Applied Houdini Course for FX Artists: Controlling Magic

Learn magical volume techniques with Steven Knipping's new Applied Houdini - Volumes VI tutorial.

In Applied Houdini - Volumes VI, Steven Knipping shows how to create multi-layered magic FX with procedurally generated volumes instead of using Pyro simulation. The tutorial covers:

  • work with directable volume deformations and VEX code
  • shading, lighting, rendering, and compositing stages
  • design of custom vortex velocity field

The course is available on CGCircuit for $59.99.

Applied Houdini is a series of paid Houdini-oriented courses created by Steven Knipping that cover in detail such topics as particles, liquids, rigids, and volumes. Currently, Steven works as a Senior Rigid Body Destruction/FX Technical Director at Lucasfilm's Industrial Light & Magic. 

Published 04 January 2021
Daria Loginova
Senior Editor