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FXPHD – HOU280 Impact Based Fluid Effects in Houdini

11/04/2025 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

FXPHD – HOU280 Impact Based Fluid Effects in Houdini
English | Tutorial | Size: 1.5GB

This course, taught by Alvin Yap, is an in-depth look at creating an open ocean simulation in Houdini, rendered with Redshift and basic compositing in Nuke. [Read more…]

FXPHD – HOU232 – Creating Fire and Smoke Simulations in Houdini and Axiom

27/03/2025 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

FXPHD – HOU232 – Creating Fire and Smoke Simulations in Houdini and Axiom
English | Tutorial | Size: 2.8GB

This course, taught by Liam Whitehouse, covers how to create detailed fire and smoke pyro simulation effects for a destroyed wooden siege tower, for a warfare scene set in medieval Europe. [Read more…]

FXPHD – HOU231 – Rigid Body Destruction Dynamics in Houdini

05/03/2025 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

FXPHD – HOU231 – Rigid Body Destruction Dynamics in Houdini
English | Tutorial | Size: 5.2GB

This course from Liam Whitehouse covers how to create art-directed destruction effects for a photoreal VFX sequence. [Read more…]

FXPHD – HOU235 – Houdini Vellum Workflow on The Battle for Bazoches

06/02/2025 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

FXPHD – HOU235 – Houdini Vellum Workflow on The Battle for Bazoches
English | Tutorial | Size: 1.5GB

This course, from professor and VFX artist Liam Whitehouse, covers the Houdini Vellum workflow for creating ropes, cloth of different types, soft body objects, deforming fur objects, and rigid body dynamic simulations. [Read more…]

FXPHD – HOU233 – Rendering Fire and Smoke Simulations in Houdini

06/02/2025 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

FXPHD – HOU233 – Rendering Fire and Smoke Simulations in Houdini
English | Tutorial | Size: 1.3GB

This course, from VFX artist Liam Whitehouse, covers how to render detailed fire and smoke simulations which have been generated using Axiom for Houdini. [Read more…]

FXPHD – HOU236 – Pyrotechnic Explosions in Houdini (axiom)

29/01/2025 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

FXPHD – HOU236 – Pyrotechnic Explosions in Houdini (axiom)
English | Tutorial | Size: 3.3GB

This course, from professor and VFX artist Liam Whitehouse, covers how to create detailed pyrotechnic explosions using Houdini, Axiom, and Karma XPU in Solaris. [Read more…]

FXPHD – RND111 – Introduction to RenderMan

04/01/2025 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

FXPHD – RND111 – Introduction to RenderMan
English | Tutorial | Size: 3.9GB

This course focuses on the fundamentals of Pixar’s RenderMan and covers some of the main features of the renderer, MaterialX LAMA, and RenderMan lighting as well as the myriad of render settings to get the fastest and highest quality renders with fantastic artistic and creative control. [Read more…]

FXPHD – NUK249 – The Nuke Unfiltered Series

02/01/2025 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

FXPHD – NUK249 – The Nuke Unfiltered Series
English | Tutorial | Size: 1.9GB

Taught by Doug Hogan, this project-based course will guide you through the essentials of a project in NUKE, from the basics to advanced techniques. [Read more…]