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School assignment · 2024

Houdini Simulation

The task was to create a piece in Houdini that uses at least two different simulations.

I used a Vellum cloth simulation for the bouncy balls, and a particle simulation for the magical trail that guides them through the streets of San Francisco. The background is a photo sourced online, composited with the render in Nuke.

Tools
Houdini, Nuke
Focus
Vellum, particles, compositing

Breakdown

Houdini and Nuke setup

Simulation in the Houdini viewport
Viewport in Houdini
Nuke compositing node graph
Nuke nodes
Houdini nodes for the bouncy ball Vellum simulation
Bouncy balls — Vellum simulation
Houdini nodes for the particle trail
Particle simulation
Houdini render nodes
Render nodes