Create Cinematic Oceans FAST in Houdini | Realistic Shading & Render with Karma XPU
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In this video, we build a complete ocean from scratch, from setting up the spectrum to rendering a cinematic look in Solaris, all explained clearly and efficiently.
We cover:
🌊 Ocean creation using Ocean Spectrum
🔁 Fixing wave repetition with wave instancing
🎞 Solaris workflow & Houdini Ocean Procedural for optimization
🎨 From default shader to a cinematic ocean look
It’s a compact yet complete dive into ocean FX, ideal for beginners and anyone looking to polish their shading/rendering pipeline.
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00:00 - intro
00:16 - Ocean Spectrum
02:46 - Solaris Set Up
04:26 - Importing the Ocean
05:01 - Previewing the Ocean
06:28 - NodeFlow
06:44 - Shading
07:58 - Render
08:31 - Outro