Quick Tutorial - Procedural Lava Terrain in Houdini

[@cg-school]

Interesting result and cool English ))

[@vfxeriksen8694]

Hey! I don't have the render shelf that you have. Do I need to download it somewhere? I'm super new to Houdini, I appreciate you putting this tutorial out there.

[@BizarreSelfProduction]

Hello, yes, if you want to use Renderman specifically, you can get a non-commercial version for free. Just follow the instructions: rmanwiki.pixar.com/display/RFH24/Installation+of+RenderMan+for+Houdini

[@NathanTekaya]

Those waves of blue squares when you use the IPR do not bother you ?

[@NathanTekaya]

Great tutorial btw !

[@BizarreSelfProduction]

@@NathanTekaya you can hide bucket squares, if i'm not mistaken. Thanks.

[@NathanTekaya]

@@BizarreSelfProduction Oh ok !

[@musayazar3069]

hello great lesson thanks. can you make a fluid version of lava? There are no lessons on this.

[@BizarreSelfProduction]

Heyo, unfortunately i don't specialize in simulations for houdini)

[@Ali-pi6mn]

Hey, Can we animate this to move like lava?? Thanks

[@BizarreSelfProduction]

Heyo. You can potentially just animate noise offset, but it's probably not gonna move in a realistic way you would expect real lava to move. Might be enough for BG, but for hero shot you would definitely need a proper FX simulation.

[@longways630]

I dont have PXR tools , how can i set up for use it ?

[@BizarreSelfProduction]

You will need to install Renderman for Houdini: rmanwiki.pixar.com/display/RFH24/Installation+of+RenderMan+for+Houdini

[@raimuhammaduzairfareed7628]

can we achieve this with karmaXPU

[@BizarreSelfProduction]

Sure. Just use MaterialX Standard Surface as your main shader. Although I still find those lacking in terms of functionality and quality, compared to native VEX based nodes.

[@reelinspirations]

Love this tutorial, however, I'm having a challenge creating the texture in Redshift. Any tips on how I can make that work? Curvature isn't working well for me.

[@BizarreSelfProduction]

Heyo, you can try using AO nodes: help.maxon.net/r3d/houdini/en-us/Default.htm#html/Ambient%252bOcclusion.html

[@reelinspirations]

@@BizarreSelfProduction Thanks, so would that be using the AO node as a mask or 'material blend' to show the glow areas?

[@BizarreSelfProduction]

@@reelinspirations yes, you can also mix it with the noise, so that it won't be too uniform.