Houdini by SideFX is a procedural content creation platform built from the ground up around nodes. Every action is stored as a node in a network, creating a non-destructive "recipe" that artists can tweak, iterate on and share with colleagues.
Simulation and VFX powerhouse
Houdini is renowned for dynamics: destruction, fluids, pyro, cloth and grain simulations used in major films and games.
Character animation and world building
- KineFX: procedural rigging and motion editing, plus hair, fur, cloth and crowd simulation.
- World building: procedural terrain, oceans, clouds and foliage scattering.
- Solaris and Karma: USD-based look development and photoreal rendering.
- PDG: task distribution and ML/AI dataset creation.
Houdini Engine brings Houdini Digital Assets into Maya, Unreal Engine, Unity and other apps. With editions from the free Apprentice version to Indie, Core and FX, Houdini is the go-to 3D animation generator for procedural effects artists and technical animators.
