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Houdini

Covers major areas of 3D production, assists users with modeling, animation, rendering, look development, rigging, and more.

Made by Side Effects Software Inc.

  • 3D Graphics

  • Simulation

  • 3D Modeler

  • VFX

  • Animation

What is Houdini?

Houdini is a comprehensive 3D animation and visual effects software used in the film, commercial, and video game industries. It provides a wide range of tools and features to assist users throughout the entire 3D production pipeline, including modeling, animation, rendering, look development, rigging, and more. Houdini's procedural approach enables users to maintain a construction history, allowing for the creation of complex 3D models, cityscapes, environments, and surface topology. The software's animation and rigging capabilities allow for the development of custom

Highlights

  • Comprehensive 3D production tools covering modeling, animation, rendering, look development, rigging, and more
  • Procedural approach with construction history for creating complex 3D models, environments, and surface topology
  • Animation and rigging tools for developing custom
  • Advanced terrain editing and manipulation capabilities, including procedural noise and masking
  • Crowds tool for managing crowd layouts, dynamics, steering, collision avoidance, and motion blending
  • Integration with third-party rendering solutions and support for particle and dynamic simulations
  • Asset creation tool for encapsulating node networks into shareable custom nodes

Platforms

  • On-Premise Linux
  • Mac
  • Mobile Android
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
  • Mobile iPad
  • On-Premise Windows
  • Desktop Linux
  • Desktop Mac
  • Desktop Chromebook
  • Web
  • Mobile iPhone
  • iOS
  • Windows
  • Desktop Windows
  • Linux

Languages

  • English

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Features

    • 3D Animation

    • Node Based

    • Motion Capture

    • 3D Renderer

    • Procedural Modeling

    • 3D Sculpting