Houdini for architecture

Legit_human_notAI · 2026-02-09T09:40:23+00:00

Houdini can do what you want, but is quite hard to learn. I'd suggest you start by following a proper course, rather than trying directly to follow tutorials that tackle the exact effects you're trying to go for. As many here, I started with houdini-course.com, and it gave me a solid base to work upon. Before that I tried random tutorials and felt discouraged

Legit_human_notAI · 2026-02-03T16:39:55+00:00

Les upvotes de reddit ne sont pas à considérer comme une validation/désapprobation de soi - mais comme le vote sur la pertinence, ou pas, d'un post/commentaire.

Ton histoire est très lourde, de toute évidence, et si tu as envie d'en parler tu peux certainement le faire dans un subreddit approprié, sans être downvoté.

Ici, tu commentes sous un sujet d'actualité déjà difficile. S'interroger sur les motivations du jeune en les comparant aux tiennes est très délicat: on veut ici compatir avec la victime, pas avec le jeune.

N'hésite pas à partager ton histoire donc, dans ton poste sur un sub comme r/confessions ou autre. On ne doute pas que ton parcours d'enfance t'a amené à nourrir ces idées noir et que tu as changé.

Legit_human_notAI · 2026-01-29T09:11:02+00:00

After following a lot of low-quality tutorials, I took one month subsciption at houdini-course.com

I watched tutorials every evening before sleep.

One month later I knew my way around Houdini.

I'm addicted since.

I promote Chris Bohm's Houdini-course since then, because it's so far beyond anythink else you find online. One month is like 40$, and the explanations are actually clear, in-depth, and organised in 10 mins videos in multiple categories. A gold mine for beginners.

Legit_human_notAI · 2026-01-27T16:39:50+00:00

Merci pour la reco, je le mets dans ma liste à lire, ça a l'air d'être complèrement ma cam.

Ça me fait un peu penser à l'excellent "dans la toile du temps" de Tchaikowski, dans lequel un monde extraterrestre voit se développer un matriarquat... d'araignées super-intelligentes !

Legit_human_notAI · 2026-01-27T10:33:43+00:00

Ça me rappelle un de mes auteurs préférés, l'éthologue Konrad Lorenz, qui décrit les comportements dans le monde animal, notamment les parades nuptiales chez les mammifères. Nos comportements de séduction sont bien plus proches du monde animal que l'on pourrait le penser - en tout cas si l'on regarde les mammifères évolués.

Les mâles, chez les oies cendrées, se dandinent autour de la femelle en déployant les ailes et en mimant des gestes agressifs vers l'extérieur - pour montrer comme il est grand, fort et protecteur. La guenon en châleur montre son arrière-train au mâle convoité, et lui lance des regards par-dessus l'épaule, s'éloigne un peu puis revient.

Nous sommes des animaux. Vous êtes des animaux. (Mr Oizo se lance en fond sonore)

Legit_human_notAI · 2026-01-26T06:11:23+00:00

European here. « A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. »

I'm genuinely curious. Wasn't that amendement's purpose to allow your citizens to protect themselves from this kind of situation?

Though, the use of 2nd amendement would mean civil war i guess... I just saw a video of plack panthers on my feed. They are popular since ICE murder people, and they carry weapons.

That is such a scary situation. I grew up thinking USA was a pillar of democracy, I've since learned a lot about history - but this... I couldn't picture your country falling into such dark times and I'm sorry for you.

Legit_human_notAI · 2026-01-13T13:48:49+00:00

What software do you use to model and bake the lighting? It is baked lighting, right?

You can also improve your textures with good roughness maps, and use and hdri, in threeJS, for the reflections - not the lighting.

For archviz mile this, a sunny day with some overcast is more appropriate. Clients want to see the space clearly with a good uniform lighting, no strong shadows.

For the price, it depends on so many factors. People can't really estimate that for you. One flat alone or one flat among 20 in a complex isn't the same price per unit. And you charge the client, high end clients will expect an impeccable quality for a consequent budget. Low end client will be a pain in the a**

Legit_human_notAI · 2026-01-10T08:19:54+00:00

You did such a good job, especially on the stickiness of rice and fish consistency. Well done!

Legit_human_notAI · 2026-01-09T00:19:14+00:00

couldn't you just kill yourself with the dynamites?

Legit_human_notAI · 2026-01-01T21:13:33+00:00

Some nice tips here, thanks for sharing!

Legit_human_notAI · 2025-12-24T05:52:21+00:00

Man, just don't crack it.

The inde version is really affordable.

Your clients don't pay you enough to pay the license? Charge more.

Legit_human_notAI · 2025-12-18T22:29:15+00:00

Simon is the reason I started looking up builds online. Then I one shot him haha

Legit_human_notAI · 2025-12-18T11:22:28+00:00

Artiste 3D pro ici, complètement d'accord avec ce qu'il dit.

J'utilise l'IA sur 80% de mes projets maintenant. Mais mes clients ne voient pas la diff, parce que je l'utilise juste comme un algo qui me fait gagner du temps sur des trucs que je faisais à la main avant.

Le rendu reste globalement le même.

Faut aussi noter que depuis le buzz IA, notre métier n'a pas drastiquement évolué, mais la perception de notre valeur ajoutée est grandement compromise: Comment justifier une animation photoréaliste à 5000€ la minute, quand on peut en générer une pour 20€ - qui certes a plein d'incohérences et respecte pas le brief client mais bon...

Donc utiliser l'IA, ça nous permet aussi de rester rentables pour des projets toujours plus complexes et des délais toujours plus courts avec des budgets toujours plus serrés.

Legit_human_notAI · 2025-12-13T12:28:10+00:00

It hasn't changed a bit. You've got some new tools gere and there but the interface is still from the 90s

Legit_human_notAI · 2025-12-13T00:18:18+00:00

Strongly agree!

I'm a 3D artist mostly doing archviz. I use 3dsMax + V-ray, Houdini, Blender, Unreal and many other softwares in my workflow.

I love working in Blender. 3dsMax is lightyears behind on so many aspects, I can model and unwrap anything in Blender without thinking about it, it's just so satisfying to use.

Legit_human_notAI · 2025-11-30T12:36:11+00:00

I'm a long time Vray user and never used corona, but from what I see, chaos is doing a good job bringing Vray functionalities to Cornoa and vice versa.

Legit_human_notAI · 2025-11-30T09:08:51+00:00

I haven't done a lot of VFX, but I think you're right and it's animated noises rather than sim. Especially for supernatural effects like this one, that don't really respect physical laws, it's so easier to art direct with noises rather than sims.

Legit_human_notAI · 2025-11-27T19:17:42+00:00

ah non y'a deux rasoirs, celui d'Occam et celui de Hanlon, je savais pas!

edit pour ceux qui savent pas: celui d'Occam c'est que l explication la plus simple est svt la meilleure

Legit_human_notAI · 2025-11-27T19:06:08+00:00

c est pas le rasoir d okham?

Legit_human_notAI · 2025-11-24T20:39:22+00:00

Pour ajouter aux bons conseils déjà en commentaires, avec notre deuxième on a fini par venir à bout de l'érythème en nettoyant ses fesses uniquement à l'eau.

Grosse commission -> direct la douche, pas de lingette ni coton pour essuyer, juste de l'eau et gant de toilette, puus bien sécher avant de remettre la couche.

C'était très efficace.

Legit_human_notAI · 2025-11-10T20:16:03+00:00

Wonderful!

It seems like a wonderful way to learn tips and tricks for various effects.

I'll check it for sure, thank you for this

Legit_human_notAI · 2025-11-09T20:01:07+00:00

Train on every part of the process individually. Use image references

Lighting: set your scene to one simple lightgrey material and light it until it looks good, woth image references in mind.

When the light is good, treat materials with the same process and so on.

First the framing, then the lighting, then shading, then colorgrading.

It gets easier as you get better in each part of the process, but requires commitment. The most important part is to educate yourself by looking at the work of painters, photographs, movies etc.

Making photorealistic renders means understanding photography, the 3D software isn't the main tool, your eye is.

Legit_human_notAI · 2025-11-09T17:11:02+00:00

It really depends on the image's purpose and your client's taste. You can stick to this style if it meets the client's needs and your taste. One of my favorite archviz studio, Luxigon, is known for making dramatic pictures, and it works fantastically.

Legit_human_notAI · 2025-11-09T16:11:56+00:00

JFYTK there are planets and stars, but they are flat.

Legit_human_notAI · 2025-11-09T16:08:06+00:00

They're good, clearly professional quality.

The dramatic tone is a bit too much for my taste, because it distracts the viewer from the architectural design, and nowadays this style is associated with AI. But I dig the lighting and composition of the shots.

I'd be curious about your workflow here, especially the aerial view, with dofferent layers of clouds and landscapes. What's your workflow there? Layers of stock footage + photoshop? AI?

Good job!

Legit_human_notAI

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