going to love it!
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In this, the final part of his second amazing Houdini tutorial, Alvaro Castaneda walks us through the final stages of how to completely pulverize characters and objects using Side Effect’s Houdini 11. After setting up the basic node-network in part 1, today we look at how to finish the effect and art-direct the dynamics to ensure we get the look we want. Look no further if you want to see just how creative Houdini allows you to be…
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In his second amazing Houdini tutorial, Alvaro Castaneda walks us through how to completely pulverize characters and objects using Side Effect’s Houdini 11. Today’s section deals with setting up the basic node-network whilst the next part will look at how to finish the effect and art-direct the dynamics to ensure we get the look we want. Look no further if you want to see just how creative Houdini allows you to be…
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In the concluding part of our very first Houdini tutorial, Alvaro Castaneda shows us how to take the nodes we created from part 1 and convert them into an amazing Auto-Fence digital asset – something that shows just why Houdini can be such a powerful part of the VFX workflow.
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In our very first Houdini tutorial, Alvaro Castaneda walks us through how to create an amazing Auto-Fence asset, and in doing so shows just why Houdini can be such a powerful part of the VFX workflow.
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In the third and final part of this detailed 3-day Premium tutorial series, Alvaro Castañeda continues showing the workflow he uses to integrate CG elements with live action footage. With the skateshop built and textured, it’s now time to light, render and then put everything together using Maya Composite. ‘The Skateshop’ is an unmissable tutorial for anyone looking to learn a PFTrack, Maya and Maya Composite VFX workflow! Can’t wait to get started? Become a Premium member, or learn more after the jump!
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In the second part of this detailed 3-day Premium tutorial series, Alvaro Castañeda continues showing the workflow he uses to integrate CG elements with live action footage – a key aspect of Visual Effects work ‘The Skateshop’ is an unmissable tutorial for anyone looking to learn a PFTrack, Maya and Maya Composite VFX workflow! Can’t wait to get started? Become a Premium member, or learn more after the jump!
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Our sister site Aetuts+ today posted a new Premium tutorial that covers the process of animating an audio voice-over using mask-driven lip sync animation in After Effects. Once completed, this animation is rendered out to a texture and mapped onto a 3D character. So if you’re into character animation, why not check out this excellent tutorial! Preview and link after the jump…
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Set extension and/or CG integration with live action footage is a key aspect of Visual Effects work, and it’s our job as CG artists to ensure that we use a suitable workflow for the job at hand. In this detailed 3-day Premium tutorial series, Alvaro Castañeda shows us one possible workflow, moving from PFTrack for tracking, to Maya for modelling, texturing and rendering, and then compositing the result in Maya Composite, having used AE along the way! ‘The Skateshop’ is an unmissable tutorial for anyone looking to get into VFX. Can’t wait to get started? Become a Premium member, or learn more after the jump!
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