Houdini 20.5 sneak peek

During the 2024 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, SideFX shared a long-awaited preview of Houdini 20.5, a sizeable update to the studio’s flagship procedural 3D software, set to launch sometime in mid-July.

Take a dive into workflows designed for lookdev, Karma rendering, character rigging, VFX, gamedev and more. Learn all about Copernicus, an exciting new feature that will be released in beta with Houdini 20.5. Whether you are a feature film VFX artist, a game developer or a commercial studio, this HIVE will teach you the different ways Houdini 20.5 brings you new and enhanced tools that meet your most demanding production requirements.

The list of novelties one can expect in version 20.5 also includes a new Material Point Method solver, a multi-solver with presets for common material types, a robust procedural crowds generator, a comprehensive car rig, Karma XPU updates, new tools for rigging feathers and wings, non-destructive animation layers, a new node for cushy geometry, Vulkan geometry rasterization, and much more.

For more detailed information, please visit SideFX website:

https://www.sidefx.com/houdini-hive/houdini-205/