Houdini: Particles

Learn how to use particle systems in Houdini. Discover how to create a smoky particle effect, how to create geometric trails streaming off an object, and more.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Exercise files
• Intro to particles

1. Sprites

• Display options
• Scene overview
• Create particle sim
• Modify POP Source node
• Add POP Color and POP Wind
• Add POP Sprite
• Particle result: Cache particles
• Create pscale
• Create alpha
• Create color
• Final prep
• Shader overview

2. Trails

• Scene overview
• Create a particle source object
• Create particle sim
• Modify POP Source node
• Create volume noise
• Add POP Advect by Volumes
• Add POP Color
• Particle result: Cache particles
• Create trails 1
• Create trails 2
• Create color and alpha 1
• Create color and alpha 2
• Create pscale
• Final prep
• Shader overview

3. Impacts

• Scene overview
• Create a particle source object
• Create particle sim
• POP Source nodes
• POP Collision Detect
• POP Drag, Wind, and Color
• POP Kill
• Cache particles
• Create Cd and alpha 1
• Create Cd and alpha 2
• Final prep
• Final render

4. Instances

• Scene overview
• Particle source object overview
• Create particle sim
• POP Source nodes
• POP Wind: Down
• POP Wind: Noise
• POP Drag: Random
• POP Drag: Age
• POP Drag: Spin
• POP Collision Detect
• POP Kill
• Cache particles
• Process v 1
• Rotate N and up by v
• Process v 2
• Create pscale
• Create instance
• Create Cd
• Material SOP
• Instance node
• Final render

Conclusion

• Next steps