Bryan Holt | Houdini FX

Houdini users have been asking for native 3D object tracking for over a decade. And it's finally here. KeenTools, the team behind GeoTracker for Nuke, Blender, and AE, shipped a Houdini beta this week. And I was able to get my hands on it to test!🧵

Flippy makes his glorious return.

The short tips are really being well received! So I would like to continue these as I develop the long (really long) masterclass I am working on. The YouTube Houdini Shorts: youtube.com/playlist?list=… As you can see, been a bit quiet this memorial day weekend. Coupled with the fact that I live not to far from the #gardengrove #orangecounty area here in SoCal been a bit distracted. With that said some videos will go live this week. I am also debating on whether to start a patreon style subscription (It is already built on my website just not enabled) that will allow early access to those who would like to 1) test the new content/courses and 2) get started on their Houdini Journey's ahead of time. It would also come with direct contact to me for 1 on 1 tutoring (English only). The reality is, the time devoted to develop more in-depth content requires a lot of capacity from me that is very hard to give. Since I don't earn any income from what I do here or on YouTube, it can never be my first priority, or second, or even third. The eventual goal is paid courses in FX on bryanholt.media For now I won't launch the subscription based early access, but if there is enough interest I will. The Houdini primer is all but ready to go sans a few things.

36. I love math.

@arvidschneider Agreed

absolute bonkers!

I miss having actual villians in my stories and movies.

Rendering / compositing breakdown レンダリング時間：48時間18分 #Houdini

Have to get rings on it somehow.. if it was a Go Padres burger.. it'd be pretty bland tbh.

@JimmyEFilms Ah okay, the flaring mid left on the screen looks to be abberation/light leak is a bit distracting in this case as I want it to track with your light source mentally. Just a bit distracting. Looks so good though. Your lighting work is so awesome man.

@BryanNHolt Thank you brother! And yup! Pretty much a handheld camera in the jungle POV

DRAKHAL A Dragon Cinematic Made with: Houdini · Nuke · Blender · After Effects

@hectorVFX Oh yeah I am just blown away.

@BryanNHolt and not just the sim, the shading is impecable

Cualquiera que sepa minimamente de fisicas en CGI entiende la absoluta locura que es esto.

@dami_digital @JimmyEFilms Same!

@JimmyEFilms So good, I'd kill to see the Nuke and AE parts of this

What a good clip. Don't miss what they say at the end "Come a long way after these last 2 years" To the young artists out there. It takes a while. Don't give up.

Had a chance to work on some simulations for @theweeknd The Abyss Music Video

Here is another quick Short. I have a library of these I will release slowly over time. But probably my most used VEX line. You will see this used in nearly every operation I do to control simple velocity direction. VEX shouldn't be scary. youtube.com/shorts/MMVM85U…

@Kanizo_CG_VFX Haha

@BryanNHolt nice to meet you😇

Boolean Fractureとかいう神ノードを発見しました #Houdini #3DCG

@Heist_CGI My first shot ever was a tornado.

@BryanNHolt I love tornadoes. That’s a big reason I was interested in Houdini lol. I saw a “ craziest tornados on camera “ video and was hooked. Still learning tho 😭

I am going to need a new harddrive.

@JohnDraisey The written reviews are worrisome though but agreed

@BryanNHolt Rotten tomatoes is trash

Yeah I will wait for the popcorn meter. I trust the tomatometer about as far as I can throw a Bantha. Keep in mind, the Rotten Tomatoes had the Last Jedi as like 97% certified fresh leading up to its release...

@CynicalPublius I mean. Lord and Miller was able to get us to fall in love with a Rock. Let that sink in. Like a rock.. in a tranquil pond.

So I watched Project Hail Mary last night and REALLY enjoyed it--I highly recommend. (No, I have not read the book yet, but now I will.) This is movie is apparently a box office smash. What mystifies me is how Hollywood completely misses how most Americans yearn for this kind of story in their movies. It's such an easy formula to follow: 1. Hero's journey. 2. Charismatic leading man (or woman). 3. Thoughtful plot and writing that make the viewer think. 4. No DEI, no political messaging of any kind. 5. Interpersonal story of love and sacrifice between the main characters. 6. High adventure. 7. Happy ending. It's such an easy formula to follow, and it was once the norm in Hollywood. How did they manage to lose sight of this and destroy their own industry?

@MattiaMerenda2 @KobayashisEgo Yeaaaaahhh..

@KobayashisEgo You might want to reconsider the amount of time needed to learn Houdini ahah

the amount of time I spent punching myself in the face learning xparticles I could have just learned houdini in 1/10th the time and it's 1000x better lmao