Tonight (August 26, 2026 6:00 PM) we're going to try to finish off the growing fluid bubble effect we worked on last week. This time we'll look at affecting the surface below the bubble/particles, and rendering. houdinihangout.com for more #houdini #vfx #motiondesign

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Tonight (August 19, 2026 at 6 PM EDT), and we're going to try to build a bubble of fluid inspired by this Pantene commercial from @arsthanea: arsthanea.com/work/p.... We'll probably use some Vellum and POPs to make it work. As always, bring your thoughts & ideas. #vfx #houdini

Tonight (July 29, 2026 6:00 PM EDT) I'm going to go through some of my favorite unpublicized features of Houdini 22. You'll hopefully learn something new for your daily workflows. As always, bring your thoughts and questions. www.youtube.com/watc... #houdini #vfx #newfeatures

Houdini Hangout - 07/29/2026 - Houdini 22 Hidden Features

Tonight I'm going to go through some of my favorite unpublicized features of Houdini 22. As always, bring your thoughts and questions.

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Hey @everyone! Tonight (7/8/2026 at 6pm EDT) we're going to try to make an MPM rain sim. We'll aim for something like the simulation that was shown during the H21 Keynote. I think we'll be use a combo of a particle / MPM sim for the effect. #houdini #vfx #simulation #mpm

Tonight (7/1/2026 at 6pm EDT), we're going to try to make a slow-motion effect like is seen in the title sequence for "Your Friends & Neighbors" (www.youtube.com/watc...). We were going to do it last week, but we talked about H22 the whole time. Hope to see you there! #houdini

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The opening title sequence of Your Friends & Neighbors; music by Hamilton Leithauser and Dominic Lewis. Jon Hamm stars in Your Friends & Neighbors — Now Streaming https://apple.co/_YourFriendsAndNeighbors After being fired in disgrace, Andrew “Coop” Cooper (Hamm), a hedge fund manager still grappl

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Shortly (6/24/2026 at 6pm EDT), we're going to have another two part stream. First, we'll take some time to talk about the H22 Keynote. Then we'll try to create a slow motion explosion like we see in the "Your Friends & Neighbors" intro sequence. www.youtube.com/watc... #houdini

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The opening title sequence of Your Friends & Neighbors; music by Hamilton Leithauser and Dominic Lewis. Jon Hamm stars in Your Friends & Neighbors — Now Streaming https://apple.co/_YourFriendsAndNeighbors After being fired in disgrace, Andrew “Coop” Cooper (Hamm), a hedge fund manager still grappl

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Tonight (06/17/2026 at 6pm EDT) we're going to try to make something like this grass clipping animation from Maximilien Vert. As always, bring your thoughts, questions, and comments! Check out his post here: www.instagram.com/p/... #houdini #vfx #motiondesign

Maximilien Vert on Instagram: "Some experimentation around tennis 🎾 - Sound design by @akceb.samot #houdini #redshift #sidefx #3D #tennis #rolandgarros #winbledon #substance #madewithsubstance #substancepainter #cgi"

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For tonight's stream (6/10/2026 at 6pm EDT) we'll talk about the #H22 Sneak Peek, and then we'll work on making an art directed particle sim. We had some questions about this on Discord, so I thought it would make for a nice stream topic. www.sidefx.com/commu... #houdini22 #vfx

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Welcome to the Houdini 22 Sneak Peek which introduces you to exciting new tools for Character Animation & Rigging, Retargeting & Grooming, USD World Building and Rendering, Texture Synthesis and VFX in Copernicus, and new technologies such as Gaussian Splats.

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Tonight (6/3/2026 at 6pm EDT) we're going to try to make some growing textures in Copernicus. My first idea is to use the flow solver and go from there. As always, questions and ideas are welcome! Hope to see you there. #houdini #copernicus #motiondesign #vfx

Tonight (5/13/2026 at 6pm EDT) we're going to play around in #Copernicus. We'll try to make some Slap Comp setups, and maybe mess around with some of the simulation stuff as well. Hope to see you there! more info: houdinihangout.com #houdini #compositing #vfx

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Tonight (4/22/2026 at 6pm EDT) we're going to do another general Q&A session. It's a great time to bring up questions that have been bugging you, or things that you're curious about. Can't promise to have the answers, but we'll give it a shot. More info:

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Tonight (4/15/2026) I'm going to try to build something like these porcelain pieces by Linda Lopez: www.thisiscolossal.c.... We'll try to take a look at both a procedural and simulated method. Stream/Discord: houdinihangout.com #houdini #vfx #vellum #motiondesign #art

Tonight (4-1-2026 at 6pm EDT), in honor of the hopeful launch of Artemis II, I'm going to try to make some pyro rocket exhaust. Also, we'll do a little watch along of the launch. It's not every day that humans start a trip around the moon! #houdini #sidefx #artemis2 #vfx

Tonight (3/25/2026 at 6pm EDT), we're going to try to make one more piece of "art" for this year's #Mardini. I'll take on any of the prompts you might be interested in, so come and give your suggestions. Info and Discord invite at: houdinihangout.com #houdini #vfx

Tonight (3/18/2026 at 6pm EDT) we're going to make something for Mardini. We could do today's prompt "Organic", or even one of the other days. It's up to you! Hope to see you all then. Mardini info: zurl.co/XZEeU #houdini #vfx #sidefx #motiondesign #mardini

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Get Ready for the 2026 MARDINI Daily Art Challenge - your chance to compete for cool prizes by creating images or animations! With a different challenge every day during the month of March, you'll have 31 chances to enter and win.

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Tonight's topic is going to be a "game-time" decision! I have some ideas for a topic but no idea if I can actually do them. So come join the stream, and help decide what we'll work on. See you tonight! (2/25/2026 at 6pm EST) #houdini #vfx #motiondesign #sidefx

Tonight (02/11/2026 at 6pm EST) I'm going to try to finish up the Stranger Things inspired portal. So far we've added some stringy thing hanging across the portal, and made them break. Next we'll add a flexible sheet across the opening and have that break as well. #houdini #vfx

Tonight (1/28/2026 at 6pm EST), with the series ending over the holidays, we're building a #StrangerThings inspired portal. We'll use #Vellum to animate it breaking apart and healing. This will probably be a multiple week project, but we'll see how far we get. #houdini #vfx

Tonight (01/14/2026 at 6pm EST) we're going to work on a spreading ice effect that was suggested on the Discord server. There should be a few different ways to tackle it, so we'll see how many we get up to. For more info: houdinihangout.com #Houdini #vfx #motiondesign

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Tonight (1/7/2026 at 6pm EST) we're going to get back to streaming after the holidays! To ease back in, we're going to do a Q&A session. We do these from time to time, and they're usually a lot of fun. Bring your thoughts and questions! houdinihangout.com #Houdini #vfx

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Tonight (11/26/2025 at 6pm EST), I'm going to try to finish up the laser project that I started last week. This time we'll add some volumetric effects to try to make the scene a lot more dynamic. houdinihangout.com for stream info #houdini #vfx #motiondesign #copernicus

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Tonight (11/19/2025 at 6pm EST) I'm going to try to create some lasers using some of the new tools in #Copernicus. Last time I wasn't so successful, but I'm hoping that this time we'll come up with something much better. info: houdinihangout.com #houdini #vfx #motiondesign

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Tonight (11/12/2025 at 6pm) we're going to try to work with some fluid sims, and make slightly sticky collisions. I've had a couple of questions about this on the Discord, so it would be worth trying out. Hope to see you then! #houdini #vfx #FLIP #simulation

Tomorrow night (11/05/2025 at 6pm EST), we're going to have Kate Xagoraris as a guest. She's worked on a couple of really interesting HDA toolkits for star catalogs and proteins. It should be a great chat with a lot of science nerdiness! #houdini #sidefx #vfx #sciviz

Tomorrow (10/29/2025 at 4pm EDT) we're going to have Valentina Malavasi join us. She'll be talking about some of her projects that she's worked on as a student at #BUAS. Her work focuses on bridging #Houdini and #Unreal. Hope to see you there! #SideFX #gamedev #vfx #procedural

Tonight (10/22/2025 at 6pm EDT) we'll have another guest on the stream, Ferry Taswin! If you're curious about ways to make your own custom workflows in #Houdini this stream should be really interesting for you. Hope to see you there! #sidefx #python #vfx

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Tonight (10/1/2025 at 6pm EDT) we're going to to another live Q&A on the stream. If you have any questions about how to do something in #Houdini this is a great time to ask on the stream. We'll all do our best to get you an answer. houdinihangout.com for more info

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Tomorrow night (9/17/2025 at 5pm EDT), Carlos Dordelly will be joining the stream to talk about some practical workflows and tips in #Solaris. He'll especially focus on things for solo artists and small teams. See you there with your questions! #sidefx #houdini #vfx #mograph

Tonight (9/10/2025 at 6pm EDT) we're going to try to connect a #Copernicus Flow sim to a #Vellum sim. We'll use the velocity from one to drive the other. Hope to see you there! For more stream info and Discord link: houdinihangout.com #sidefx #houdini #motiondesign #vfx

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