Dynamic lights are expensive, using sprites with a modulate blend material you can multiply screen colors behind the sprite and use depth masking to fake a light radius, cheap and can work surprisingly well. #screenshotsaturday #UE4 #gamedev #indiedev

Anyone here ever try to port #python scripts that make use of ArgumentParser into #Houdini? I have a new workflow tip for you! #tip #techart #procedural SideFX SideFX Labs Sidefx_jp

Check out this interview by 80 LEVEL starring myself and rich_lord where we discuss Software, Innovations, and The Future of Art at #SIGGRAPH2023 SideFX #techart #tooldev #procedural #GenAI youtu.be/OR6EH8rogcc?si…

Digital artists Rich Lord & Paul Ambrosiussen talk about software, new tools, and the future of art. Fresh from SIGGRAPH 2023 youtube.com/watch?v=OR6EH8…

It's like christmas for cool Houdini stuff at the moment. A free OpenCL wrinkle deformer HDA, not blackboxed. Definitely put some money in Mengya's Gumroad tip jar though, this is a huge amount of work to give away for free! myz731.gumroad.com/l/pandawrinkle

Houdini 20 Sneak Peek - have a look at a small preview of some of the new tools and functionality coming in November! We will have the launch presentation next week - more info then!

Tonight – H20 Keynote! Live near London and want to join us at the theatre? We just released a few tickets: sidefx.co/h20-keynote

#vexember day 7, you're always in my heart Paul Ambrosiussen

Will you be at EverythingProcedural? I’ll be giving another #masterclass about building tools in SideFX #Houdini learn about using advanced techniques involving Python and your typical pipeline tools. everythingprocedural.com

Inspired by the recent work of SpaghetMeNot here is my version. I trace the texture onto a 3D plane surface. Then, I use another surface to project the flat mesh onto it. Same idea as the « detail mesh » from Houdini’s game dev tools presented by Paul Ambrosiussen few years ago.

Got some exciting SideFX #Houdini news for people using HeightFields! Check out this QuadSpinner #Gaea 2.0 teaser: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur… #procedural #gamedev #techart #terrain

This is Rig Prune Cycles, an HDA from an unreleased KineFX package that I've been working on and off for the last year. I first learned about KineFX infamous "Hierarchy Traversal Failed -> FoundCycle" from cgwiki and his example using rubby. SideFX #kinefx #houdini

The #P4Houdini plugin for SideFX #Houdini is now free for all!! Seamless #perforce integration for all your procedural tools :) linkedin.com/posts/sidefx-s… #techart #gamedev #realtime #tooldev SideFX Labs Sidefx_jp Perforce Software

Two weeks ago SideFX hosted #Houdini #HIVE #Horizons . By now all the awesome talks have been posted online, including my own about QuadSpinner #Gaea2.0 and Perforce Software #P4Houdini. Both plugins are now released and available through #SideFXLabs! youtu.be/8r_DtgKmrUw?si…

🛠️📡Bismuth Consultancy has a creative available (#remote only) in its pool of #freelancers starting December! If you are looking for a mid level #Houdini & #UnrealEngine #TechnicalArtist send me a message so we can have a chat! #gamedev #tooldev #projects

During #EPC2025, Paul (Paul Ambrosiussen) and Joey will dive into two production workflows for generating procedural maps from multimodal sensor data! Excited to know more? Check out everythingprocedural.com #everythingproc #ProcGen #UnrealEngine5 #Houdini  #GameDev