#Houdini engine in blender software#

Vertex color primitive variables are now supported, in particular the “Display Color” setting.

In Houdini the compositing with the background grid in the viewport is now correct.

The USD setting for scene units is now supported correctly This is applied to transforms and the Depth AOV.

A setting for Pixel Filter (antialiasing) has been added.

Files that have relative paths to textures are now processed correctly.

The RPR Interactive mode’s ray depths settings are now correctly applied when rendering.

Instance and Object ID AOVs are now supported.

Support for Houdini 19.5 has been added.

Radeon ProRender 2.3.0 for Houdini and USD plug-in New features

Issues with IPR not reacting with smooth meshes in the scene have been fixed.

Light linking would not work for blend nodes with toon materials connected - fixed.

Added the “W” parameter to arithmetic nodes (4th channel for vectors).

During scene export for rendering, the progress bar is now updated and better statistics are reported at the end of the render.

RPR Volume can now use the “Temperature” setting for emission.

RPR Uber shaders with transparency now show correctly in Maya’s Viewport 2.

Swatch Rendering could leak memory - fixed.

Ray Epsilon now automatically corrects to the scene scale.

The issue has been fixed where the IPR or viewport render could restart in an infinite loop.

The “Pixel Filter” (anti-aliasing) setting for RPR Final has been re-enabled.

A new RPR Ramp node type has been added.

Radeon ProRender v3.4.0 plug-in for Maya New features

In some scenes, the hardware feature Smart Access Memory can cause slower renders with the RPR Final mode.

Reflection catcher was not “catching” emission lights - fixed.

Emissive objects with transparent shadows could cast the wrong shadow - fixed.

The issue has been fixed where a “halo” could appear around objects with a shadow catcher or reflection catcher attached.

Hair Particle type exporting has been optimized.

OpenVDB sequences of files are now supported.

Fixed an issue where smoke simulations were scaled incorrectly.

The Temperature, Velocity, and Heat settings in the Principled Volume Shader node have been fixed.

Contour outline settings using the “UV threshold” for setting the Outline have been fixed.

The “Pixel Filter” (anti-aliasing) setting for the RPR Final mode has been re-enabled.

Support for the Double Sided node has been added, which allows attaching a different shader to each side of an object mesh.

Using this node will enhance the details of artists’ renders. In the physical world, objects rarely have completely sharp edges like polygons. This can be used to create small rounded edges on objects.

A new Bevel Shader node has been added.

Support for OpenColorIO texture spaces.

Even faster rendering with optimized settings out of the box.Better support for more shader node types.The RPR Interactive mode has been improved with the following developments:.Support for Blender 3.3 and Blender 3.4 has been added, including support for the new hair system.It is capable of rendering extremely complex scenes, which is why it was chosen to create many of these clips.Radeon ProRender v3.5.0 add-on for Blender New features These are things that the program does great, in addition to more traditional 3D modeling and animations. That is why in the highlight reel below, you will notice a lot of fluid or fluid-like effects, as well as an absolute ton of explosions, smoke, and fire.

#Houdini engine in blender software#

This software is particularly useful for clouds, smoke, and fire animations, other dynamics such as fluids and cloth, and lighting. Studios generally use numerous applications that each have a dedicated purpose.

Of course not 100% of the effects or animations in these projects were done with Houdini. This shows that the platform works great for so many different mediums and applications! World of Tanks, Call of Duty, and Dawn of War III have done the same.īrands like Kia, Lexus, Nissan, Nike, and Jose Cuervo have produced commercials that utilize Houdini. The widely popular League of Legends is one such game. Spiderman: Homecoming, Game of Thrones, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Power Rangers, and many more have a bit of Houdini in them.Įven some video game studios have used Houdini to make cinematics. Disney is one of the biggest users, having used Houdini in the animation of Frozen, Moana, Finding Dory, and Zootopia, among others. This powerful 3D software has been used in some big-budget films that you have definitely seen. A better question is “where has it NOT been used?”.