Get This Large HDAs Bundle For Houdini Indie & Apprentice

Sharan Vaswani, also known as Chakshu VFX, boasts years of industry experience across a spectrum of projects – from blockbuster films to intricate visual effects. As someone who knows how important it is to have the right tools at your fingertips, he has developed a collection of highly functional drag-and-drop HDAs aiming to help artists speed up their workflow.

It doesn't matter if you're a seasoned pro or just starting, this IPOPs toolset has something for everyone. Sharan Vaswani describes the IPOPs as "operator workflows designed to streamline shaders and AOV development in Houdini". With these tools, artists can easily standardize their networks and access specially developed nodes for various renderers and presets, increasing efficiency and creativity.

Here's what this IPOPs bundle includes:

• The Standard Library, a set of HDAs to create quick shaders and AOVs, contains useful Utility Nodes such as Fresnel for Karma (CPU & XPU), Mask Falloffs in Shaders, etc.
• The Geometry AOVs, The Particles AOVs, and The Volumes AOVs, a set of HDAs to generate quick AOVs Passes and Mattes that are useful for Compositing and Shading

Supported renderers:

• VEX Shaders – Mantra: Standard Library, Geometry AOVs, Particle AOVs, Volumes AOVs
• VEX Shaders – Karma CPU: Standard Library, Geometry AOVs, Particle AOVs, Volumes AOVs
• Karma Material – Karma CPU & XPU: Standard Library, Geometry AOVs, Particle AOVs, Volumes AOVs
• Karma MaterialX – Karma CPU & XPU: Standard Library, Geometry AOVs, Particle AOVs

Sharan prepared a detailed step-by-step video guide on how to set up the Geometry AOVs Bundle: in a few easy steps you can have a network ready to go:

Furthermore, this guide will take you through the process of using the IPOPs toolset step by step, from installation to advanced techniques for Geometry AOVs using Karma Materials. In the following weeks, Sharan plans to post more walkthroughs and additional materials on other tools.

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