Matthew Burgess

Houdini to UE5 Tornado

First steps at creating a tornado effect, inspired by Elden Ring. This post details the mesh creation in Houdini, the shader setup in UE5, and some Niagara tips. HIP included.

Unreal, HoudiniMatthew Burgess5 April 2022UE5, Houdini 19, Tornado, Unreal, Houdini Comments

Houdini Set Dressing

A quick look at how USD Point Instancing was utilised to drastically speed up workflow and render times.

Houdini, RendermanMatthew Burgess4 December 2019HoudiniComment

Ruining a Maya model

See some of the USD pipeline workflow, and some approaches to fracturing and RBD simulations in Houdini.

HoudiniMatthew Burgess29 November 2019HoudiniComment

Reentry Effect

Create a controllable density map based on incoming angles, and alter the pop source node to support an increasing density map.

HoudiniMatthew Burgess29 March 2019HoudiniComment

Individual Rigid Body Forces

Create a custom force for each individual RBD object by creating a path of influence for them to follow.

HoudiniMatthew Burgess22 March 2019Houdini, Simulation, Procedural, Rigid BodyComment

Procedural Tree Generator

High level overview of my process for adding a mesh to a tree created by the space colonisation algorithm.

HoudiniMatthew Burgess22 March 2019Procedural, Space Colonisation, Houdini Comments

Abstract Coral Generator

See how to use a for-each loop to change geometry copied to a set of given points, then apply a simple vellum sim to squish objects together.

HoudiniMatthew Burgess15 March 2019Houdini, Procedural, Coral Comment

Procedural seaweed

Grow a whole bunch of seaweed using VEX, then simulate movement with vellum.

HoudiniMatthew Burgess8 March 2019Houdini, Procedural, Vellum Comments

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