Houdini Solaris | Intro to MaterialX and Render Cloning

[@chrystahiser8364]

Very cool! Just created the file along with the video! Enjoyed it a lot.

[@flyeffectdj]

I love that you are making Houdini stuff! Very helpful!

[@UzairFareedFX]

amazing new tips in this video thank you very much for awesome Houdini and karmaXPU content

[@ludwigek835]

Amazing stuff! Thank you for sharing!

[@Culky]

I think it's worth remembering that MaterialX is just a standardised description for shading networks and assignments. So it's not like some magic new technology, it's the same render functions we've been using all along, with different names.

[@henrythejeditube]

very cute texturing

[@Ha.jamshidi]

God bless you man!

[@brvbrvbrv944]

This is the kind of content I like ❤

[@BoundingBox.]

Wonderful, and you are looking very different.

[@jellsart]

Thank you for sharing this 🔥

[@CreativeSquadBlog]

Thank you! Was very helpfull! Can you please tell how you put references on top of the houdini? thanks

[@arvidurs]

If you have labs installed then in the node view menu you can capture an image

[@JacKsCave]

Thanks , need more advanced karma mtlx tip and tricks

[@DarkPhonix1999]

great

[@purplelight2947]

cool. thanks!

[@arlo1993-n1c]

Thank you very much, as usual, very nice tutorial :) can you explore a bit in a future tutorial, a multishot workflow :) ?

[@shaneoshea8635]

For some reason when I use "Labs Measure Curvature" around the 11:04 mark the node has a red lock on it which says Matches Definition "NO" and the vertex attributes for concavity/convexity don't show up/the visualize of the attributes dont work in the viewport either. Any idea why this would be? I triple checked all the node settings and not sure why this wouldnt match the definition on mine but on yours it says it does.

[@gunjack2202]

Thanks for another great tutorial Arvid. What's your opinion about Karma XPU? Is it the right time to switch from Arnold? I tested after 20.5 and I am still not convinced, Arnold still seems to be ahead in terms of features and photorealism

[@arvidurs]

It's a tough call - but as a die hard arnold user, I can't give up on it. Both can produce pretty rad images!

[@giorgiozegarra331]

Is there anything equivalent to matte shadow?

[@maxkravchenko2984]

Hi! Thanks for the video. I have a question: why do you adjust the exposure setting instead of the intensity of the light source in the lighting setup?

[@arvidurs]

It’s just a preference coming from a photography background.

[@philippwelsing9108]

Hello Arvid! The MTLX Position does not have you covered for moving geo, correct? That would still be the st workflow?

[@arvidurs]

You’d just need a rest position that’s all

[@philippwelsing9108]

Try the OIDN DeNoiser. It's.fully GPU since H20.5 and the most advanced one. Maye you'll like it.

[@arvidurs]

Yeah I’m using both

[@manolomaru]

✨👌💪😎😮😎👍✨

[@sqworkshop]

Can i bake displace info to normal map?

[@bim-okoje5770]

You can use the mtlx height to normal, and pipe that into mtlxnormal. Be sure to remap your displacement so the effect is centered around zero.