I was talking to John Crieff (Pluralsight) before the launch event a few weeks back and he said he's got a whole new bunch of introductory content coming to Pluralsight for H16. But in the meantime I can highly recommend Adam Swaab's course at Learn Squared. He's a brilliant tutor who's great with the why as well as the how. The first link is an hour or so chat with Adam which gives a good indication of his teaching style.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cll2HfIDwg https://www.learnsquared.com/courses/houdini-procedural-foundations Before the Principled Shader was introduced in H15 all Mantra nodal shading was a pretty granular affair. The Principled Shader is based on the Renderman RIS Disney Shader and is super easy to use so there's nothing to be scared of now you know where to find it. :) As for whetting your whistle with a fluids project using a brand new H16 feature, that's probably on the braver side of things but who dares wins and all that jazz... On 1 March 2017 at 17:52, Jonathan Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > The principal is the pretty much the same Laurence, it's just that the new > Mat area drops you directly into a simplified VEX builder (which is akin to > a standard nodal shading interface in Maya/Max) without forcing you into > the inner engine - which can be a tad intimidating when you first see it. > > > On 1 March 2017 at 17:45, Laurence Dodd <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ahh yes, they look good, but Houdini seems to change how this is all done >> with every new version, do the tutorials not get redundant quite quickly, >> or is the principle the same really >> >> On 1 March 2017 at 17:41, Andi Farhall <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> i've been following along to some paid tutorials, >>> >>> >>> this set might help. >>> >>> >>> http://www.rohandalvi.net/textures/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ............................................................ >>> ............... >>> http://www.hackneyeffects.com/ >>> https://vimeo.com/user4174293 >>> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andi-farhall/b/496/b21 >>> >>> >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/lord_hackney/ >>> http://spylon.tumblr.com/ >>> >>> This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are >>> intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any >>> views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not >>> necessarily represent those of Hackney Effects Ltd. >>> >>> If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither >>> take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. >>> >>> Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in >>> error. >>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* [email protected] < >>> [email protected]> on behalf of Laurence Dodd < >>> [email protected]> >>> *Sent:* 01 March 2017 17:30:55 >>> >>> *To:* Official Softimage Users Mailing List. >>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list >>> *Subject:* Re: Am I being an idiot, probably >>> >>> Yes, scary indeed. >>> Are there and sample scenes around I can look at? I couldn't see any. >>> >>> >>> On 1 March 2017 at 17:25, Andi Farhall <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> i think the idea is you can assign any part of a network to an object >>>> so you can drag the principled shader from /mat onto an object or you can >>>> dive inside and and assign stuff from inside instead. It's one big network >>>> where multiple shader can be joined up at different levels (i think).... >>>> The material palette seems slightly redundant to me so far, You can get the >>>> the internals of the principled shader by right clicking and selecting >>>> allow editing of contents (but then it gets scary) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ............................................................ >>>> ............... >>>> http://www.hackneyeffects.com/ >>>> https://vimeo.com/user4174293 >>>> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andi-farhall/b/496/b21 >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/lord_hackney/ >>>> http://spylon.tumblr.com/ >>>> >>>> This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are >>>> intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any >>>> views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not >>>> necessarily represent those of Hackney Effects Ltd. >>>> >>>> If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither >>>> take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. >>>> >>>> Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email >>>> in error. >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> *From:* [email protected] < >>>> [email protected]> on behalf of Laurence Dodd < >>>> [email protected]> >>>> *Sent:* 01 March 2017 17:16:36 >>>> >>>> *To:* Official Softimage Users Mailing List. >>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list >>>> *Subject:* Re: Am I being an idiot, probably >>>> >>>> I'm a bit confused about the whole material Palette thing. If I have >>>> two shaders, say a glass and a liquid, if I go into either of the Disney >>>> castle icon shaders they are both on each other. And is the principled >>>> shader more "black boxed" now, and I should do all layering in this top >>>> level? >>>> >>>> On 1 March 2017 at 17:12, Andi Farhall <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> fortune favours the bold Lawrence! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ............................................................ >>>>> ............... >>>>> http://www.hackneyeffects.com/ >>>>> https://vimeo.com/user4174293 >>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andi-farhall/b/496/b21 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/lord_hackney/ >>>>> http://spylon.tumblr.com/ >>>>> >>>>> This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are >>>>> intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any >>>>> views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not >>>>> necessarily represent those of Hackney Effects Ltd. >>>>> >>>>> If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither >>>>> take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. >>>>> >>>>> Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email >>>>> in error. >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>> *From:* [email protected] < >>>>> [email protected]> on behalf of Laurence Dodd < >>>>> [email protected]> >>>>> *Sent:* 01 March 2017 17:10:42 >>>>> *To:* Official Softimage Users Mailing List. >>>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list >>>>> *Subject:* Re: Am I being an idiot, probably >>>>> >>>>> Hmm, I think, I've got in a mess, it's working sort of, but I've been >>>>> ad libbing >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 1 March 2017 at 17:08, Andy Nicholas <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> It's all changed in v16. You need to go to the new /mat context >>>>>> instead of /shop. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 01/03/2017 16:39, Laurence Dodd wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> This is a Houdini question, I feel too stupid to ask on the Houdini >>>>>> forum. >>>>>> I am just trying to set up a layered shader in Mantra, if I look at >>>>>> this tutorial >>>>>> https://www.sidefx.com/tutorials/curvature-vop/ >>>>>> it looks so easy, but when I go to SHOP as she does I get no option >>>>>> for principled shader, I have to use a material Shader builder node, it's >>>>>> all different, and doesn't work nearly as well. >>>>>> My main problem is that the shader puts my texture one to each poly, >>>>>> it does have UV's. >>>>>> Arrgh this is taking me too long. >>>>>> >>>>>> Am I missing something basic? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks everyone >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>>> Laurence Dodd >>>>>> Porkpie Animation >>>>>> E: [email protected] >>>>>> W: www.porkpie.tv >>>>>> M: 07570 702 576 >>>>>> T: 01273 278 382 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ------ >>>>>> Softimage Mailing List. >>>>>> To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] >>>>>> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ------ >>>>>> Softimage Mailing List. >>>>>> To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] >>>>>> odesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> Laurence Dodd >>>>> Porkpie Animation >>>>> E: [email protected] >>>>> W: www.porkpie.tv >>>>> M: 07570 702 576 >>>>> T: 01273 278 382 >>>>> >>>>> ------ >>>>> Softimage Mailing List. >>>>> To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] >>>>> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Laurence Dodd >>>> Porkpie Animation >>>> E: [email protected] >>>> W: www.porkpie.tv >>>> M: 07570 702 576 >>>> T: 01273 278 382 >>>> >>>> ------ >>>> Softimage Mailing List. >>>> To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] >>>> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Laurence Dodd >>> Porkpie Animation >>> E: [email protected] >>> W: www.porkpie.tv >>> M: 07570 702 576 >>> T: 01273 278 382 >>> >>> ------ >>> Softimage Mailing List. >>> To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] >>> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Laurence Dodd >> Porkpie Animation >> E: [email protected] >> W: www.porkpie.tv >> M: 07570 702 576 >> T: 01273 278 382 >> >> ------ >> Softimage Mailing List. >> To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] >> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >> > >
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