Archive notice: This historical article was originally published in January 2020. Dates, statements and links are preserved from the original.Moritz and Manuel from Entagma have started a new tutorial series for getting started with Houdini 18 from SideFX! “Houdini in five minutes” is aimed at people who have already worked with other 3D tools and are looking for a quick & uncomplicated start with the software. In the five published episodes, Moritz Schwind shows you the structure of Houdini, how nodes and attributes work, as well as rendering options, using practical examples. Anyone who would like to support the two can find many further courses on Patreon!

Houdini’s Structure

Your First Node Tree

Atrributes

Rendering It

Making Your Rendering Look Nicer

Further information: To the Entagma page

Houdini in DP 01 : 20

You can also find the last major Houdini 18 release, with an introduction to Solaris, useful tooltips such as Lynx, modelling and other topics, in our current DP issue 01 | 20!