In Houdini Software System Requirements And Benchmarks – Part I we focused first on Houdini performance with the built-in Mantra Renderer using different hardware combinations. Part II was Houdini Software System Requirements And Benchmarks – Cache Disk and RAM and today is Part III of our 3-part series, Houdini System Requirements And Benchmarks –
My name is Stephen Alvarez, I’m a photographer. I’ve worked for National Geographic Magazine most of my career, and most recently, I founded a nonprofit called the Ancient Art Archive. I remember being very young, and someone putting a camera in my hand, and suddenly I went from being inarticulate to being able to say
Last week we shared Part I of III exploring Houdini Software System Requirements, we looked at how different hardware configurations performed rendering Flip, Grains and Pyro scenes with a focus on Houdini’s built-in render engine Mantra. Today we present Part II in the series, the role of cache disk and RAM in a Houdini
Houdini Software System Requirements And Benchmarks Houdini Software is becoming one of the most popular and highly regarded CG and VFX applications today. It can be used to model, render, animate and simulate objects and scenes with a great deal of precision and control non-destructively. A key characteristic of Houdini is the use of
Christopher: Hi Curvin, thanks for making time to talk today. What I thought we’d start with is your background. How’d you come to visual effects, and teaching Houdini? Curvin: So I sort of straddle the fence between technology and art, for sure. Since I have a bachelor's degree in sculpture, which I think is what
Image: GPU Rendering, OctaneRender, by Cornelius Dämmrich PART 2: OctaneRender Hardware Christopher: Let’s pick back up re GPU rendering with OctaneRender with workflow considerations, and best hardware for OctaneRender. As we both know, hardware choices depend on the user and needs, software, how you use that software and how much that software makes up
PART 1: OctaneRender Software CJ: Hi Tom. Thanks for making time today to talk about OctaneRender. TG: Hello, Christopher. My pleasure CJ: Why don’t we start with the basics. What is OctaneRender? TG: OctaneRender is GPU-accelerated, unbiased, physically correct and easy to use spectral render engine. Before Octane we had mostly biased engines
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Overlap, a script for After Effects by Kevin Burke One of my longest-running dreams is to do character animation for narrative cinema & music video. In 2013/2014 I took some online character animation courses with Animation Mentor to learn the basics. In my first class, I was introduced to the fundamentals of animation. I learned
