Graphics and design
SideFX Houdini
Side Effects Software Inc.
About
SideFX Houdini FX combines high performance and ease of use to provide a powerful and accessible toolkit for visual effects artists to create feature films, commercials or computer games.
Key features:
• Polygonal modeling
• NURBS modeling
• Creating object geometry
• Additional tools for editing movements
• Procedural animation and motion editing
• Creating and editing sounds
• Control of light and shadows
• Integrated Python language support
• Tools for simulating fluid, fire, smoke and fur
• FBX import supporting NURBS
• Adobe Illustrator support
• Ability to save to .MDD for exchanging information with Lightwave. You can also use the Point Oven plugin to use .MDD files in other applications such as XSI, Autodesk Maya, • Autodesk 3ds Max or Messiah
• Shatter and Break tools, which break the model into pieces and the Debris tool, with which particles are separated
• Display of shadows in the viewport (Viewport) and support for OpenGL 2
• Improved volume rendering system
• Friendly user interface
Features:
• Compatibility. Houdini FX can work with fluids, with solids and particles, and simulate liquids, gas and sand movement.
• Also includes Autodesk FBX export, which ensures compatibility with other 3D applications such as Autodesk 3ds Max and Autodesk Maya.
• High performance. Houdini FX combines high performance and ease of use to give a powerful and affordable 3D experience to VFX artists creating feature films, commercials or video games.
• With a procedural node-based workflow system, Houdini FX allows you to create more content, faster, to reduce deadlines and enjoy increased flexibility in all your creative tasks.
• With a particle system and dynamic environments, Houdini FX is ideal for visual effects artists.
• The developers paid special attention to the interface and ease of use. Users will be able to achieve great results with fewer steps.