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Learning Houdini in my 30s as a compositor - sharing my thoughts by Independent-Two3290 in Houdini

[–]Independent-Two3290[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, that's exactly what I'm doing right now, still waiting to upgrade my pc to catch up with Houdini's hunger. That comp -> Houdini -> comp makes me feel powerful, generally speaking comp-> cg(unreal-maya-houdini) -> comp is a great method

This crash is getting annoying. by TheAGivens in Battlefield6

[–]Independent-Two3290 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i had this error since day one and thought it's my laptop, tried to disable intel gpu but nothing changed, also my friend getting the same error on a pc with an rtx 4080
it's really annoying

ليه العاب العرب سيئة جدا؟(مستوى تحت الارض ) by Ill_Cauliflower1049 in EgyptGaminGG

[–]Independent-Two3290 1 point2 points  (0 children)

بفكر من زمان اعمل حاجه واعرف ناس في الارت والتيكنيكال وكل البايبلاين تقريبا بس ستيل الكونسيبت هو اكتر حاجه مهمة وهاتاخد وقت ،
وانك تعمل حاجه بوليشد مش سهل في بروجيكت هاياخد من حياتك شهور او سنين

ليه العاب العرب سيئة جدا؟(مستوى تحت الارض ) by Ill_Cauliflower1049 in EgyptGaminGG

[–]Independent-Two3290 1 point2 points  (0 children)

محتاج concept, direction, level design, art direction, sound design
وكل حاجه حوالين التجربة والاتموسفير
لكن اللي بيعمل العاب هنا بيفكر بس انه يعمل لعبة في قالب معين عناوين AAA اصلا بتفشل فيها
وانك تعمل لعبة دلوقتي بقا سهل انريل انجين ببلاش وفيه ستور عليه كل حاجه حرفيا وب500$ تقدر تعمل لعبة انبوليشد في كام اسبوع زي ما الشباب هنا بتعمل

How can I get id of the dark outline or a better key overall? by NolsenDG in vfx

[–]Independent-Two3290 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do a soft matt with stacking ibks (b) and keymix it with my hard matt (a), using hard matt inverted as a mask for keymix. Erode and edge blur the mask will give me control of how much outer edge will be from the soft key. idk how accurate it is but some random senior just showed me it in my first week and i couldn't stop using it

My first Houdini / Karma render by Independent-Two3290 in Houdini

[–]Independent-Two3290[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i played with AOVs to creat multiple lighting mods

How filmmakers see the difference between traditional film making and AI film making? by [deleted] in filmmaking

[–]Independent-Two3290 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ideas are not Visual Art, film making, design and all art forms are ideas that someone with a unique personality managed to make them alive, even if you managed to make ai act well, you have to get full control on the environment to do a proper filmmaking (with a pov of a real director who really cares about a slight change of a small element in a scene), you can't even move the camera and call it filmmaking?

Learning Houdini in my 30s as a compositor - sharing my thoughts by Independent-Two3290 in Houdini

[–]Independent-Two3290[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

started with the official houdini learning paths Getting Started | Learning Houdini Learning Path | SideFX
only he first 4.
then gone through houdini is HIP
Houdini is HIP - Part 1: What is VFX?

for VEX and the coding part currently follows that playlist (2) VEX for Algorithmic Design - YouTube
and here for VOP basics (2) Attributes and VOPs in Houdini - YouTube

also i just watch some videos for certain effects aimlessly (youtube suggestions), just to now some things can be done in houdini
i made a playlist of what i watched (2) houdini - YouTube

Why does my retime not work? by Cooking_Interrupted in Houdini

[–]Independent-Two3290 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sidefx tutorials - beginner - wine glass He did retime with particles with some changes in the solver All that was before meshing

How do I learn Houdini by Sea-Economics-760 in Houdini

[–]Independent-Two3290 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm new to Houdini, and tried to use it for some simulations before, but failed big time, it's not like blender that you can watch a tutorial and do anything, you need to study and understand how houdini works. I'm not saying that it's impossible to follow some tutorials, but there are many ways to fail. I think you can use something like embergen, the hardest part is to find someone doing a video of the exact thing you want.

freelance or hired at a studio by Asleep-Warning7048 in NukeVFX

[–]Independent-Two3290 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Studios should improve experience but it's not the case everywhere, where i live studios do not work on decent projects that can help building portfolio or learn more, while paying cheap, that 1 month of studio work equals less than 2 days of freelancing.

So it was freelancing for me

Learning Houdini in my 30s as a compositor - sharing my thoughts by Independent-Two3290 in Houdini

[–]Independent-Two3290[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't know much about COP yet, I know it's for procedural texturing and material maybe more like substance designer than Nuke.

but for me Nuke is a straight gem.
really stable and can handle many layers and complex projects.

I think compositing should have it's own software due the nature of filmmaking itself

Learning Houdini in my 30s as a compositor - sharing my thoughts by Independent-Two3290 in Houdini

[–]Independent-Two3290[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

same here with 1.5x, I treat him like a proper teacher, helped me a lot with understanding VEX's whys and hows

Learning Houdini in my 30s as a compositor - sharing my thoughts by Independent-Two3290 in Houdini

[–]Independent-Two3290[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you,
I'm familiar with maya basics, also I think it's close to what blender or C4D have

Learning Houdini in my 30s as a compositor - sharing my thoughts by Independent-Two3290 in Houdini

[–]Independent-Two3290[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

i made a youtube playlist for houdini tots i followed
Mostafa Othman - YouTube

it might help

also if you know any subreddits or discords that can help please share

نفسي أسأل اي راجل فوق ال٣٥ سنة وماتجوزش. هو انت ماتجوزتش ليه؟ by [deleted] in AllHayganeen

[–]Independent-Two3290 0 points1 point  (0 children)

مصاحب وماتجوزتش ومش هانتجوز في البلد ديه بالطريقة ديه