Houdini tips

Tiny, tiny Houdini tip: for 0.00001% of users, this may help you keep things feeling tidy

The node editor snaps nodes to an invisible grid, by default, to help you keep…

hNovember 15, 2018

Houdini tips

Houdini HDA: Particle Looker 1.7

Should be called "Point Looker" really. Super simple really, just a time-saver if you keep…

hNovember 10, 2018

Houdini tips

Houdini: copying camera animation data to After Effects

I use AE for comping stuff, so once I've rendered something out of Houdini, I…

hNovember 7, 2018

Houdini tips

Houdini quick tip: Control particle birth rate with a point attribute

You can control a POP Source's birth rate using an emission attribute, but it only…

hNovember 6, 2018

Houdini tips

Houdini quick tip: random seed for your HDA instances

Sometimes you need each instance of an HDA to have a random seed for internal…

hNovember 6, 2018

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Drone day 1

I bought a drone! This is my first ever flight, so it's a bit clunky…

hAugust 26, 2018

Animation and motion graphics

Blender tip: quick character animation “humanising”

How to use mouse movement to "puppet" some subtle motion over your broad moves...

hJuly 6, 2018

Animation and motion graphics

James Hood – “Animal” – another music video [U: 1.2M views woo!]

Made with Houdini, Blender and After Effects. Houdini rocks. Only just starting to get to…

hJune 30, 2018

Animation and motion graphics

James Hood’s Tapestry: a music video

Created for James Hood: Tapestry, from his album Mesmerica. Watch it full screen if at…

hDecember 7, 2017

Animation and motion graphics

Animation: James Hood “Mesmerica” Album promo

I made a little promo animation for James Hood's new album "Mesmerica": Made with After…

hDecember 7, 2017