Houdini 11 and Python

The Houdini animation package is gathering momentum – as a secret weapon of CGI professionals, the software has long appeared in many films. Extending the highly praised package with Python is the equivalent of a black belt in CGI – here is a presentation about it.

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Luke Moore, Senior Developer at Side Effects Software, explains in this presentation how to script in Houdini with Python and also introduces new functions in version 11, including nodes, Python expressions and user interfaces with Python.