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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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October 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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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October 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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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October 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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.

More details are available here: www.sidefx.com/education/edu...

#sidefx #houdini #instructors
October 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Only a few days to go—Houdini HIVE Equinox kicks off Sept 23! See you in Toronto!

www.sidefx.com/equinox/

#houdini #sidefx #vfx #toronto
September 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A look at some of the inspiring HIVE Presentations lined up for next week!

www.sidefx.com/equinox/

#houdini #sidefx #vfx
September 18, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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.

www.sidefx.com/equinox/

#houdini #sidefx #vfx #toronto
September 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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.

#houdini #gameart #realtimefx

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September 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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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August 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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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August 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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!
youtu.be/C--08SipCNU
August 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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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July 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Join us for Houdini HIVE Presentations and IGNITE Workshops at ANNECY, which include KineFX Character Rigging, Animation, and more. See production techniques and preview features coming in H21! Impérial Palace Rotonde de l'Europe, June 11-12, 2025. www.sidefx.com/houdini-hive/...
May 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Join us for "Reimagining VFX Workflows with Houdini," a seminar presented by VFX Mojo in Mumbai, India on May 22, 2025, hosted by Tathastu Techno Solution and SideFX Software. Connect, learn, and get inspired!

Register here: animationxpress.com/houdini_...

#Houdini #VFX
May 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Visit our #Houdini HIVE at OFFF Barcelona on Saturday, May 10, 2025! We're hosting a full day of presentations. OFFF is a space for innovation, collaboration, and inspiration, featuring a mix of emerging voices across art, design, and digital culture.

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April 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Come join us in Seoul, Korea from May 10–13 for SideFX IGNITE workshops! Learn from industry experts on #Houdini topics such as Copernicus, Destruction FX, and Realtime FX with hands-on sessions across multiple days. Register here to secure your spot!
www.sidefx.com/houdini-hive/...
April 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Endava, a next-generation technology services partner, has announced a strategic partnership with SideFX, to revolutionize the creation and deployment of synthetic data for AI and machine learning (ML) applications.

Read the full press release here:
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April 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Enter the Houdini Game Art Challenge! Create art and assets for use in real-time game engines and compete for exciting prizes!

Click here for more info and to request a 6-month #Houdini Indie trial license:

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Environment art by: George Hulm

#games
April 23, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Repost (via Matt Tillman on LinkedIn): Converting the Graswald asset library to USD and MaterialX for loading into Houdini's asset browser. Shout out to Graswald for not only making such a great library of assets but also making them available for free.

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April 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Register now for #Houdini KineFEST 2025 — a free event in Viborg, Denmark, on April 29th and 30th. Dive into Houdini's KineFX rigging, animation, and character FX tools, with expert-led HIVE presentations from leading studios across the industry!
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April 16, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Mardini 2025 prompts have been announced! Get 2 free months of #Houdini Indie to use for this daily challenge....we are so excited to see what you create!
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#mardini2025
February 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Get ready for the MARDINI Daily Art Challenge! 31 days, 31 challenges—your chance to create, compete, and win cool prizes. www.sidefx.com/community/ma...

#MARDINI2025 #houdini
February 21, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Repost (Instagram: Mengyao Wang) - Sneakers on for the wknd 🌈

#3d #sidefx #houdini #animation #redshift3d
January 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Repost @kunz.bsky.social - Final / Sim / Comp Breakdown
Thanks to Levi Kosters for providing the car model

#vfx #houdini #houdinifx #sidefx #sidefxhoudini #redshift #burnout
December 20, 2024 at 2:00 AM
Repost (Instagram: Philipp Pavlov) - One more rnd for Tendril Studio

It was crazy setup! Fluid move spheres, spheres push fluids, spheres have mitosis animation with some post wiggle/wave animation, a lot of glitches during animation was smoothed with chops.

#fluid #pyro #houdini #sidefxhoudini
December 19, 2024 at 4:20 AM