Gumroad – Learn Houdini Vol. 4

Gumroad – Learn Houdini Vol. 4 – Intro to USD and Solaris with Adam Swaab

mystifying parts of Houdini – USD and Solaris. The future of rendering in Houdini is Karma. USD is the backbone of Karma, and if you want to truly understand how to render and prepare your assets for rendering in Houdini, there simly is no escaping USD. This introductory volume of lessons and tutorials gives many great working examples of USD and the LOPS context in Houdini. While not 100% comprehensive (USD and LOPS are gigantic topics), this should be enough to get you over the initial hurdles and stumbling blocks, and set you on a solid path to working with USD.

Please note, this tutorial series is focused on USD and LOPS, not rendering in Karma. I hope to do a Karma rendering series shortly.

Chapter Descriptions

00 – Intro (0:40)

A brief introduction to what we will be covering in this volume of tutorials.

01 – USD Glossary and Concepts (17:09)

There are a lot of new words to learn with USD. Or, more specifically, a lot of words you may already know, but with unfamiliar meanings to them. Before we can start our USD journey, we need to cover some of this new vocabulary. We’ll learn about some of the major features of USD, and we’ll learn the difference between Solaris, Hydra, Karma, LOPS, and all the other buzzwords in Houdini.

Gumroad – Learn Houdini Vol. 4 – Intro to USD and Solaris with Adam Swaab