AXIS Studios | 15 Years of Houdini | Houdini Connect

In this Houdini Connect, we explore the longstanding usage of Houdini at AXIS Studios.
Over the past fifteen years, AXIS has leveraged Houdini for various tasks, from FX and lighting to CFX and grooming, becoming adept in its use. This feature delves into specific projects like "Scrooge: A Christmas Carol", "A Man Called Otto", and "Magic the Gathering: The Dawn of the Phyrexian Invasion" highlighting how Houdini's powerful tools and procedural workflows enable the studio to handle complex tasks efficiently.
Discover how Houdini enhances AXIS's ability to deliver high-quality, varied projects across animation, film, and game cinematics.
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:58 - Scrooge, A Christmas Carol (Cloth)
00:04:02 - A Man Called Otto (Lighting)
00:06:05 - Magic the Gathering: The Dawn of the Phyrexian Invasion

[@edmungbean]

I would love that SOP vellum wind solver haha

[@pavinivfx]

Viewport fixes when

[@edmungbean]

Just assign a hotkey to Labs Viewport Reset

[@milad_savar]

Seems all have viewport issues :/

[@asr59]

which are the main issues with the viewport?

[@gh0st_h4rdware27]

Viewport won’t update, weird ghosting geometry, attributes won’t show

[@qyoinqyuri]

Even MatCaps don't look accurate in Houdini viewport, sorry jump on the bandwagon but a unified system like Blender's would be amazing if at all possible. Even Unreal Engine supports real-time rendering and Path Tracing without having to change any materials, just one button.

[@phecalelafia7850]

Fix the viewport !!! Blender will take the market at this rate

[@patrickl9930]

Blender doesn’t have vex, or unified sims. I don’t use Houdini because of the viewport.

[@imkira1100]

Actually I don't like its viewport either , But blender taking over houdini in market is very tough.

[@asr59]

I've found this issue where after a while using the software (happens randomly), the viewport doesn't update properly anymore, so I had to close the "viewport" tab and open a new one. Is that what you are referring to?

[@perugaawd7591]

Here comes a guy who will say blender is best without using Houdini. I think it's a disease happens to many new blender artist. Blender can't be close to market of movie 😂

[@gioberianidze2756]

I Use houdini and blender on daily bases, and can confirm, that blender not even close, in viewport performance. Every time you import simulation, via alembic, the viewport performance drops immediately. I really can't understand, what you mean by, "will take the market" but that's statement, is not valid at all. I don't even want to compare both, in actual tool set, but wait !!! Blender now supports simulation caching in "Geo node" is that not innovative guys???? Blender is pure joke at this point.