Voxyde: Master Houdini FX

Are you an aspiring VFX artist looking to elevate your skills in Houdini? Look no further than Voxyde, a comprehensive resource offering professional Houdini courses by industry veteran Rez. With over 12 years of experience working on projects like League of Legends, Valorant, Puma, and Final Fantasy, Rez brings you in-depth training to help you create stunning cinematic visual effects.

About Voxyde and Rez

Voxyde is a platform dedicated to teaching the techniques used by professionals to create breathtaking visual effects using Houdini. Rez, the mastermind behind Voxyde, has crafted a series of courses that cater to both beginners and intermediate users, covering everything from basic principles to advanced simulations.

Ultimate FX in Houdini

Become the One-Man Army

The Ultimate FX in Houdini course is Rez's latest and most comprehensive offering. Designed to equip you with all the tools you need to deliver high-quality shots, this course delves into Electric FX, Volumes, Particles, Destruction, Environments, Lighting, Compositing, and more.

Start Date: September 27, 2024

Course Highlights

• Duration: 25 hours
• Difficulty: Intermediate
• Format: Pre-recorded, step-by-step lessons
• Software Used: Houdini & Nuke
• Lifetime Access: Yes
• Assets Provided: USD, Alembic & FBX files
• Access to Private Discord: Yes
• Future Updates Included: Yes

What's Inside?

Magic FX

• Lightning FX: Learn various ways to create lightning and electricity using simulations and procedural methods. Master SOP-level techniques to generate and art-direct lightning in any imaginable way.
• Style Differentiation: Understand the nuances between realistic and stylized lightning and how to apply each effectively.
• Particles: Enhance your magic FX with advanced simulation and shading techniques.
• Torn Cloth: Simulate capes with Vellum, creating tearing and strands for added realism.

Destruction FX

• Slow Motion Effects: Seamlessly blend animated pieces with simulated RBD geometry.
• Art Direction: Utilize the most controllable fracturing techniques, focusing on areas impacted by lightning.
• Optimization: Implement strategies to improve simulation speed.
• Rigids Activation: Use geometry attributes to drive forces and activate fractured pieces in simulations.
• Secondaries: Add smoke and particles to instance smaller debris, enhancing detail and layers.

Look Development

• Rendering: Prepare multiple render layers for ultimate control.
• Desert Biome: Create USD assets to build an entire environment, including procedural Hero assets and secondary elements.
• Compositing: Dive into essential Nuke skills like Re-lighting, Flares, Glows, Lens FX, and Projections to transform base renders into stunning final results.

FX Challenge

Put your skills to the test with an extra animation of the character, a shot brief, and references. Apply the knowledge and techniques from the workshop to deliver a full shot. This challenge encourages you to solidify your learning through practical application.

Assets Included

While the workshop covers the creation of all assets (except character modeling and animation), you also receive:

• Character FBX model (rigged)
• Character animations
• Hero sharp rocks
• Small rocks with variants
• Ground textures
• All rendered layers for compositing

Learn more about Ultimate FX in Houdini

Pro Houdini Courses

Expand your skill set with Rez's other professional courses, each designed to tackle specific effects and techniques in Houdini.

Voxyde’s individual courses are priced between $95 and $150, offering incredible value for high-quality, in-depth training.

Particle Freezing FX

Layer multiple POP simulations to achieve complex particle freezing effects.

Anime Run FX

Create stylized simulations and learn the secrets to anime FX.

Crystal Destruction

Master RBD simulations with completely art-directable setups.

Fantasy Snow

Control Vellum grains to create magical snow effects.

Vellum Sand Reveal

Reveal a logo or any mesh underneath sand using Vellum grains.

Hero Powerup

Create realistic slime FX using grains and the Vellum solver.

Sci-Fi Warp

Recreate stunning cinematic shots by layering multiple simulations.

Ash Disintegration

Achieve a beautiful disintegration effect by layering multiple simulations, adding smoke and particles.

Magic Rock Assembly

Control fractured pieces without simulations using an advanced system.

Magic Sky Beam

Use geometry and VDBs to create an immense cloudscape with volume VOPs.

Burning Cloth Tearing

Create tearing cloth FX with custom solvers and collisions.

Mirror Dimension

Fracture glass and control pieces without any simulation, using glass shards to build complex effects.

Laser Reveal

Use volumes and solvers to create a growing mesh and generate rays from surfaces.

Sci-Fi Growth

Create complex geometry animations with the help of leading particles, adding mechanical parts.

Demon Fire Trails

Create stunning fire trails with Pyro and POPs, including post-simulation deformations.

Lightning Strike Destruction

Create an advanced lightning strike VFX shot, controlling demolition with custom vectors.

Free Courses

Voxyde also offers a selection of free courses, meticulously planned, recorded, and edited to deliver the highest quality learning experience.

Voxyde's free courses are the perfect way to dip your toes into Houdini, offering an excellent introduction to its powerful features. These beginner-friendly courses cover essential basics like Pyro simulations, volumes, and VOPS, giving you a solid foundation to build upon. Whether you're just starting or want to explore Houdini without any cost, Voxyde's free courses provide high-quality learning to get you started on your VFX journey.

Intro to Pyro

Learn everything about the Pyro Solver to create big explosions, flamethrowers, and more.

Intro to Volumes

Understand volumes, a cornerstone of almost all FX in Houdini.

Cinematic Sandstorm

Create cinematic renders in Houdini Solaris and build awesome sandstorm effects.

Pyro Setups

Explore a series of pyro setups ranging from beginner to advanced levels.

Vellum Slime

Create realistic slime FX using grains and the Vellum solver.

Fire Aura FX

Combine various techniques to create stylistic fire FX using smoke and particle simulations.

Intro to VOPS

Dive into VOPS, the visual scripting language of Houdini.

Intro to Destruction FX

Learn everything about creating destruction FX, from fracturing to simulations.

Fire Spear – Weapon FX

Replace any kind of weapon using Extract Transform and create dynamic weapon effects.

Patronus Spell

Recreate the famous Patronus spell from the Harry Potter series.

Intro to Houdini for VFX

Begin your journey into the magical world of Houdini with this foundational course.

Elevate Your VFX Skills with Voxyde

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced artist, Voxyde offers a wealth of knowledge to help you master Houdini. With Rez's expert guidance, you'll gain the skills needed to create professional-grade visual effects for movies, game trailers, and more.

Ready to take your VFX artistry to the next level?

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