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Houdini

Houdini covers all the major areas of 3D production, including: Created by Side Effects Software Inc.

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Mac
Windows
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Houdini covers all the major areas of 3D production, including:

* Modeling - All standard geometry entities including Polygons, (Hierarchical) NURBs/Bezier Curves/Patches & Trims, Metaballs
* Animation - Keyframed animation and raw channel manipulation (CHOPs), motion capture support
* Particles
* Dynamics - Rigid Body Dynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Wire (Curve) Dynamics, Cloth Simulation
* Lighting - node-based shader authoring, lighting and re-lighting in an IPR viewer
* Rendering - supporting a variety of renderers; besides Mantra: Renderman, mental ray...
and many more features.... More Info »

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Official Website

Pricing Information

One time purchase (perpetual license)

Features

3D modelling 3D Sculpting Motion Capture Simulation Add a feature

Category

Photos & Graphics

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3d-animation 3d-graphics 3d-rendering animation vfx

Houdini was added by Aaron in May 2009 and the latest update was made in Mar 2019. The list of alternatives was updated Aug 2019. It's possible to update the information on Houdini or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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Houdini Comments

Comment by wenzx

about Houdini · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

(germ.)Houdini ist definitiv das beste 3D Gesamtpaket.
Sehr interessant für VFX-Künstler.

Houdini is definitely the best 3D package.
Very interesting for VFX artists.

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