Applied Houdini Course for FX Artists: Controlling Magic

In Applied Houdini - Volumes VI, Steven Knipping shows how to create multi-layered magic FX with procedurally generated volumes instead of using Pyro simulation. The tutorial covers:

• work with directable volume deformations and VEX code
• shading, lighting, rendering, and compositing stages
• design of custom vortex velocity field

The course is available on CGCircuit for $59.99.

Applied Houdini is a series of paid Houdini-oriented courses created by Steven Knipping that cover in detail such topics as particles, liquids, rigids, and volumes. Currently, Steven works as a Senior Rigid Body Destruction/FX Technical Director at Lucasfilm's Industrial Light & Magic.