Simulating the NileRed Logo with Copernicus and OpenCLToday were covering two topics in Copernicus, that are long overdue: Cellular Automata and OpenCL. CAs because theyre a classic Entagma topic and now we actually have a way in Houdini to actually build and display them directly, without the use of 2D volumes or points. And OpenCL because its by far the fastest code for processing pixels, we can write in Houdini and its also the backbone for pretty much all of Copernicus.Liked it? Take a second to support Christopher Kopic on Patreon!

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Welcome to this years first Blendini Tutorial? Well, Blender has gotten really good at rendering brushstrokes with its Grease Pencil system and Chris wants to have that functionality for his Houdini setups as well! So in this video, were first going to build or own paint system in Houdini and then find a way to bring this data into Blender and render our brushstrokes there.Mushroom Asset from AixteriorBranch Asset from PolyHaven

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Chris recently stumbled on an old interview from SideFX with Guerilla Games, the makers of Horizon: Zero Dawn. And in that interview Vladimir Lopatim shared a really neat setup of a space filling cable generator. Now, seven years later, there are a ton of new nodes that make this setup a whole lot simpler, so its time for a modern rebuild!The interview that inspired this video

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Guest Tutorial: Truchet Tiles by Simon FiedlerWere very happy to have Houdini magician Simon Fiedler back on the show! Simon will show you how to build and arrange truchet tiles in Houdini! An idea he, oddly enough, got from viral soccer ball making videos!Liked it? Take a second to support Christopher Kopic on Patreon!

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Throwing A Snowball With MPMWe havent forgotten about the other big addition to Houdini with 20.5: The MPM solver! So to get into the holiday spirits, let s simulate a snowball. In this video, were covering the full process from simulation, to postprocessing and finally to rendering.Liked it? Take a second to support Christopher Kopic on Patreon!

Throwing A Snowball With MPMWe havent forgotten about the other big addition to Houdini with 20.5: The MPM solver! So to get into the holiday spirits, let s simulate a snowball. In this video, were covering the full process from simulation, to postprocessing and finally to rendering.Liked it? Take a second to support Christopher Kopic on Patreon!

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Weve also seen the amazing video about Datamoshing in Unreal Engine by Jam2Go and couldnt help but wondering: Can pull this off in Houdini as well? And with a bit of Karma-, SOPs-, and Copernicus-Magic, this is actually quite easy and fun to pull off!Liked it? Take a second to support Christopher Kopic on Patreon!

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Free Tutorial: Triplanar Mapping pt. 2 Normal MapsIn the second Part of this Tutorial, we will tackle Normal Maps. We will talk about coordinate systems and why they affect Normal maps and how to create a system that works even with changing objects.Watch part 1 here:Triplanar Mapping in COPs pt. 1Liked it? Take a second to support Christopher Kopic on Patreon!

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Easy Houdini: Clay 3D Printing With VellumLets take a quick break from Copernicus and build a good, old fashioned, simple SOPs setup. And also recreate a look from additive manufacturing, that we like quite a lot here: 3d printing with clay instead of thermoplastics which is mostly like regular 3d printing, just with more chaos!Liked it? Take a second to support Christopher Kopic on Patreon!