This masterful magical effect is all about control. We will learn to manipulate particles, volumes and geometry with completely custom VEX code that can help you achieve any look.
In this effect I will show you how to break down a complex, layered effect into simple setups and how to maintain that all important sense of scale and explosive timing this epic shot requires.
One of the most common magical FX but difficult to get right. Together we’ll unpack how to spread decay maps naturally and how to use this to drive an eye-catching disintegration FX that feels weighty and believable.
*We don't own the footage in these clips. We are using them as reference material for the workshop.
transfer data from Houdini To Unreal via Houdini Engine, Create their first Houdini Digital Asset
(HDA) for Unreal, and learn the foundations of procedural modeling.
EP 1: Software Prerequisites, Testing Plugins
EP 2: Creating HDA Parameters
EP 3: Modeling Planks and Railings
EP 4: Creating Diagonal Bridge Netting
EP 5: Modeling Poles & Organizing Node networks
EP 6: Optional Bridge Cargo Net Variation
EP 7: Standardizing The Sweep Operation
EP 8: Global Bridge Scaling
EP 9: Testing In Unreal Engine
Learn how you can harvest the power of houdini to help create materials for unreal, set up a
cohesive Vellum simulation, and get a simulation integrated to Unreal.
EP 10: Applying Bridge Textures Pt1 : Planks & Ropes
EP 11: Applying Bridge Textures Pt2 : Poles & Randomizing UVs
EP 12: Base Simulation
EP 13: Vellum Rigid Body Simulation
EP 14: Vellum Cutting: simulation
EP 15: Vellum Cutting: Polishing
EP 16: Simulation Parameters For Unreal
EP 17: Unreal Still Frame Simulation
Ep 18: Unreal Still Frame Snapped Simulation
EP 19: Houdini Session Sync & Alembic WorkflowTroubleShooting
EP 20: Revised Alembic Workflow
EP 21: Looping Alembic Simulation
Create our own advanced fracture setup, set up Physics in Unreal from Houdini Attributes, and
dive into Blueprinting in Unreal.
EP 1: Fracturing Geometry
EP 2: Generating Interior UVs, Assigning unique shader
EP 3: Setup Unreal Collision
EP 4: Unreal Collision Properties
EP 5: Working With Unreal Chaos
EP 6: Advanced Fracture Techniques
EP 7: BluePrint Physics Impulse In Unreal
EP 8: AutoFire Machine Gun with Blueprints
EP 9: Generating Thin Shell for our fracture
EP 10: Niagara Burst Particle
EP 11: Burst particle at blueprint location
EP 12: Documentation for knowledge, next steps
Dive deep into creating a growth algorithm Inside Houdini, learning how to utilize For-Loops and
Vex To a high potential.
EP 1: Mesh and Curve Preparation
EP 2: Vex select random spawn point
EP 3: Vex point search algorithm
EP 4: Curve generation with 3D Noise
EP 5: Create growth attribute, remap growth speed
EP 6: Quick Vellum Simulation
EP 7: Testing In Unreal
EP 8: Setup growth attribute for Unreal integration
Use our tool in Unreal and create a beautiful Ethereal Material, Creating Tri-Planar & Screen
Space Projections for a sci-fi/fantasy feeling.
EP 1: Use Vertex colors to animate infection growth
EP 2: Optional Substance painter quick texture creation
EP 3: Unreal Engine 3D noise
EP 4: Triplanar Texture Projection
EP 5: Screenspace Texture Projection of a galaxy
EP 6: Pulsating material brightness
EP 7: Creating a material Instance for Parameters
EP 8: Quick particle and fog setup
Set up an interior environment in Unreal to showcase your tools complete with lighting, camera
setups, & foliage placement.
EP 1: Reference gathering, Blockout composition
EP 2: Environment buildout via Megascans
EP 3: Camera Placement & settings
EP 4: Lighting & Fog setup
EP 5: Integrate HDAs into project
EP 6: Grow pipes over time
EP 7: Introduction to Unreal Engine Sequencer
EP 8: Idea talk for other projects
Polish up the environment with decal placement, Color correction (Inside Unreals Camera), &
Rendering.
EP 1: Decal Placements
EP 2: Camera Color correction & post process effects
EP 3: Adjusting Lighting through sequencer
EP 4: Niagara Ribbon Particle Setup
EP 5: Final Render settings
EP 6: Next steps, Industry advice, My story
First and basic step but the most important one, we’ll dive into real life world references and use them in order to build our own.
First and basic step but the most important one, we’ll dive into real life world references and use them in order to build our own.
First and basic step but the most important one, we’ll dive into real life world references and use them in order to build our own.
First and basic step but the most important one, we’ll dive into real life world references and use them in order to build our own.
Fabian knows, he worked on a lot of them.
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• Data Preparation.
• Scale Units.
• Model Axis Orientation.
• Wheels Camber.
• Model splitting (Body, wheels etc.).
• Normal orientation.
• Unreal Engine Project Setup.
• Import to Unreal Engine.
• Adjusting Model Pivots (UE Modeling Tools).
• Automotive Materials Pack description.
• UE Materials Workflow.
• Car Shading.
• High precision tangent basis (important setting which must be enabled).
• Car Rig Assembly, wheels, brake callipers etc. (Car Rig blueprint provided).
• Car Rig adjustments. Wheel offset, body height, camber.
• Placing Car Rig in the scene, static functions overview. (Wheel turn, body lean).
• Brake Lights/Headlights blueprinting and preparing for animation – blueprinting in Car Rig.
• Placing Car Rig in the scene.
• Suspension settings overview.
• Drawing spline path.
• Attaching car to spline.
• Multiple Spline/Multiple Cars usage.
• Sequencer Basics, preparing for animation.
• Adding cars to sequencer.
• Animate driving, stopping, turning.
• CineCamera actor overview.
• Adding Cameras and animating cameras.
• Camera Shakes/Sporty style of camera animation.
• Car Ramp Jump.
• Environment Light Object description.
• Environment Light Mixer Window.
• Setting directional light/skylight.
• Using HDRI, HDRI Limitations in Unreal Engine.
• Overview of Free Unreal Engine Marketplace assets and environments.
• Using Free Assets from Quixel Bridge.
• Creating Simple Minimalistic Environment (using basic shapes and Quixel Bridge Assets).
• Light setup and Post Processing Volume effects/exposure settings.
• Create car animation sequence within our created environment.
• Types of Render in Unreal Engine (Lumen vs Path Tracing).
• Lumen + Ray Tracing description and limitations.
• Movie Render Queue Overview.
• Color Profile ACES (for movies or Photoshop).
• Setting up render in Lumen only + Lumen and Ray Tracing.
• Setting up Render in Path Tracing.
• Importing in DaVinci Resolve for color grade.
• Colour space transform in DaVinci Resolve for correct display.
• Render with Cryptomatte.
• Importing EXR with Cryptomatte masks for Photoshop retouch.
• Using Cryptomatte in DaVinci Resolve with React plugin
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We are collaborating with Griffin Animation Academy to provide you with the highest quality animation assets online.
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This will be an overgrowing library of animation assets and a good opportunity to collaborate with fellow Animators.
Our students can collaborate with Griffin animation academy students to create breathtaking unique show-reel projects you will not find assets like this anywhere else.
This will imitate a real life studio Scenario where multiple departments collaborate together with a CG supervisor like Corbin overseeing the project.
We're frequently asked, 'How can I make my portfolio unique?' Certainly not by displaying all your FX renders on a plain black background. This library offers unlimited creative freedom to help your FX stand out.
Fabian Nowak is a distinguished FX supervisor with over a decade of experience, currently leading the FX department at Yard VFX in Paris.
Having worked at renowned studios like Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) and MPC, Fabian has contributed to blockbuster films such as Disney's Jungle Book and the Avengers series, earning recognition from prestigious institutions like the Academy Awards. Specializing in large-scale simulation shots, particularly in water simulations, Fabian's technical expertise and creative vision have pushed the boundaries of visual effects.
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VOTE!*We don't own the footage in these clips. We are using them as reference material for the workshop.
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Thanks to the good people from Side FX, this workshop is completely free.
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JURI BRYAN
Eddie Chew
Arvid Schneider
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Jesse Henning
Hudson Martins
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