Richard C Thomas

A small prototype for drag-and-drop behaviour in a HDA, on a multiparm. At around 10 lines, it might be useful if you are looking to build something fast inside a HDA. Enjoy! #Houdini #vexflex #3D #CG

@JEStew3 Like an episode of Black Mirror style.

@DoesCG It is stunning to me OpenAI doesn’t have a better team in charge of optics. I can think of no faster way to foment ill will towards gen AI among already skeptic artists than to ape Miyazaki. 🫤

Thoughts on Ghibli Gate: Like many of us, I've pondered AI a lot in relation to artists of all kinds. Between 17-20, I averaged 5 hours of observation drawing & painting daily as part of traditional art education. That mental resource is finite. Recent events feel very personal.

Building a fair system would be complex, but tracking royalties for streaming wasn’t easy either. I’m glad OpenAI changed its policies, and I wish it never happened. But we need a sea change—stronger AI legislation, ethical training, and real artist protections.

I do not condone the actions that led to Ghibli Gate. I find OpenAI's actions abhorrent on many levels. But I wonder—how many people around the world have now been exposed to Ghibli who weren’t before?

@3Dmattias @Erdayastronaut Imagine watching this in stereo.

@DoesCG @Erdayastronaut There is so little use of that functionality in screens. But this time it payed of.

Unbelievable!!! 🤯

@3Dmattias @Erdayastronaut Big brain in the house 😍

@Erdayastronaut How to watch it:

@TearsOfJake Sounds like middle-age.

There's a moment on every film I work on where I think I've made the dopest looking thing ever and then it resolves and I feel a lil suicidal

Nothing worse than when your render looks so sick at low samples and then looks like sterile dog shit when it's fully resolved 😭

Who new. Guess it's worth doom scrolling the bookmarks manager every so often! Some gems in there.

@Erdayastronaut @blueorigin @JeffBezos 🤯

Ever wonder what @blueorigin is up to? Well, on Thursday August 15th, you won't have to wonder any more! Join me as I take you inside Blue Origin's New Glenn factory for the FIRST TIME EVER with @JeffBezos as our tour guide! You will NOT want to miss this!!!

@JackVfx1 @volodXYZ I should say screen shot it too!

@JackVfx1 @volodXYZ Afraid not. It's all there in the gif. Just be sure to add it to the multi-parm folder parameter callback.

A small prototype for drag-and-drop behaviour in a HDA, on a multiparm. At around 10 lines, it might be useful if you are looking to build something fast inside a HDA. Enjoy! #Houdini #vexflex #3D #CG

@jongranskog @entagma I agree. In many ways this is already happening with denoising. Unresolved light simulations being "guessed" by AI driven processes.

I suspect the traditional 3D pipeline for offline rendering will over time be replaced by generative models guided largely by primitive 3D scenes and generated parts. Most of the control can be achieved in 3D but fidelity comes from consistent 2D generation.

I've started drawing after over a decade and a half. Nice to be back. Here's the last one "Bonds". Pen on paper #ink #draw #pen #art #illustration

Great article on how to integrate a custom USD schema to appear like a native Houdini primitive by Valentin Beaumont. Check it out - #houdini #usd healkeiser.github.io/notes/software…

Lovely process film from @Jose_Molfino

Business Operations needs a rebrand. I present to you... Business Pop-erations. You are welcome.

@3Dmattias haha. Been there! I think planning and drawing out the flow of modes and states helped. But still haven't nailed the best approach that works for me.

@DoesCG Yup python state hell.

Progress on Rotospline in houdini. i can make a curve, drag poins and handles around, cusp and smooth, insert new points on curve, and now finally keyframe the changes over time. yay!