Intro to Vellum (VIDEO TUTORIAL)
Added 2022-04-07 11:31:50 +0000 UTCAfter fiddling for months on and off I finally made the decision to push Patreon exclusive content with Houdini along with my typical Cinema4D explorations.
Vellum is a solver in Houdini that unifies cloth/splines/grains/liquid dynamics. Its extremely powerful and it's what I 've been using the last 6 months for any of these types of simulations. It is what X-particles tries to be but on steroids. Extremely stable, very scalable.
A series dedicated to Cinema4D users is nowhere to be found online therefore I decided to start sharing with you my way of using it and how to efficiently combine it with Cinema4D. User friendly setups from an art director's point of view.
Before watching this, I strongly recommend to watch my free Houdini tutorials in youtube so you have some fundamentals going on. Houdini is unlike any other software, has it's own logic and you will feel much more at home by watching some introductory tutorials first.
Other than that I am very excited to do these types of tutorials and I hope I will pique your interest on diving further with me.
Cu on the dark side of 3D :)
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Comments
C4d is an excellent software (if not the best out there imo). It has a lot of the H functionalities in a single button solution with the disadvantage of not exposing the extra control. If you don't master c4d there is no reason to jump into H (unless you wanna go completely into vfx route). C4d is so capable once u are an experienced 3d user. In anything from rigging to dynamics, as long as u understand fundamentals and think around problems (and ofc having access to all the plugins hehe as a lot of its power is there). The whole reason for H in motion imo is if you wanna work in the top shelf studios like mvsm, tendril, fd, etc. The type of experimental design/rnd they do is a product of proceduralism. Eg. there are ADs that kitbash models and ADs that generate stuff therefore a chance to hit on something unique. The second type leads in these studios. In the big scheme of things, If you think about it when a job requires the choreography of a cloth, this is pure vfx work. It is not meant to be done in c4d anyways. It is something that requires a certain expertise in cloth manipulation and forces. So thus for a job like this u need an H artist. The AD's job would be to find the proper angles, shaders, lighting, storytelling etc. Its not a matter of c4d or vellum u know what i mean? H is the best software to finesse things in final production. But an AD's job is not to finesse things. Its great if u can but not necessary. U need to be able to drive the whole mood/design and not to micromanage production. Although a gotcha here: even as an AD u need to be able to deliver somewhat working files while in the past u could just scribble in PS. This is not the case anymore! Knowing both software gives u a huge edge. As u can combine what one software lacks with the other. Every year also, sidefx simplifies things more and more as it understands the need of more AD's working in H and as I do eg. play with vellum to achieve things i cannot in other software. As i ve seen u buddy u have even been doing liquids in H right? Well thats normal to find it overwhelming as liquids is an expertise on its own. A good liquid artist cant do anything else. Same as a good lighting artist. Long story short, its not about day to day imo. Its what u wanna do and where u aim. C4d is more practical but limited, H is endless but technical. C4d is sufficient for 80% of the demands out there, but for that extra kick u defo need H. I am 42 and started H last year, cause I feel the industry is evolving and if i wanna work at the good studios, i need to at least understand what is realistic in terms of timing. I cannot claim eg. that i need 3 days for a sim while others do it in 3 hours. Even if i cant do it, i need to be aware of the tools that can so I can recommend that to production. Goes without saying that if u are rock solid in design, born for it, u dont need H at all :)
Thanos Kagkalos
2022-07-04 01:21:29 +0000 UTCI'm studing houdini about 2 years now, but still think is not for me hahahaha, i change my strategy, and now I'm focusing only on vellum, I think Houdini for our work day by day is overwhelming, c4d is so practical. What you think? Since i want in the future be a AD too, like you, you thoughts can help me! Thanks man! You and Subframe have the best patreon ever hehehe
Lamek - Visual Artist
2022-07-04 00:13:49 +0000 UTCthanks so much my friend! Yes lots of H indeed hehe glad u find these useful!
Thanos Kagkalos
2022-06-03 14:00:01 +0000 UTCThanos you're the man! Came after a longer period being overrunned with commercial stuff just to find these Houdini gems you planted at your Patreon. These are awesome and very much entertaining at the same time. Keep them coming! Installing Houdini as I write these lines :D
Amar Mulabegovic
2022-06-03 13:17:33 +0000 UTCits in the plans! i already work with octane there. Although very powerful, not as flexible or intuitive as c4d. But i have prepared already some great showcases
Thanos Kagkalos
2022-05-01 09:11:38 +0000 UTCit would be great to also show all the rendering and compositing processes in houdini, cheers!
Erich Gordon
2022-05-01 09:10:04 +0000 UTChot stuff incoming next month!
Thanos Kagkalos
2022-04-25 22:01:24 +0000 UTCThe best vellum tutorial ever!
Ioritz Hontecillas
2022-04-25 21:44:51 +0000 UTCExcited as well! I am learning so much myself by trying to teach things in efficient ways!
Thanos Kagkalos
2022-04-11 23:48:25 +0000 UTCJust one word - Thanks! Teaching Houdini in this way to a C4D user is very helpful - I genuinely can’t wait for your future tutorials!
Hieran Chauhan
2022-04-11 21:31:31 +0000 UTCI ll keep doing stuff for both and start combining the two to my best knowledge :)
Thanos Kagkalos
2022-04-10 20:59:20 +0000 UTCPretty excited about this! Been hoping for more Houdini / C4D
Freefall315
2022-04-10 20:58:00 +0000 UTCThere you go: https://www.youtube.com/motionpunk They also exist in this patreon if you filter "houdini".
Thanos Kagkalos
2022-04-09 09:04:15 +0000 UTCCool where are your Houdini ones on YouTube?
Ken Kelleher Kelleher
2022-04-09 03:54:50 +0000 UTCOK cool this was a nice tutorial, great job !
Peter Hoffmann
2022-04-09 01:08:45 +0000 UTCAmazing start to Vellum & Houdini, Thank you Thanos!!!
Ayhan Cebe
2022-04-07 22:04:47 +0000 UTCVery interested in this type of tutorials! Amazing!
Ioritz Hontecillas
2022-04-07 17:22:31 +0000 UTCJust saw your Facebook post I can def see where that was derived from this little break down it was pretty awesome.. you + houdini are going to be dangerous lol
Spenser Clark
2022-04-07 16:42:00 +0000 UTCI will break u 100% haha this first tutorial is so messy as I had to explain utility stuff. Fun begins soon! And yes.. you will see how suddenly xp and c4d make no sense when it comes to those types of simulations! Not saying that are easy, but at least 100% stable, predictable and scalable!
Thanos Kagkalos
2022-04-07 16:40:31 +0000 UTCWill have to rewatch a few times but pretty slick. My initial thoughts.. houdini to me has always seemingly felt like a “solver” tool where I’d import my geometry, collision alembics, and all that jazz and then export back to a respective DCC (or game engine) after. Which is why I’ve been prolonging learning just thinking hey I’m sure cinema or XP will develop their cloth and tools on the next version.. or the next version.. or the next lol and it just hasn’t come. So I guess for me HOUDINI for cloth/vellum/grains etc would be the ideal solving solution. The results don’t lie. I just wish I could import shit and have selections and vertex maps and say make this do this make this do that and Not have a million and one steps along the way. Keep pushing this though I’ll pay more per month if you can break me out of my houdini barrier lol
Spenser Clark
2022-04-07 16:15:04 +0000 UTC100% I will keep pushing here as well if you wanna tag along :)
Thanos Kagkalos
2022-04-07 13:59:41 +0000 UTCTempting to join Houdini Indie for a year and see where it goes
Hoi
2022-04-07 13:50:17 +0000 UTCthanks! I hope you find these useful. Fun stuff coming very soon!
Thanos Kagkalos
2022-04-07 13:22:31 +0000 UTCThis is perfect! Thank you for doing this
Andrew Penchuk
2022-04-07 13:21:06 +0000 UTCRocken Roll!
Niclas Bergman
2022-04-07 13:04:43 +0000 UTCF yeah! 🔥
adam tracksler
2022-04-07 11:46:53 +0000 UTC
