Houdini Tutorial - Fire Spear - Weapon FX

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We'll start by going over the Extract Transform node. This will allow us to replace the hammer in Craig's hand with any kind of geometry.
Then we're going to simulate the flaming spear itself by using volumes and particle advection.
Using different SOP Tools we'll be able to refine the shape of our spear
In the final lesson I also go over how I set up this very simple comp in Nuke
The completed project files and assets will be avilable, just foll the link in description.
So I hope you will enjoy this course, and let's get started.
► Chapters:
00:00:00 - 00:00:37 : Trailer
00:00:37 - 00:14:36 : Extract Transform Explanation
00:14:36 - 00:19:57 : Sourcing Points
00:19:57 - 00:24:58 : Pyro Simulation
00:24:58 - 00:32:32 : Extra Velocity Field
00:32:32 - 00:36:58 : Particle Advection
00:36:58 - 00:40:35 : Shaping Particles
00:40:35 - 00:46:26 : Color & Pscale
00:46:26 - 00:48:44 : Apply Transform
00:48:44 - 00:53:37 : Ground & Fog
00:53:37 - 00:58:25 : Nuke Compositing

[@kirill.shilov]

Once again, having finished this tutorial and the Patronus one, I have to say that you definitely have strong teaching skills. Of course, I am not able to recreate these shots on my own without looking over your videos, but this will come with practice (hopefully).

[@voxyde]

That's completely normal. In my early days I would rewatch Stephen Knipping's Applied Houdini series maybe 10 times over until I finally got the jist. To this day I still have to reference other tutorials when creating

[@kegsfx8603]

Looking cool!

[@massimobaita7178]

Thank You very much, Ciobanu!

[@altamashkhan5870]

Iam thanking you by heart thank you very much for existing and teaching us houdini software which is so complex

[@voxyde]

My pleasure!

[@AbdoAchtioui]

Amazing Tutorial, Thanks for sharing

[@JonCG]

This is absolutely Amazing.its easy to follow even though I'm newbie in Houdini.

[@tastydolphinbrain]

Great tutorial, thanks for making such good work and sharing it! I’m currently working through your ‘Magical Hand Assembly’ course by the way, and it’s excellent 👏🏻👏🏻

[@voxyde]

Thank you ! Awesome to hear that :)

[@flamepaladinn]

Thank you kind sir!

[@voxyde]

Very welcome!

[@user-jg6rn8kl2u]

Nice

[@sashavergolini6737]

at the very start when applying transformations to the hammer to center it, when I go in and rotate i see the pivot also rotating. I am worried this might be the reason why, later on, the trasnformation seems to apply to the result of the extracted transformation. is there more to the transform node and I'm not getting it?

[@tanishqgupta8330]

did you render everything in mantra or did u use any other render ?

[@voxyde]

Usually I render in Redshift since I found its the fastest and most reliable. Houdini plans to discontinue Mantra and they will focus on Karma moving forward, so I don't recommend investing any time in Mantra right now

[@tanishqgupta8330]

@@voxyde but redshift is not free to use u have to pay in order to use , right?

[@voxyde]

@@tanishqgupta8330 Unfortunately yes! There is a free 30 day trial (I think) It's well worth the money however, it's by far the most capable rendering engine out there

[@Wissox]

@@voxyde While true, Karma is able to use VEX-based shaders apart from the MatX ones. The Karma ROP is essentially Mantra on drugs, can be used like Mantra (outside of lopcontext/stage) and outperforms Mantra. Also Karma is licensed software, thus some VFX houses will stay with Mantra for a while before moving on when it comes to FX. No reason to recommend someone to stay away from Mantra..

[@voxyde]

@@Wissox I havent thought of that! Good point. I guess im just super biased having used redshift for most of my houdini career haha

[@kodiakvfx2598]

It's very helpful. Could I have the hip file? I don't see it on the page.

[@voxyde]

Its up now ! :)

[@kodiakvfx2598]

thank you 🤗@@voxyde

[@user-il9np5ms4x]

RealESRGAN Do you provide it?

[@voxyde]

You can get it here: community.foundry.com/cattery/37767/real-esrgan

[@user-il9np5ms4x]

@@voxyde thank

[@user-il9np5ms4x]

如何为 AOV 设置渲染设置？

[@voxyde]

Check out the hip file included that has all thr settings

[@user-il9np5ms4x]

@@voxyde yes thankyou

[@kendrickessence5599]

P R O M O S M

[@houdiniinsider]

Hey man... Can you tell me about your LinkedIn id

[@voxyde]

Hey sorry brother dont have linkedin. What can I do for you ? :)