Mainpulate Height Fields with Volume VOP in Houdini

Volume VOP's are powerful! Have you ever tried using a Volume VOP to displace a Height Field? Why not? Height Fields are volumes and since Houdini has a seamless integration with its tools the Volume VOP works very nicely with Height Fields.
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[@theodoredaley2229]

I really think SideFX should hire you fulltime, everything is so clear and concise. You really have a great grasp and how to explain to someone like me who is really just starting off. Thank you so much!!

[@bubblepins]

Thank you so much! I wish I could work for them too!

[@Helios.vfx.]

Thank you for the series. I'm even watching the ads. The least I could do.

[@bubblepins]

Thanks! That's so thoughtful of you!

[@spongyspine]

I love the way that you explain everything!

[@bombomb_001]

useful tut! thx!

[@eggZ663]

Good job, I didn't know this!

[@bubblepins]

Thanks!

[@snyyx]

Hi ! Love your content, I just saw a talk about environment art in houdini and the artist uses attribute vops after the convert hf is there a reason he wouldnt use the volume one ?

[@bubblepins]

After you convert the heightfield, it gets converted into a geometry with polygons, then the volumevop won't be useful. You'll need an attributevop or point vop to manipulate it. It's just the type changes after you convert it. Hope that helps!

[@zhongpingyang1955]

great！

[@bubblepins]

Thanks!

[@juanromero1481]

please , tutorial to shading Height Fields with mantra or redshift

[@bubblepins]

I find shading the HeightFields with mantra or redshift is quite hard to get good results. The technical process isn't hard, but getting good recents requires a bit more work. Instead I use Substance Painter and Substance Designer. You can check out a blog post I posted on this:
bubblepins.com/alien-plateau-breakdown
Hope that helps!