SideFX Houdini Master v9.1.179

Houdini Master is the most complete visual effects and animation solution available. This award-winning and production-proven product handles the most challenging shots without the need for additional plug-ins or an army of programmers. Film production facilities can rely on Houdini Master to help them create stunning feature film effects and character animation.

INTERACTIVE PRODUCTS
Houdini Master is a full-featured 3D animation and visual effects software renowned for its node-based procedural workflow. Houdini Master is indispensible for visual effects artists and technical directors (TDs)
and includes a fully unified dynamics environment. Houdini Escape is a complete 3D modeling, animation, lighting, rendering and compositing package that works well on its own or with Houdini Master. Houdini Escape includes strong character animation features such as powerful auto-rigging and muscle tools. Interoperability: Use Houdini Master to set up sophisticated particle and physical effects, then view and render them in Houdini Escape. Encapsulate those effects into Houdini Digital Assets, and you can bring them into Houdini Escape as interactive artist tools.

RENDERING
Mantra: The Mantra renderer is a high-quality, production- proven renderer designed for tight integration with Houdini’s interactive products. Mantra is a hybrid scanline/ray-traced renderer that includes global illumination and a robust shading language. Third Party Renderers: - Both Houdini Escape and Houdini Master can output to third party renderers such as Pixar’s RenderMan or Mental Image’s Mental Ray.
RenderMan support is particularly strong and includes an interactive Shader Builder and support for interactive rendering.

System Requirements