If i recall well from my limited dabbling in Houdini, that cloud shelf tool could get really slow quickly. That can obviously be easily remedied by knowing what you are doing :D That said i think it was quite fast to convert a mesh to vdb and add some fractals on top of it if you just want a quick solution for anything that is not a hero character.
On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 2:01 PM, Cristobal Infante <[email protected]> wrote: > Possibly, however there is an off the shelf cloud FX in houdini. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv0rgPd4FR4 > > Never used it, but maybe worth a look? > > > > > > On 26 January 2016 at 13:36, Adam Seeley <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Thinking about keeping my learning curve not entirely vertical, would it >> be practical to consider general animation, extra particle motion etc. in >> Soft and exporting info (VDB info?) to Houdini for the look and rendering? >> >> (Or even straight to Octane?) >> >> >> A. >> >> On 26 January 2016 at 10:53, Adam Seeley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Cris, it's kind of what what my spidey sense was telling me. Need >>> to get my head into Houdini anyway. >>> >>> It's a bit of a quick turn around.. got to learn sometime though. >>> >>> Thanks for the Renderfarm pointer as well.. would have been a follow up >>> question. >>> >>> Hope all's well & see you soon I hope, >>> >>> Adam. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 26 January 2016 at 10:09, Cristobal Infante <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Sorry that's http://www.gridmarkets.com/houdini.html >>>> >>>> On 26 January 2016 at 10:08, Cristobal Infante <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Adam, >>>>> >>>>> I can definitively recommend taking the houdini route on this and take >>>>> advantage of the vdb goodness, you can always get houdini indie and render >>>>> via gridmarket.com. Even more, you could export the vdbs and render >>>>> somewhere else like octane 3. >>>>> >>>>> It kind of depends how much time do you have to do this, but I would >>>>> say investing a bit of your time in houdini will be helpful for the >>>>> future.. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 25 January 2016 at 23:16, Adam Seeley <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Folks, >>>>>> >>>>>> Wondered if I could pick some brains. >>>>>> >>>>>> I may kicking off a cloud job. Some cloudscapes and animated forms >>>>>> within them. >>>>>> Cumulus/Fluffy sort of look. >>>>>> Obviously hoping for a decent interaction/render speed trade-off. >>>>>> >>>>>> The last time I did clouds it was a few years ago using the BA Shader >>>>>> (Cheers Holger). >>>>>> >>>>>> What's the sensible option these days? >>>>>> >>>>>> 1. Good time to dive into some Houdini for VDB type goodness? >>>>>> Render times? >>>>>> >>>>>> 2. A Soft solution using the VDB plugin? >>>>>> Render Times? >>>>>> >>>>>> 3. Redshift would be great but I don't think the Volume capabilities >>>>>> are up to it. >>>>>> >>>>>> 4. Any other good fairly interactive solutions using any other >>>>>> software? >>>>>> 3dstudio max & FumeFX? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> What's the best way to create some good looking fluff? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for listening, >>>>>> >>>>>> Adam. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
