Houdini SideFX
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Side FX Software is a world leader in the development of 3D animation and visual effects software for use in film, commercials and video games. Side FX award-winning Houdini software utilizes a node-based procedural approach which provides digital artists with an unprecedented level of power, flexibility and control. Houdini’s comprehensive feature set includes modeling, rigging, animation, particle effects, dynamics, compositing, integrated rendering, and more. Houdini is available for the Mac OS X, Linux and Windows operating systems.
Digital artists, like yourself, are being asked to create more and more animation and VFX shots, while achieving realistic results with tighter deadlines and shrinking resources. To handle the workload and keep focused on the creative process, it is time to go procedural with Houdini. Houdini offers unprecedented levels of flexibility and control which will enhance the way you work creatively and make you and your team much more productive.
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HOUDINI
Designed for modelers, lighters, character riggers and animators, Houdini also includes features such as compositing and motion editing. Scenes created in Houdini FX can be opened and rendered in Houdini which makes it an ideal back-end pipeline tool.
HOUDINI FX
Perfect for visual effects artists and technical directors with its integrated particle systems and dynamics, Houdini FX also includes all of Houdini’s features for a complete set of tools.
HOUDINI ENGINE
The Houdini Engine lets you load Houdini Digital Assets into other digital content creation apps such as Autodesk® Maya,® Cinema 4D [coming soon], and 3DS Max® [coming soon], or game editors such as Unity® and Unreal®. Houdini Engine also gives you command-line access to run in batch mode to feed the render farm and process distributed dynamic simulations.
HOUDINI INDIE
Houdini Indie makes all of Houdini’s animation and VFX tools available under a limited commercial license to independent animators and game makers who want to use Houdini during the incubation stage of their business.
HOUDINI ENGINE INDIE
Houdini Engine Indie lets you load Houdini Digital Assets into other digital content creation applications under a limited commercial license. Houdini Engine Indie also gives you command-line access to run in batch mode to batch process renderings and distributed dynamic simulations.