Learning Houdini for 1 Month

I have prior experience with Blender, TouchDesigner, video production and software development. I knew Houdini would be challenging and had been putting it off until I felt ready. To fully focus, I took a month off and dedicated all day, every day to learning it. I originally included this context in the video but removed it to keep things shorter—maybe I should’ve left it in! If you are a beginner, I think you can still learn it, just be prepared for a steeper learning curve! 00:00 Omnibus https://www.historyofcg.com/pages/omn... 00:04 Omnibus Video    • Omnibus Demo Reel 1985.mpg   00:16 Connections: Kim Davidson    • Connections: Kim Davidson   00:18 CG Garage: Kim Davidson    • CG Garage Podcast | Kim Davidson — Preside...   00:20 Psst: Greg Hermanovic    • Psst Interview #28 - Greg Hermanovic   00:23 Touch the Designer: Greg Hermanovic    • Greg Hermanovic & Isabelle Rousset — Touch...   00:28 Foundations https://www.sidefx.com/learn/getting_... 01:11 Why do Artists Use Houdini https://www.katexagoraris.com/why-do-... 01:14 Computer Animated Hand    • A Computer Animated Hand (1972) HQ   01:23 Matt Estela    • Non-VFX VFX // Matt Estela // Houdini Illu...   01:30 CGWiki https://www.tokeru.com/cgwiki/?title=... 01:36 NAP Framework https://docs.nap-framework.tech/index... 01:42 Mark Elendt    • CppCon 2018: Mark Elendt “Patterns and Tec...   01:47 School of Motion: Simon Holmedal    • Episode 47: The Houdini Wizard, A Chat wit...   01:54 CG Forge: Houdini for the New Artist https://www.sidefx.com/tutorials/houd... 02:55 Pragmatic VEX https://www.pragmatic-vfx.com/ 03:00 Joy of Vex https://www.tokeru.com/cgwiki/JoyOfVe... 03:58 Treat Houdini like an Instrument https://www.tokeru.com/cgwiki/Houdini... 04:03 Make it Stick    • Cindy Couchman: Make it Stick, the Science...   04:07 Berlin Uni Maths Viz https://wordpress.discretization.de/h... 04:11 Standford Graphics https://graphics.stanford.edu/~mdfish... 04:14 Kinetic Sculptures    • How This Guy Builds Mesmerizing Kinetic Sc...   04:18 Pipleline TD https://www.ftrack.com/en/2021/09/wha... 04:22 Houdini is HIP https://www.sidefx.com/tutorials/houd... 04:50 Rigid Body Solver https://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/n... 04:55 Bullet Solver https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet_... 05:01 Entagma XPBD https://entagma.com/houdini-17-is-her... 05:03 XPBD Paper https://matthias-research.github.io/p... 05:09 10 Minute Physics https://matthias-research.github.io/p... 05:14 Entagma: Nerd Rant https://entagma.com/category/nerd-rant/ 05:22 Entagma: Houdini in 5 Minutes    • Houdini In Five Minutes   05:30 Andrey Lebrov: Simon Holmedal    • Simon Holmedal | Remote workflow, Future o...   05:32 Ash Thorp: Refik Anadol    • Ep.  244 - Refik Anadol   05:47 Solver Sop https://tokeru.com/cgwiki/The_solver_... 06:04 Academy Software Foundation: OpenVDB Ken Museth    • OpenVDB - Ken Museth, NVIDIA & Jeff Lait, ...   06:07 CppCast: OpenVDB Ken Museth    • CppCast Episode 227: OpenVDB with Ken Museth   06:11 Ken Museth LinkedIn   / museth   06:28 Paul Esteves https://www.paulesteves.com/ 06:34 Paul Esteves: Master Vellum    • Master Vellum: The Ultimate Cheat Sheet Yo...   06:36 graphicINmotion: Vellum    • From Basics to Brilliance: Vellum Tutorial...   06:38 Tim van Helsdingen: Vellum Fundamentals    • Vellum Fundamentals   07:06 Terrain Handbook    • Complete A-Z Terrain Handbook (ND Edition)   07:13 Showcase 07:58 Closing Thoughts