Houdini Quick Tips | Melting Objects Super Easily

[@iamYork_]

I love the Houdini workflow... despite all the nose bleeds... Such a great way to spend a day/night...

[@weliveyou]

I’m learning houdini now, nosebleeds and headaches became something common lmao

[@iamYork_]

@@weliveyou tell me about it... haha... It is all worth it after a few years if you can stay focused... unlike myself...

[@weliveyou]

@@iamYork_ I’m learning for fun really, my main business is composing music for film so it’s funny to experiment with houdini with simulations linked to sound etc

[@iamYork_]

@@weliveyou after COVID i do more corporate film and animation work so a lot less VFX so a sadly a lot less Houdini usage... My nose is happy but my imagination is having trouble breathing...

[@weliveyou]

@@iamYork_ yeah I feel you man, creative industries got hit hard over the last 2 years

[@nictanghe98]

defiinatly the best way of doing this i have seen.

[@jorgeyepezlazo8773]

thanks for the video! I have a question, How can I modify the viscosity with an attribute or a mask I already created before my mesh was converted to a volume for the FLIP simulation

[@MrsDam236]

Super useful tips! I definitely have to try this

[@massimobaita7178]

Thank You very much!

[@FaddyVFX]

Good example, thank you

[@kdbrastudio]

Awesome! Thanks

[@sams_3d_stuff]

Amazing! What about preserving the uv's? Also how to eliminate uv seams? Would be awesome if you could point out a solution. Thanks

[@alexandretamisier8150]

Thanks ! I already tried several times a long time ago, I always had problems with the edges too. In reality I mainly use the "point deform" which necessarily keeps the most perfect uv. I will see if there is another way to keep UV rays effectively. I will do another Quick Tips if I find !

[@polkablues]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2SZgmWPpKysgqM This is the best video I've found on preserving UVs on a FLIP sim. The only thing I would add to it is, when using the attribute VOP to transfer your point UVs, experiment with cranking up the max points to get the cleanest result. You're never going to end up with absolutely perfect UVs from this method, but you can get close, and you can always mess with different techniques like blending from the clean object to the simulated object at the point of deformation, either in Houdini or in compositing. Though I wish I had known about the point deform technique from this video a while ago, it would have saved me some major headaches.

[@mannywiebe]

That's some high class point deforming right there...mmmmmmm

[@excessoats]

How would I be able to colour the object by the viscosity value of the FLIP sim?

[@paulvansommeren]

Map the viscosity to Cd with a wrangle?

[@eclairesrhapsodos5496]

why not to just click viscous liquid instead?

[@raphaelmantion5212]

I like the part where you cut out important info

[@mibkas4816]

Looks like a Houdini mini course

[@iamYork_]

No that's just Houdini... Everything takes a minimum of about 30 to 40 steps... It's complexity can be addicting and frustrating all at the same time... It has its purpose though...

[@ZhuYuan0148]

Pardon but @viscosity is not working.