How to Learn Houdini

[RubaQewar]

These are not Houdini advices. These are life skills advices.. Awesome video by the way

[QuesoGr]

The project based course advice where you watch for a few minutes, and then do the thing, is not just good advice for learning this program but others as well. That's why I like instructors like Grant Abbit who tells you to "pause the video, and have a go" with his Blender courses and tutorials.

[jonosvlog]

I wish I had someone to tell me all these when I first started learning Houdini. Cool stuff and renders might look cool and all but at the end of the day, start with the basics. Understand how points, Prim, details attributes work Learn the fundamentals of VEX and VOPS. Don't spend half of the time trying or rendering something cool try to get results only. Houdini requires a different mindset and thinking compares to other 3D software. I think I learnt it the hard way just like 90% of the people out there.

[ankanghoshdiscoverme]

These tips works for every situation. Its a good practice to be self dependant and practicing priorities. These practices are very needed when working on productions. Thanks man!

[glmstudiogh]

I've learned more in Houdini within these few days as I read the documentation whenever I drop a node that is strange to me, I'm pretty new in Houdini, I'm a comper, and you're super right about getting inspired to create by watching other artists work, I've got a whole library of studios reels and others

[Novemmusic]

Fantastic video. Of course, like majority, I'm guilty of making most of the mistakes you mention, like starting with cool but too complex tutorials - where I could achieve the good result by copy and pasting what tutorial was saying, but didn't understand most of the stuff and would never be able to do it myself without a step-by-step tutorial. The Node Bible seems like a great way to start, since for me it's like Lego - the more blocks (or nodes in this case), you have/know, the better things you'll be able to build. Again, thanks for this - very, very helpful.

[fanglinzhu]

Thanks Taylor! I was lost in my quest to become a tech artist for a while and every piece of advice in this video was spot on and helped me a lot!

[nobunaga]

I would say with SOPS artist friendly tools you can use them in Houdini right away if you treat it as a tool… then understand that there is a deeper knowledge that you can learn in parallel. And it helps if someone can guide you on the boundary. For instance, cloud tools, or basic simulations, Cops materials are things you can use as artist driven tools… it’s pointless to learn random tutorials without knowing what you are even doing. So… context of the learning helps.

[robertsarudy]

Thank you for this short guideline / direction. In today's AI dominated world I feel like being a good Houdini generalist is somewhat even bigger advantage - being able to generate 3D content efficiently with possibility to iterate a lot. I am dipping my fingers into VAD and Virtual production environments and having procedural HDA's within UE is big advantage.

[Kitv]

Thanks for this video!
I’m fresh out of university and have been struggling trying to find my own path. I graduated in film production but I live in norcal where the job opportunities are very limited. I’ve always been interested in VFX and have been trying to jump the gun but I’m glad I stumbled upon this video. Will definitely take my time in developing and learning this craft. Thanks again 🙏

[nosirve]

I loved your video. This deserves so many much views. Really wise words. Thank you

[ancelotiv]

He gave me the best advice ever 10 minutes watch, 10 minutes try, thanks

[sunitjoshi]

Thanks a lot for taking the time and effort to put this out. 🙏

[victorp]

Actually a great way to learn almost anything ))

[Beyonck]

Thank you! That was a magnificent help in such hard doing alone

[yinon_tal]

Thanks Tyler! Really good to learn courses from your website.

[MdP-wovc]

thanks a lot for sharing your best advises who wanna enter 3d artist career👍

[emkjuslen]

Thanks for the tips. I am a developer and want to learn it as a hubby.

[mothrahdizaztronaut]

*Cries in 'keep a pulse on what studios are doing well*

[Helios.vfx.]

I did start doing sims and all that stuff but later down I realized it wasn't the way to go. Now I'm learning how data flows throhg the nodes nad all that stuff to get some sort of foundation and lastly go to sims