Houdini FX - How to add Visual Effects in Real Videos

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Stefano Cotardo

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1 - General workflow and explosion simulation

1 - General notes and course project files.html

1 - meteors.zip

2 - How to shoot a video to add visual FX.mp4

03:37

3 - The tracking process in After Effects.mp4

05:35

4 - How to import the tracking data in Houdini.mp4

06:35

5 - The meteor and the collision with the ground part 1.mp4

07:28

5 - meteor.zip

6 - The meteor and the collision with the ground part 2.mp4

04:33

7 - The fire and explosion.mp4

08:56

8 - Debris materials and rendering.mp4

10:35

9 - Final adjustments and compositing.mp4

03:11

2 - An overview of some useful techniques

10 - Introduction.html

11 - How to customize the grains simulation part 1.mp4

02:54

11 - sandsetuphipnc.zip

12 - How to customize the grains simulation part 2.mp4

07:13

13 - How to customize the grains simulation part 3.mp4

09:58

14 - DOPmanualsetuphipnc.zip

14 - The benefits of manual simulations setup.mp4

07:16

15 - A simple volcano explosion.mp4

12:24

15 - simplevolcanoexplosionhipnc.zip

16 - A custom emission surface for particles part 1.mp4

06:41

16 - spaceshipanddustbeginhipnc.zip

16 - spaceshipanddustfinalhipnc.zip

17 - A custom emission surface for particles part 2.mp4

08:33

3 - Rolling robots a simple Rigid Body simulation workflow

18 - Course material.html

18 - DOPadvancedsimulation.zip

19 - Camera tracking of the real video.mp4

04:25

20 - Camera tracking data export.mp4

01:33

21 - Import motion tracking in Houdini.mp4

03:03

22 - Robots objects.mp4

03:15

23 - Refine the scene materials and light.mp4

05:13

24 - Simulation setup.mp4

03:02

25 - Rendering.mp4

05:44

4 - Liquid simulations

26 - Cream exercise files.html

26 - fluidemitter.zip

27 - Cream over cake part 1.mp4

05:10

28 - Cream over cake part 2.mp4

07:05

29 - Cream over cake part 3.mp4

08:22

30 - Cream over cake part 4.mp4

04:40

31 - Fountain exercise files.html

31 - fountain.zip

32 - Fountain part 1.mp4

06:19

33 - Fountain part 2.mp4

04:41

34 - Fountain part 3.mp4

06:53

35 - Fountain part 4.mp4

02:03

36 - Tank simulation part 1.mp4

03:33

36 - tank.zip

37 - Tank simulation part 2.mp4

07:52

5 - Oceans

38 - Ocean in a town square 1.mp4

07:07

38 - oceansimulation.zip

39 - Ocean in a town square 2.mp4

06:49

40 - Ocean in a town square 3.mp4

12:12

Description

Learn how to add and compositing special effects and simulations with live footage

What You'll Learn?

How to add simulations and visual effects in real videos
Camera tracking
Simulations in Houdini: fire, smoke and water
Rendering in Mantra
Compositing in After Effects

Who is this for?

Houdini students interested in simulations and visual effects

What You Need to Know?

No special requirements, only a basic knowledge of Houdini interface.

More details

Description
The goal of this course is to teach how to create simulations in Houdini for the compositing with real footage.
â€¨The workflow involves recording the video, then the match moving process in order to extract the virtual camera movement, the creation of the simulation in Houdini and the final compositing.
This is an important technique behind video production with visual effects or virtual backgrounds.
In this way you'll learn how to create simulations specifically designed to be inserted in a real video.
This is a course for beginners that only requires some basic knowledge of Houdini, such as interface navigation and basic nodes manipulation.
If you are an absolute beginner, I suggest to first take a look at my previous course, "Houdini FX step to step - Visual Effects made easy", that explains the basics of the software.
However, each step is exposed in great details so that you can follow every exercise in an easy way from start to end.
For each lesson, you also have access to the related resources that include the final project and also a starting project, with the basic setup of camera tracking and background, so that you can focus on building the simulations.
Who this course is for:
Houdini students interested in simulations and visual effects

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I worked on graphics and videos for scientific purposes at the University of Biology of Milan.My career continued in the field of web and multimedia, and I worked for some advertising agencies in Milan.Later, I opened my own company, for the production of multimedia content for large companies.I followed several courses in photography and I opened my own photography studio.Currently I am a consultant for an important company for which I deal with the production of videos, photos and graphic communication.I also work on training projects in the field of video compositing and 3D graphics, through the “UnreaLab” portal.

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