Commercial Style Workflow in Houdini (Fast Explainer Video)

This is a really fast video that shows one workflow for getting an exploding liquid and blueberry food type commercial shot done in Houdini.
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[@cg.man_aka_kevin]

Just learn Houdini last 3 days, now I'm following this tutorial! :)

[@KevBinge]

Awesome! It’s a beast 😀

[@VisualistAyush07]

How is it?

[@CGMatter]

Always speed 💨

[@KevBinge]

Yeah lol. I only have patience now on Patreon where I don’t need to spend hours editing haha.

[@anomalyraven]

Deal. 👍

[@KevBinge]

Deal.

[@jester7169]

Purple Squishies!!! Yaaaay!!!!

[@KevBinge]

Awww yeah! Purple squisheeeeeezzzz 🤘🤘

[@ragibrahman9594]

hey kev. love your videos. i just have a question: if blender has geo nodes and simulation node than what's the point of someone learning Houdini? what makes Houdini still the best?

[@KevBinge]

Thanks! The quick answer is that Houdini is YEARS ahead of Blender for simulations and pipeline work. That said, Blender is improving all the time. I still don’t use Blender for heavy sims, and I still don’t model in Houdini. Does that help?

[@ragibrahman9594]

@@KevBinge so what your saying is that Houdini has features that blender currently doesn't have in terms if simulation and procedural model generation. right?

[@ragibrahman9594]

if that's what you meant than yeah it helped

[@KevBinge]

Yup, that’s what I’d meant. The two packages work well together though. There’s plenty of room to learn both.

[@ragibrahman9594]

@@KevBinge thnx your answer really helped a lot

[@Max10_B]

what do you call these? is there a name for them? product renders? just commercials? been trying to look up a bunch of these to learn and get inspired by

[@KevBinge]

That’s a good question lol. I’d say “ad reel,” or “commercial fluid simulation,” or “commercial cgi.” That should get you started. If you find better phrases let me know haha! Good luck 😀

[@VisualistAyush07]

My pc only has 16 gb ram and no gpu Can I still use Houdini?

[@KevBinge]

16 GB is pretty low for Houdini but if you keep the sims and data on the lower end you can still learn. You don’t really “need” a GPU for most things in Houdini at the moment. It helps in some areas. RAM and proc speed are more important at the time of this writing.

[@cg.man_aka_kevin]

@@KevBinge Me using 12 GB or RAM be like... 🗿🗿🗿

[@VisualistAyush07]

@@KevBinge ok thank you 😄