Houdini is a 3D procedural software for modeling, rigging, animation, VFX, look development, lighting and rendering in film, TV, advertising and video game pipelines.

Houdini is built from the ground up to be a procedural system that empowers artists to work freely, create multiple iterations and rapidly share workflows with colleagues.

Houdini Apprentice is a free version of Houdini FX which can be used by students, artists and hobbyists to create personal non-commercial projects. With Houdini Apprentice, you have access to virtually all …

Houdini in Production | Take your Learning to the Next Level While tutorials can lay a foundation of knowledge, understanding how industry professionals use Houdini can make a big difference in your …

Geometry How Houdini represents geometry and how to create and edit it. Copying and instancing How to use copies (real geometry) and instances (loaded or created at render time). Heightfields and …

HOUDINI DOCUMENTATION When you install Houdini, you also install online help that includes documentation and a library of example files which are used to illustrate key tools and techniques. If …

Houdini Apprentice is a free version of Houdini FX which can be used by students, artists and hobbyists to create personal non-commercial projects. With Houdini Apprentice, you have access to virtually all …

COMPARE Houdini products are available for studios, indies, schools and students. The following chart provides a comparison of the feature sets found in each of these products.

Learning Houdini Take your first steps into the world of Houdini's procedural node-based workflow

Houdini FX combines superior performance and physically realistic dynamic simulation tools to VFX artists creating feature films, commercials or video games. With its procedural node-based workflow, …