Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Basic Trigonometric Functions

Basic Trigonometric Functions

If you ever wonder to know the reason of learning math when you are in school, here is one example using trigonometric functions, you can either use vops or wrangle node to deform the points.

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In a 3 dimension coordinate system trigonometric functions are always handy to use, for example to create patterns by manipulating the point positions, one can learn more about the math at the following link

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/trig-functions/graphs-of-sine-cosine-tangent-alg2/v/we-graph-domain-and-range-of-sine-function

Some Artists prefer vops as they like seeing things visually, and some prefer writing clean codes, but result at the end matters which is same.

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In the next blog I am going to do an example of vectors one by one.

Sunday, October 2, 2016

Learning Resources

There are tons of online resources for anyone who wanted to learn Houdini from scratch. Here I am trying to organize all those resources at one location which will redirect you to the original link.


Weblinks

https://www.sidefx.com/tutorials/
https://vimeo.com/goprocedural
http://www.cgsociety.org/training/
http://www.entagma.com/
http://www.digitaltutors.com/11/training.php?tid=7&cid=84
https://cmivfx.com/products
https://vimeo.com/user2030228
http://www.tokeru.com/cgwiki/?title=Houdini
https://www.cgcircuit.com/browsepage.php?&search=houdini
https://www.pluralsight.com/search?q=houdini&categories=all
http://lesterbanks.com/category/houdini/
https://www.fxphd.com/courses/
https://www.3dbuzz.com/training/topic/houdini?resetFilters=True
http://benwattsdesign.com/
https://vimeo.com/user37106239
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJly8FcrP8U
https://www.lynda.com/Houdini-training-tutorials/6564-0.html

Forums
https://www.sidefx.com/forum/
http://forums.odforce.net/

Documentation and Books

https://www.sidefx.com/docs/

The Magic of Houdini
by William Michael Cunningham (Author)

Houdini On the Spot: Time-Saving Tips and Shortcuts from the Pros (On The Spot {Series})
by Craig Zerouni  (Author)