Free Houdini 19.5 Course Files: Water FX Stormy Seas FLIP Ocean (SideFX)
Original title: Water FX | Stormy Seas
Overview
SideFX publishes these free project files for Water FX | Stormy Seas, a 16-hour intermediate course by Diogo Guerreiro made in Houdini 19.5. The course builds a sailboat caught in a storm across a medium, a distant and a close-up shot, with a main FLIP ocean simulation, whitewater, ocean spray, rain and mist, a Vellum sail, and lighting and rendering in Solaris with Karma.
The 1.5 GB zip holds nine .hip scenes, four .hda assets including the sailboat, .bgeo.sc geometry and EXR/PNG textures. It downloads directly from SideFX with no login.
What You Can Learn
- Building a main FLIP ocean simulation around a boat caught in a storm
- Layering whitewater, ocean spray, rain and mist on top of the ocean sim
- Lighting and rendering the water elements in Solaris with Karma
- Planning one storm effect across medium, distant and close-up shots
Access: Free direct download
