Learning Houdini for 1 Month

I have prior experience with Blender, TouchDesigner, video production and software development. I knew Houdini would be challenging and had been putting it off until I felt ready. To fully focus, I took a month off and dedicated all day, every day to learning it. I originally included this context in the video but removed it to keep things shorter—maybe I should’ve left it in! If you are a beginner, I think you can still learn it, just be prepared for a steeper learning curve! 00:00 Omnibus https://www.historyofcg.com/pages/omnibus-computer-graphics-inc/ 00:04 Omnibus Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEhlwHCOqzI 00:16 Connections: Kim Davidson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9ainoo_7Sw 00:18 CG Garage: Kim Davidson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9_5vRm1Bfo 00:20 Psst: Greg Hermanovic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-clJsi3tp8 00:23 Touch the Designer: Greg Hermanovic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoB5j-OqhR8 00:28 Foundations https://www.sidefx.com/learn/getting_started/ 01:11 Why do Artists Use Houdini https://www.katexagoraris.com/why-do-artists-use-houdini 01:14 Computer Animated Hand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naGntYNTSQM 01:23 Matt Estela https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d0q-iNXHIo 01:30 CGWiki https://www.tokeru.com/cgwiki/?title=Houdini 01:36 NAP Framework https://docs.nap-framework.tech/index.html 01:42 Mark Elendt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YXwg0n9e7E 01:47 School of Motion: Simon Holmedal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgDYSxvJPcs 01:54 CG Forge: Houdini for the New Artist https://www.sidefx.com/tutorials/houdini-for-the-new-artist-2/ 02:55 Pragmatic VEX https://www.pragmatic-vfx.com/ 03:00 Joy of Vex https://www.tokeru.com/cgwiki/JoyOfVex.html 03:58 Treat Houdini like an Instrument https://www.tokeru.com/cgwiki/HoudiniGettingStarted.html 04:03 Make it Stick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enI66OSpQTU 04:07 Berlin Uni Maths Viz https://wordpress.discretization.de/houdini/ 04:11 Standford Graphics https://graphics.stanford.edu/~mdfisher/projects.html 04:14 Kinetic Sculptures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROP45rjvOHg 04:18 Pipleline TD https://www.ftrack.com/en/2021/09/what-is-a-pipeline-td.html 04:22 Houdini is HIP https://www.sidefx.com/tutorials/houdini-is-hip/ 04:50 Rigid Body Solver https://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/nodes/dop/rigidbodysolver.html 04:55 Bullet Solver https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet_%28software%29 05:01 Entagma XPBD https://entagma.com/houdini-17-is-here-a-quickstart-to-vellum/ 05:03 XPBD Paper https://matthias-research.github.io/pages/publications/XPBD.pdf 05:09 10 Minute Physics https://matthias-research.github.io/pages/tenMinutePhysics/index.html 05:14 Entagma: Nerd Rant https://entagma.com/category/nerd-rant/ 05:22 Entagma: Houdini in 5 Minutes https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdFfFRXT0K_gyA6VVBnYVDgAEGYeaJlKN 05:30 Andrey Lebrov: Simon Holmedal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EELLDdKlapA 05:32 Ash Thorp: Refik Anadol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyucAP1mjfY 05:47 Solver Sop https://tokeru.com/cgwiki/The_solver_sop.html 06:04 Academy Software Foundation: OpenVDB Ken Museth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhSf9L2F7Jg 06:07 CppCast: OpenVDB Ken Museth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCt2el3-x3A 06:11 Ken Museth LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/museth/ 06:28 Paul Esteves https://www.paulesteves.com/ 06:34 Paul Esteves: Master Vellum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1wT1LW7hfs 06:36 graphicINmotion: Vellum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVqr08H8Iyc 06:38 Tim van Helsdingen: Vellum Fundamentals https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgYcMX8FouyZ8c1BfBa0kSYZ0WhDJqfFk 07:06 Terrain Handbook https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXNFA1EysfYmi-MJs3VOsozBr9LI299R1 07:13 Showcase 07:58 Closing Thoughts