Jakob
@jakobringler.com
Houdini TD / Digital Artist vfx, film & design things, recently ML fxnotes.xyz
Experimental: PickyPalette — a color picker that shows you the weight of each color as you build your palette. See how much space a color claims. Every color fights for its territory in the color space. So you know exactly how dominant or subtle your pick is. WDYT? meodai.github.io/color-palett...
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself! bluesky-map.theo.io I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
Find out how to translate papers into working tools in Houdini. Get an overview of the general ML workflow and dive into specifics with an implementation case study. Presented by Jakob Ringler. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQWc... #houdini
From Research Papers to Houdini Tools | Jakob Ringler | Houdini HIVE AI 2025
Learn how to translate papers into working tools in Houdini. Get and overview of the general ML workflow and dive into the specifics with an implementation c...
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1/9 - Hi I'm David: impatient with repetition and fascinated by surprise.
Check out the #Houdini 21 sneak peek! We’re sharing a preview of some of the new features. More will be revealed at SIGGRAPH 2025 in Vancouver—don’t miss the Keynote, HIVE presentations, and more starting the week of August 11. www.sidefx.com/community/hou...
Houdini 21 Sneak Peek | SideFX
The following is a preview of some of the new features coming in Houdini 21! We will reveal more at the upcoming SIGGRAPH 2025 in Vancouver, so keep an eye out for the Keynote, HIVE presentations and more :) starting week of August 11.
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Blog Post: Graphite progress report (Q4 2024) - Quality of life improvements across drawing tools and procedural editing graphite.rs/blog/graphit...
Graphite progress report (Q4 2024)
Graphite's Q4 2024 update introduces quality of life features for its interactive and procedural editing workflows.
graphite.rs
Wrote a blog about Kubelka-Munk Colormixing in Houdini with free hip file! #houdini vanity-ibex.xyz/blog/kubelka...
Kubelka-Munk Color Mixing in VEX | vanity_ibex
Learn how to implement the Kubelka-Munk Colormixing Algorithm to produce nice looking, more realistic colors in your fluid simulations!
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I wrote a little primer on rigid body dynamics in Houdini after seeing a lot of similar questions online. Bullet is a pretty deep rabbit hole to fall into and there's a lot of legacy stuff that's very confusing for new artists... hopefully this helps you get started! www.toadstorm.com/blog/?p=1123
A Houdini RBD Primer, Part 1 – Toadstorm Nerdblog
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@sidefx.bsky.social recently published the 3 ML projects I built during my time in Toronto :) If you want to teach Houdini how to understand your drawings, learn how to build an ML groom deformer or how to use PCA to dejitter animations, you can find the files and tutorials on their website!
@cgwiki.bsky.social discord is doing another #vexember this year, relaxed this time with a new challenge every 4 days or so. This is 01:
Here are two covers proposals for the current Cell issue, but it didn't make it. I love these renders because they are just data, nothing else! Congrats to @merlinlange.bsky.social & @loicaroyer.bsky.social ! #dataviz #sciart 🐡 🧪 Data imported and rendered in #houdini @sidefx.bsky.social
To convert more people to the Houdini Python side of life, I will be launching “Twelve Days of Python” on December 1st. 12 days to take you from nothing to something, and start making your own tools and workflow enhancements in Houdini. Get excited! www.houpywiki.com/Twelve-Days-...
a man in a green elf costume is screaming with his mouth open in a room .
ALT: a man in a green elf costume is screaming with his mouth open in a room .
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Little Apex explainer targeted at experienced Houdini folk. It's rough (got a cold, ugh), but figured it'll be useful to people like me who were simultaneously interested and apprehensive. Will likely re-record later when my voice recovers and I learn more things... www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9-e...
apex overview
YouTube video by matt estela
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After seeing @stephanhelbing.bsky.social 's amazing hive presentation on slit-scanning a couple months back, I really wanted to play around with it myself. I finally had some time a couple weeks ago and experimented with @gurmoose.bsky.social 's awesome violin render. Thanks for letting me use it:)
Here's more fun stuff you can do with 3D Gaussian splatting in SideFX Houdini with GSOPs: youtu.be/bVJNqMzBPDY.
Coarse Meshing Breakdown using GSOPS 2.0 for SideFX Houdini
YouTube video by David Rhodes
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I have started a Houdini List as well as a Starter Pack, if someone either doesn't want to follow a bunch of accounts, or wants to get Houdini discussions in its own tab. bsky.app/profile/did:...
In case folk haven't seen this, check out my One Weird Trick for a Viral Post; take a couple of old concepts (ASAD fisheye code, cops renderer, uvquickshade), wrap it up in new cops, mention the vegas sphere, bam. (hip and explainer in the link) tokeru.com/cgwiki/Houdi...
