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Congratulations to all of our Houdini Certified Schools for another year of outstanding student submissions!

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2025 Houdini Student Reel
Congratulations to all of our Houdini Certified Schools for another year of high-quality student submissions! If you see your work, leave a comment and let u...
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November 27, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Join the Project Lighthouse Asset Challenge to help create 3D assets for Poly Haven’s first video game, all released free under CC0. Collaborate, contribute lasting content, and earn rewards including prizes from SideFX!

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Project Lighthouse: A Community Challenge
Poly Haven is developing it's first-ever video game, Project Lighthouse, and we need your help to bring its world to life! Work alongside us to create a library of free and open themed props that will be integrated directly into the game
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November 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Find out how Simon Holmedal and Andreas Catucci of Panoply celebrate 10 years of creative innovation, showcasing work for the NBA and ESPN while revealing their evolving approach to motion design, branding, and storytelling.

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Panoply | Forward Festival Vienna 2025
In this talk Simon Holmedal and Andreas Catucci from the London-based design studio Panoply celebrate ten years of creative innovation, sharing insights into...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Build CG-AI workflows using the Houdini ComfyUI plugin with Rafael Drelich. Explore workflows from motion capture to AI-powered image & video generation, evolving VFX pipelines with generative AI.

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Houdini ComfyUI Bridge: a CG-AI Toolkit | Rafael Drelich | Houdini HIVE AI 2025
Discover how to build your own CG-AI workflows using the Houdini ComfyUI plugin, enabling seamless data exchange between Houdini and ComfyUI. In this talk, R...
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November 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Dive into Houdini’s KineFX & APEX rigging tools with Carlos Valcárcel through Project Outback, starting with phase one achievements and moving into facial rigging for realistic vs. stylized characters in KineFX.

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Exploring Facial Rigging Techniques in KineFX/APEX | Houdini 21 | Carlos Valcárcel
Learn all about Project Outback as a vehicle to explore Houdini's KineFX rigging and animation tools. Start by learning about KineFX and APEX and what was ac...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Explore Houdini's new SOP-based crowd tools and build a complete crowd scene from scratch with Ayush Yadav, Lead Crowd TD at DNEG. Learn to bring in characters, set up motion paths, add animation layers, work with cloth & render in Solaris with Karma.

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Intro to SOP Crowds | SideFX
In this course, we’ll explore Houdini’s new SOP-based crowd tools and build a complete crowd scene from start to finish. You’ll learn how to bring in characters, set up motion paths, add animation layers, work with cloth, and finally render everything in Solaris using Karma. By the end, you’ll be able to create believable, dynamic crowds for your own projects.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Learn how COPs can generate terrains in Houdini with Dmitrii Vlasenko. Create custom tools, explore texture synthesis using new COP noises & filters, and finalize with the HeightField Erosion toolkit. It's layers upon layers of fun!

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Call the COPs, my Terrain is Rocking Out! | Houdini 21 | Dmitrii Vlasenko
Harness the power and flexibility of COPs to generate terrain inside Houdini. Learn how to create custom tools that facilitate terrain creation and fine-tuni...
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November 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Take a look at how Houdini’s new Otis solver brings GPU-accelerated dynamics to Character FX, delivering unprecedented realism for muscle, fascia, fat, and tissue interactions—presented by Kai Stavginski.

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CFX - Muscle and Soft Tissue with Otis | Houdini 21 | Kai Stavginski
Take an in-depth look at the latest advancements in Houdini’s Character FX workflows, featuring Otis—a powerful new GPU-accelerated dynamics solver purpose-b...
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November 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Check out Moritz Schwind's talk on generating procedural paintings in Copernicus inspired by reaction-diffusion and impressionist techniques. Create painterly effects with brush strokes, edge detection, and solvers for oil painting textures!

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COP'ing with Paint | Entagma | Equinox 2025
Learn how to use Copernicus to generate a procedural painting, inspired by reaction-diffusion solvers and impressionist techniques. Learn how to construct pa...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Learn how to map & visualize this abstract concept to gain insights into ML models. Explore how to manipulate this space directly using dimensionality reduction techniques to build better tools. 

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Navigating the Latent Space | Enzo Crema | Houdini HIVE AI 2025
What is Latent space ? This presentation breaks down how we can map and visualize this abstract concept to gain powerful insights into our models. More impor...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Join SFHUG on Wednesday, Nov 12, from 7–10 PM PST in San Francisco for a panel discussion with Steven Knipping, David Abfall, and Berk Hakguder as they share how Houdini helped them transition into building real-world systems.

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SF HUG Revival: A Panel Discussion on Houdini Beyond Hollywood , Wed, Nov 12, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup
**SF HUG is back!** Join us this November for the re-launch of San Francisco’s Houdini User Group (SF HUG)! We’ll have pizza, beer, and great company— including a short p
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November 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Check out this Houdini Connect featuring VFX Mojo! Singapore-based educators Karim and Maria Sahai share their professional journeys, key lessons from real projects, and what it truly means to inspire the next generation of creators.
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A Journey Through Creativity and Teaching | VFX Mojo | Houdini Connect
In this thoughtful conversation, Singapore-based Karim and Maria Sahai open up about their professional journeys, from their early steps in the creative indu...
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October 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Discover how XK Studio blends art, technology, and storytelling in this Forward Festival talk! Alexa Sirbu reveals their approach to creating abstract visuals inspired by nature, beauty, and culture with a focus on experimentation and 3D design.
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XK Studio | Forward Festival Vienna 2025
In this Forward Festival talk, Alexa Sirbu (Co-Founder and Creative Director) explores how XK Studio blends art, technology, and storytelling to craft abstra...
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October 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Watch this Houdini Connect featuring RISE! Discover how Houdini transformed their workflow, from building a USD-based pipeline with Solaris to creating explosive VFX for Amazon's Fallout series and the Christmas comedy Red One.
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Red One & Fallout | RISE | SideFX
RISE shares how Houdini changed the way they work and opened up new creative possibilities. From the early days of experimenting with effects to building a fully USD-based pipeline with Solaris, the team walks through the ups and downs of handling bigger, more complex projects. They also dive into their work on Amazon’s Fallout series — from nukes over L.A. to the explosive final battle — as well as the fun (and tricky) challenges of the Christmas comedy Red One.
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October 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
We are excited to announce the first-ever How To Houdini Tutorial Contest! To enter, submit your tutorial through your profile on the SideFX website. Tutorials created in Houdini 21 and submitted by December 30, 2025, will be automatically entered.
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October 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Level up your Houdini skills at Houdini Ignite in Seoul on October 25-26! Join exclusive hands-on workshops with world-class instructors covering Houdini 21 features and procedural FX techniques. Cloud-hosted workstations included. Reserve your spot!
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October 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Join us in Tokyo, Japan for Houdini Hive on October 23rd and Houdini IGNITE Workshops on October 25-26! Expert instructors cover Solaris, Terrain tools, Karma XPU rendering, Muscle systems, Copernicus, and more!
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October 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We’re thrilled to announce that you can now become a Houdini Certified Instructor! Apply to take the Houdini Exam and join our growing community of certified instructors.

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October 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Check out the Equinox Worldwide HUG! Featuring talks from Houdini User Groups from around the globe — USA, Scotland, France, Austria, Bulgaria, Malaysia, and Australia.

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Equinox Worldwide HUG
Join us here on Thursday, September 25th for Houdini Worldwide HUG at 12:00 PM EDT. These talks come to us from Houdini HUGs (Houdini User Group) from around...
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September 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Only a few days to go—Houdini HIVE Equinox kicks off Sept 23! See you in Toronto!

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September 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A look at some of the inspiring HIVE Presentations lined up for next week!

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September 18, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Join us at Houdini HIVE Equinox – a special multi-day event Sept 23–25, 2025, featuring IGNITE workshops, HIVE presentations, and social events. Register for free on our website.

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September 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Congratulations to the 2025 Houdini Game Art Challenge winners! 🏆 Across Best Realtime Environment, Best Realtime FX, and Best Game Art Tool categories, participants demonstrated outstanding creativity, skill, and innovation.

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September 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
We’ve expanded the Labs mesh creation family! New tools include Simple Shapes 2.0 (with stars, polygons + viewport handles), Capsule (great for collisions + rounded forms), and Hexagon Grid (procedural hex patterns for #motion graphics + #games). 

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Simple Shapes 2.0, Capsule, Hexagon Grid | SideFX Labs
In this video we are looking at three new tools in the SideFX Labs mesh creation family:Simple Shapes 2.0 - Enhanced interactivity with new shape types like ...
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August 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM