Intro to Houdini Volumes and Operations – Houdini Volumes & Volume VOPs ep. 1
In this video we will cover all the basics that we will need to work with volumes inside of Houdini.
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Volumes, VDBs, converting to polygons and back again, voxel size and resolution, volume boolean, smoothing, as well as tons of other techniques, tips and tricks to elevate your knowledge. This intro tutorial is packed with info, so don't feel bad about watching it twice.
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chapters:
0:00 - Volumes, VDBs
2:40 - Voxel resolution, visualizing
5:35 - VDB-volume-polygons conversion
7:00 - Example: using VDB to create topology, VDB smooth
9:52 - Example: adding topology to tricky geo, smoothing
13:00 - Booleans in Volumes with VDB Combine
15:45 - Examples against precision modeling with VDBs
20:28 - closing thoughts