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Discover how XK Studio blends art, technology, and storytelling in this Forward Festival talk! Alexa Sirbu reveals their approach to creating abstract visuals inspired by nature, beauty, and culture with a focus on experimentation and 3D design.
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XK Studio | Forward Festival Vienna 2025
In this Forward Festival talk, Alexa Sirbu (Co-Founder and Creative Director) explores how XK Studio blends art, technology, and storytelling to craft abstra...
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We are excited to announce the first-ever How To Houdini Tutorial Contest! To enter, submit your tutorial through your profile on the SideFX website. Tutorials created in Houdini 21 and submitted by December 30, 2025, will be automatically entered.
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Level up your Houdini skills at Houdini Ignite in Seoul on October 25-26! Join exclusive hands-on workshops with world-class instructors covering Houdini 21 features and procedural FX techniques. Cloud-hosted workstations included. Reserve your spot!
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Join us in Tokyo, Japan for Houdini Hive on October 23rd and Houdini IGNITE Workshops on October 25-26! Expert instructors cover Solaris, Terrain tools, Karma XPU rendering, Muscle systems, Copernicus, and more!
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We’re thrilled to announce that you can now become a Houdini Certified Instructor! Apply to take the Houdini Exam and join our growing community of certified instructors.

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Only a few days to go—Houdini HIVE Equinox kicks off Sept 23! See you in Toronto!

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A look at some of the inspiring HIVE Presentations lined up for next week!

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Join us at Houdini HIVE Equinox – a special multi-day event Sept 23–25, 2025, featuring IGNITE workshops, HIVE presentations, and social events. Register for free on our website.

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Congratulations to the 2025 Houdini Game Art Challenge winners! 🏆 Across Best Realtime Environment, Best Realtime FX, and Best Game Art Tool categories, participants demonstrated outstanding creativity, skill, and innovation.

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We’ve expanded the Labs mesh creation family! New tools include Simple Shapes 2.0 (with stars, polygons + viewport handles), Capsule (great for collisions + rounded forms), and Hexagon Grid (procedural hex patterns for #motion graphics + #games). 

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Simple Shapes 2.0, Capsule, Hexagon Grid | SideFX Labs
In this video we are looking at three new tools in the SideFX Labs mesh creation family:Simple Shapes 2.0 - Enhanced interactivity with new shape types like ...
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Bring your MetaHumans into Houdini! The latest MetaHuman Character Rig HDA lets you seamlessly import and assemble high-quality MetaHumans with head, body, and textures. You can also now create MetaHuman-compatible hairstyles directly on your character.

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Houdini 21 is here! KineFX gets a Motion Mixer, Animation Catalog, Autorig Builder & enhanced muscles. Copernicus adds GPU Pyro FX, reaction diffusion FX & texture baking. Solaris expands with Shot Builder, Live Rendering & Gaussian Splats & much more. 
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Watch the Houdini 21 Keynote from SIGGRAPH 2025! Discover new KineFX motion mixer, muscle system improvements, MetaHumans integration, Copernicus GPU Pyro solver, built-in ML tools, Vulkan support, and more. Today at 10 am PST!
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We are thrilled to announce #houdini HIVE Equinox (Sept 23–25, 2025), join us for IGNITE workshops, HIVE presentations, and social events. Building on last year’s Horizon, this year goes bigger with more ways to learn, connect, and be inspired.

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EQUINOX | SideFX
Join us for Houdini HIVE Equinox in Toronto - a multi-day event where the Houdini Community has access to IGNITE workshops, HIVE presentations, and social events.
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Discover how Disney's 'Wish' used Houdini to create Star's dust trails, King Magnifico's magic effects, and 1,923 floating wish bubbles, blending hand-drawn artistry with procedural techniques for their 100th anniversary film.
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Wish | SideFX
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Dive into Project Elderwood and explore game art workflows using #Houdini and Unreal, featuring rich vegetation typical of adventure games! The project utilizes the Natsura plugin for live tree creation and offers video tutorials and project files.
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Project Elderwood | World Building with Houdini and Unreal
Project Info and tutorials: https://www.sidefx.com/learn-main-menu/tech-demos/project-elderwood/Project Elderwood explores game art workflows using Houdini a...
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Join us at SIGGRAPH 2025 for a first look at Houdini 21! Learn about enhancements to COPs, MPM and Solaris – new ML-based workflows – easy-to-use pyro presets – facial rigging with KineFX... and more! Use code HOUD1156 for a FREE Exhibits Only pass.

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Watch the #Houdini HIVE presentations from #EPC2025, the Everything Procedural Conference in Breda, Netherlands. Procedural experts share insights on world-building, game prototyping, pipeline optimization, and more! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
EPC 2025 HIVE
In April, SideFX held hands-on Houdini training and conference talks in Breda, Netherlands. In collaboration with the Breda University of Applied Sciences, t...
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Discover how The Scope is transforming automotive visualization in this #Houdini Connect! Scope City is a procedural tool that generates customizable photorealistic urban environments from NYC to LA for CG photo and film projects.

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Procedural City Generation | The Scope | Houdini Connect
Get a behind-the-scenes look at Scope City—a powerful tool that's changing the game in automotive visualization. Built with procedural tech, Scope City can g...
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Untold Studios explores the challenges of simulating octopus tentacles, skin, and hair for Disney's 2024 holiday film using #Houdini. VES nominated CFX Supervisor Andrea Lacedelli and Head of VFX Amaan Akram share solutions to challenging creature work.

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The Boy & The Octopus - CFX workflows | Untold Studios | FMX HIVE 2025
An overview of the challenges of simulating octopus tentacles, skin and hair for Disney's 2024 holiday season short film. We will explore how we used Houdini...
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