Houdini 9.0 (Default branch) |
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Wednesday November 28, 2007. 12:07 PM FreshMeat
Houdini is a complete high-end visual effects and
3D animation solution.
License: Other/Proprietary License with Free Trial
Changes:
This version introduces an entirely new
artist-friendly user interface. It also adds the
ability to simulate fluid dynamics (like liquid
and smoke) to the already existing rigid bodies,
cloth, and wire simulation. Houdini now integrates
Python as a first-class scripting language.
Houdini's renderer, Mantra, now supports
physically based rendering (PBR) and fast volume
rendering (for smoke, among other things).
Houdini's prices were also reduced for version 9,
and its new non-commercial $99 "Starving Artist
Edition" was recently released. It's also
available as a totally free Apprentice edition.
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