From
Hollywood movies, to high-end commercials to next-gen video games, visual
effects plays a vital role in winning the hearts of audiences. This means
achieving the high levels of realism when creating fire, smoke and fluid effects
which has, in the past, consumed lots of simulation time and computer memory.
With Houdini 12, VFX artists will experience game-changing improvements in speed
and memory making it easier to achieve blockbuster results.
Built on a
powerful new geometry engine, Houdini 12 includes targeted optimizations to
dynamics and rendering and a reworked OpenGL 3 viewport. Houdini 12 also
includes Bullet solver integration, Pyro FX 2, faster more accurate FLIP fluids,
production-ready cloth, an Alembic exporter and much more.
Read on to learn
more about all the new capabilities found in this exciting new release. Then
take a look for yourself by downloading the free Houdini Apprentice learning
edition and taking Houdini 12 for a spin.
Performance
Houdini 12 has
been re-architected to be faster and more memory efficient. From a new geometry
engine, to targeted optimizations to dynamics and rendering, to viewport
enhancements, artists will be able to accomplish more and iterate faster with
Houdini 12.
Pyro FX 2
With Pyro FX 2,
Fire and Smoke simulations look more realistic and are faster and easier to set
up. The speed gains in Houdini 12 are significant allowing for more iterations.
The ability to simulate using the GPU takes things to a whole new level and
advances in volume rendering create an impressive final look.
FLIP Fluids
FLIP Fluids have
been enhanced to achieve 10x faster performance, to generate 10x more data and
to create more stable behavior. New variable viscosity controls lets you
simulate liquids that melt or harden. Overall, FLIP fluids let you create bigger
effect faster than ever before.
Bullet
The Bullet solver
has become an industry standard which is now the default RBD solver in Houdini.
Offering super-fast rigid body sims, Bullet is integrated into the Houdini 12
dynamics context and works with dynamic fracturing and interacts well with
fluids.
Cloth
The cloth solver
in Houdini 12 is production-ready and capable of generating fast reliable
clothing sims. Using a mathematically accurate sim model, the new solver handles
difficult cases and provides point level control over all aspects of the sim.
Character FX artists will want to take a look at this amazing new solver.
Rendering
Houdini's Mantra
renderer, recently recognized with a Scientific and Technical Achievement award
from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, now brings physically-based
rendering to volumes such as smoke and fire. Mantra also includes a 300 times
speed improvement when instancing to points.
And Much
More...
Houdini 12
includes a wealth of new features including workflow enhancements, and support
for Alembic explort.
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