Frozen 2 - Houdini FX

This breakdown video accompanies the written article found on SideFX.com at: www.sidefx.com/community/froz...

[@shangerdanger]

I was super impressed by the waves. I'm in the ocean every day and can confirm that wave looked epic

[@Aureate-dj9wf]

Yes

[@tuomoluukkanen7265]

Wish you were around to explain all the movies for me - otherwise I wouldn't know how to percieve the 30-foot wave.

[@Desiqnify]

I am human so I can confirm the humans looked epic :)

[@joelsayshi]

duh everyone knows what waves look like so obviously it was very impressive

[@joelsayshi]

@@Desiqnify IKR LMAOOO

[@user-hl5zx1qh7s]

disney: we use our own developed software houdini: nope they don't ^^

[@DanielGreen0]

I think the in-house tools they use refer to the animation department.

[@EdvinLaura]

@@DanielGreen0 they are using pixar's renderer (renderman), which is subsidiary of WDC

[@varomix]

They still develop tools on top of Houdini and/or other DCCs

[@dan_noo]

remember when they said Simba is original? thats a good joke back then

[@faefaefae]

@@EdvinLaura Nope, they use their own render engine called Hyperion

[@chuygonzalez7786]

There should honestly be a commentary cut throughout movies like this explaining effects behind the scenes. This is way cooler than the story

[@xtira7672]

If they did do a step by step tutorial about all of the effects used I don’t think I can sit still and watch a 24 hour movie-

[@exabyte00]

Ok so I have a Blender cube, what do I do now?

[@FinalMiro]

try to do something else than deleting it

[@bdidk235]

@@FinalMiro how? Edit: sorry wrong person

[@FinalMiro]

@@bdidk235 XD doesn't matter xd

[@sethomotosho6393]

delete the cube and add another cube!

[@njnjhjh8918]

write a script

[@florianmattern6824]

Fun Fact: The Movie was actually finished before Frozen 1 hit the Cinemas. It just took a few years to render.

[@ZuciYt]

Underrated comment

[@futsumonogatari6467]

Really?

[@ptra4]

Lol

[@xkai84]

Any legitimate source you can back up for that?

[@vladdostupidthings6549]

@@xkai84 Fake

[@powergannon]

I dis not expect the fog to be based on a cloth wall simulation. Pretty cool

[@buizelmeme6288]

Yeah, same here. It looks like as if there is no cloth at all!

[@TheWillvoss]

i remember watching this in the theater. Thinking to myself, i cant wait to see the Houdini breakdown.

[@qnaman]

This kind of stuff is much more appreciated by 3d graphic designers, than regular viewer. Because they don't know what it takes to make such effect.

[@LoneWolf-tk9em]

Peoples think it's just done in a couple of hours..🤦🏼

[@MikeCore]

@@LoneWolf-tk9em makes u wanna die until you give up or finish, but only one of them is rewarding x-x

[@10player]

If the viewers dont notice it, you did a good job :)

[@qnaman]

@Ssilnah yes, of course. animating living creatures- with expression. and lets say, body fat. Dynamic hairs, and clothes. Sometimes you can't use physic simulation.

[@spidaxtreme]

@@he.lena21 Yeah I get that, but they just don't understand what exactly to look for. If you want to give them a bit more perspective you could show them your work from different points of development. Think of it this way, you could go the beach and look at the ocean. It's beautiful right? But you won't see any of the _real_ beauty until you look beneath the water.

[@basisTermium]

*1km wide cloth simulation with 1000 of fluid simulation for mist!!*

[@goku21youtub]

i lold

[@jollyxxl7841]

1:08 T - Posing Elsa asserting dominance 😂

[@fluffrier]

I like how for the wall of mist you literally had a drape of fog, it's poetically technical.

[@NatjoOfficial]

1:27 This made me laugh. It's a real "Yup, sure, this works, lets use this" moment

[@JZ5U]

So just simulate a 1km long cloth sim, then scatter thousands of points, each emitting its own smoke sim and interacting with each other? easy.

[@Toxic_Trashbag]

Surely no. Its just few emiters Calculated and instanced. And they dont interact with each other.

[@wesley5729]

Seems freaking complicated to me

[@panda3d180]

Computer: BOOM!

[@spydergs07]

I was actually surprised at how easy that scene was setup. Really wouldn't be that hard to make.

[@rottenpizza8800]

@@spydergs07 looks easy until you try making one ._.

[@JaredOwen]

Very cool!

[@jirehemanuel]

Wait why no replies and likes? This guy is great animator and teacher.

[@animationenusw]

@@jirehemanuel indeed

[@cheapomedia]

Was that a pun?

[@Rizwanation]

Wait. This Guy is Everywhere.

[@Nurutomo]

​@@Rizwanation i think not

[@user-pf3kv4bv5s]

How realistic should the graphics be? Disney: Yes

[@hellodumplings8564]

ᛁᛚᛋᛅ ᛏᚱᚢᛏᚾᛁᚴ this ain’t even about the graphics, wtf

[@hellodumplings8564]

GamersOnVideos Damn, didn’t really think I could find someone this stupid.

[@hellodumplings8564]

GamersOnVideos but if you knew shit about this video you’d realise it’s not about the graphics, it’s merely about the animations and programming of fluids. Try using your brains a little.

[@hellodumplings8564]

GamersOnVideos holy shit bro, the level of your ignorance is unmeasurable.

[@ftaloYT]

@@hellodumplings8564 yes, unmeasurable is a word

[@FRISHR]

Frozen 2: Animation = RTX On Story = RTX Off Music = Intel Graphics

[@FinalMiro]

what it's not real time rendering it's a rendered view of the simulations

[@felipoto]

underrated comment

[@ipsharoy7398]

I don't get the intel graphics part

[@relaxedbatter]

@@ipsharoy7398 Intel Graphics are generally really shit and laggy, so I assume FRISHR means the music sucked. I haven't seen the movie so I can't confirm, though.

[@ipsharoy7398]

@@relaxedbatter ok. Thnx for the info

[@activemotionpictures]

Thank you for sharing this @Houdini. I really wanted to see the behind the scenes in the last sequence. Patience is rewarding.

[@saebr]

So can humans actually do those effects, Or is it strictly for the aliens who created those shots 😒

[@JulianAbreu]

bro, I'm tired of Aliens stealing our jobs

[@MIXTraining]

that is over simplifying around 3-4 years of work in 2 mins. also hundreds of FX artist work on those shots

[@KZLR]

@@MIXTraining Hundreds!?!

[@JulianAbreu]

@@MIXTraining yup!, btw l like your channel, thought I was suscribe :)

[@MIXTraining]

@@KZLR www.imdb.com/title/tt4520988/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ql_1 scroll down to Visual effects by there's 116 artists listed there, I am sure that's NOT all of them, yes, hundreds!

[@TheMrRaulM]

too short :(

[@B9poy]

yeah, this was probably more than a month of work

[@FinalMiro]

yeah xd

[@FinalMiro]

@@B9poy a month hmm 3 or 7 logically cuz I think there is the scripting of the scene, visualing, creating the long part, and rendering the longest part ever lol (I'm talking about theses few scenes not the full movie

[@polymathmotion]

Absolutely insane. I bow to your team’s greatness 🙌🏼

[@dominicisidore]

WOW! The sheer scope of designing and coming up with solutions to create these scenes is amazing! Creating things beyond our known reality is inspiring!

[@lastgenrichtofen3728]

You can say whatever you want about Frozen 1 and 2, the visuals of these movies are incredible and the animators deserve respect.

[@rezo856]

This is amazing!!!! I love doing flip fluids the most. Houdini the best

[@thinkingblack4035]

THANKS!!! I don't yet know enough to make use of the information... But it's good to have the CONCEPTS on which to practice/ work towards.

[@bryan.w.t]

always impressed by a great CG breakdown

[@simonlewis3685]

I love learning the different ways studios manage the balance of realistic simulations with artistic control.

[@GrantMiller]

Such massive fx work, great job!

[@marcolorenzetti77]

great job, very nice, richer simulations than reality. unfortunately it is difficult for me to use houdini with that indispensable approach based on that node tree so complex. I don't have such a mathematical mind, then I models characters but houdini has a hair simulation and clothes that creates no collision errors, it's perfect! I'd like to understand it better!

[@Why_It]

I love how there's videos out here just showing the magic behind the brilliant animations.

[@nikkoa.3639]

This is such a technical feat holy shit.

[@abel2933]

The hollywood and the music industry is working very hard with their illuminati messages and agenda, to worship the devil with 666 subliminal messages everywhere in movies , music clips to brainwash you...and force you to worship the Devil yet, the same people want u to be atheist, dont u see the irony, repent to Jesus, the end is near. Havent u emver asked yourself , why so resist God, Jesus, in the flesh...if he doesnt exist...the worlds elite is a slave of Satan...dont let them make you a slave too....salvation is at hand open your Bible, Repent and Pray to the Lord Jesus christ, no matter how bad you sinned...Our God loves every one of has incomprehenably... I beg you to choose the light

[@TorbTorb]

@@abel2933 what?

[@abel2933]

@@TorbTorb Draw near to God. And have an eternal life, peace, Joy, And the only way to God is through Jesus, who is God himself. The so called "World elite" is a slave of satan, and dont want you to know the truth. Even SIRI is programmed not to answer the question "Who is Jesus" When other worldly false leaders such as Budha, mohammed, krishna, satan answered with enough explanation...Seek the truth Open your Holy Bible, and get The eternal life the world (satan and his "elite slaves )doesnt want u to get through Jesus , and receive the eternal life, Jhon 14:6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. 7 If you had known Me, you would know My Father as well.

[@abel2933]

@@TorbTorb Draw near to God. And have an eternal life, peace, Joy, And the only way to God is through Jesus, who is God himself. The so called "World elite" is a slave of satan, and dont want you to know the truth. Even SIRI is programmed not to answer the question "Who is Jesus" When other worldly false leaders such as Budha, mohammed, krishna, satan answered with enough explanation...Seek the truth Open your Holy Bible, and get The eternal life the world (satan and his "elite slaves )doesnt want u to get through Jesus , and receive the eternal life, Jhon 14:6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. 7 If you had known Me, you would know My Father as well.

[@helloworld5219]

@@abel2933 shut up

[@solarveterok]

Гудини - это больше чем просто программа. Гудини - это произведение искусства.

[@joshharrison4634]

i need more of these types of videos. this was too cool and too short

[@kurostyx9124]

waiting for blender tutorials to recreate these scenes

[@ThatElfNerd]

Blender's experimental section is currently developing node-based modifiers and simulations in order to emulate the Houdini workflow, so it might come sooner than you think.

[@anxhelo7383]

@@ThatElfNerd dont think so blender gets heavy really fast, in houdini my pc can handle more than 10m simulated points but on blender it freezee just by playing a fbx animation

[@higorss]

@@anxhelo7383 i guess your pc is broken

[@anxhelo7383]

@@higorss im not saying it is good but what im saying is houdini and maya can handle more heavy scenes.

[@NalunePulliptuesunepotatoe]

Blender is not developed enough unfortunately

[@BiskviLover]

Thank you for giving us the important parts of Frozen 2

[@dff8809]

This video has literally motivated me to start learning Houdini

[@kitkat299]

yess I’ve been waiting for this video!!!

[@deusproductions2176]

Wow amazing tutorial, helped me make the scene in a day! KZbin is great for learning!

[@ellie_bells4988]

Really cool seeing behind the scenes stuff ngl.

[@RSpudieD]

Very cool!!! These are quite impressive!!

[@Trupen]

wow, it's amazing

[@nikubitsa]

I'll be honest. Frozen 2 has a lot of plot wholes but it was visually stunning!!! The forest, the waves, the animation in general!!

[@ch4vel]

Spectacular job

[@lukehallmedia]

This is the video that inspired me to learn Houdini

[@RMAFIRE]

Filling a space in a beautiful way❤💙

[@QuarkDoge]

ok, now I just have to find out how create piggy

[@opfer1555]

the roblox one? dude theres a tutorial for that

[@KelvenOne]

bruh

[@High89OO]

If you want to make the model you don’t need blender the piggy model is fully makeable in roblox studio

[@opfer1555]

@@High89OO i meant the game

[@noahimhere]

@@opfer1555 bruh this is for special effects not game making

[@nuduw]

As someone who's been doing CFD for real life projects, I always admire how realistic VFX simulations look.

[@EnkiMushonif]

Since I watched this film with my daughter, I think this is Houdini's job. And it was true. Great work!!!

[@emilflarsen2]

My whole life i've been watching animated movies, but now after learning 3D i appreciate everything so much more. I tried playing with water sims recently, it's hard really getting into man.

[@calvinbrown9980]

Have no idea what he’s talking about but I’m still liking it

[@dallazz5617]

All that time I thinked that they used blender for it, epic video. Thank you.

[@oleit3]

That's amazing!

[@ryanjun9042]

Utterly remarkable

[@grainfrizz]

*tears of joy in Navier-Stokes*

[@MANIAKRA]

Amazing, this is why I love 3D! Endless challenges

[@gwangseokjo8324]

That's amazing!!!!!

[@suusculpts5022]

1:17 was brilliant, cloth sim and then fluid sim combine.

[@dgundz]

this is an art

[@acadvideoart]

Nice work 👍👍

[@rubio164]

Incredible artistic job!!!!!!!!!

[@TheHafizhmc]

Imagine what computer specs they are using to render the animation.. my poor laptop would take more than a year to render those sequence..

[@SoundGenerati0n]

Render Farms :)

[@spidaxtreme]

@@he.lena21 _A_ 3990X is nowhere near enough.

[@NalunePulliptuesunepotatoe]

I have a beast pc and it would take about 3 to 5 minutes to render a single frame of those. Just imagine-

[@resilientpicture]

Fantastic.

[@sams_3d_stuff]

Amazing!!!!

[@Jisoosthumbs]

so impressive

[@zidfilms]

Best animation Best songs Best story

[@gluttonium]

fascinating

[@mwmingram]

Amazing.

[@cheese6291]

What did u just watch and why did I enjoy it

[@lunar9797]

I have no idea what he's talking about but I love it

[@justacasualchannel2691]

Bruh that part at the end tho, is epic.

[@D3Z_animations]

insane!

[@DefMM123]

1:10 Elsa's ultimate POWER!

[@PrinterPaper255]

you dont need to thank me for registering! i should thank you for making this wonderful software!

[@MangiferaIndica918]

RESPECT.

[@beshinerondozai4185]

I am amazed at how what the human mind can achieve

[@adamsipos84]

well done! :)

[@PunmasterSTP]

The quality of these effects was just something elsa!

[@arnovanlombergen840]

Sooooo interessting omg!!!

[@Rachelschaos]

Amazing, damn

[@taraharvey-ingram7157]

Clever idea with the mist. I

[@thesquarezminecraft]

That curtain simulation though i did not see that coming

[@jeremy_woods]

Opens Houdini. Me: into the unknooooowwwwwwn

[@krawieck]

haven't watched the movie, but seems like i should at least for the visuals

[@cs4miles]

i full on CRIED the first time i watched the big wave of the dam freezing BECAUSE of the sfx

[@kayokimusic9335]

That looked so realistic! 1:40

[@PentaromaLMA0]

1:10 **Ominous music plays while elsa just a poses**

[@IyeViking]

I love Houdini.

[@peepoo420]

T pose elsa isn't real she cant hurt you T pose elsa: 1:10

[@AroTheOcto]

Actualy thats an A pose

[@codepluma8695]

@@AroTheOcto actually at up arrow

[@FinalMiro]

that's actually, a freaking rig in a epic real time rendered simulation lol

[@atanekoatan]

Houdini is the poetry of 3D

[@topcraft2844]

Houdini, the king of simulation

[@ln14517]

50 year ago artist only had colored pencils and a few other inks but still managed to tell better stories than today.

[@JoaquinPeMM]

damn, and i cant even drive sop speed to a pyro :c

[@JoaquinPeMM]

why you´ll like my comment, i need help xD

[@Ponjoe15]

@@JoaquinPeMM do time shift, set it from frames to time and do $T*multiplier you can also do it in the dopnet but its harder because pyro sims rely on multiple animated parameters. You'd have to change them all.

[@JoaquinPeMM]

Hi @@Ponjoe15, thanks for your reply, i have a really fast moving object and i wanted to trail it and make a velocity field and sim it in first frame, but when i rasterize it the v sometimes disappears, making the pyro go off . i guess time shift is to be sim it in slow mo and the retime it?

[@ilangabai2397]

@@JoaquinPeMM There are several things you can try - Make sure when you rasterize it that you are sampling a large enough radius. You can do that when rasterizing or by assigning a pscale. You can try to decrease your trail increment and increase the trail length to get more samples of your object. Also, in cases like this, volumeTrail sop is your best friend. It will allow you to visualize your vel field in sops and adjust it on the spot.

[@gamble40k]

Use a cloth simulation to create the ice wall was pretty slick

[@sitkinator]

i can feel the lag on my pc if i tried to run this

[@julymclean7514]

Nice

[@6TheBACH]

Thanks for the spoilers

[@monkeymode5652]

It's insane how often I have to rerun a small simulation over and over again taking several minutes each. Now imagine doing that, but with a 1km cloth simulation and 1000 fluid simulations.

[@AzamFXAFX]

Keren! hebat!

[@lukeonuke]

1:09 this clip looks like a god tier shitpost

[@yaris684]

Let it gooooo let it goooo

[@thadz2493]

I've never in my thought I'd see a T-Posing Elsa but I'm not complaining