Houdini Master is the most complete visual effects and animation solution available. This award-winning and production-proven product handles the most challenging shots without the need for additional plug-ins or an army of programmers. Film production facilities can rely on Houdini Master to help them create stunning feature film effects and character animation.

VFX artists can create high quality smoke and fire in Houdini 10 with the new Pyro FX tools. Utilizing cutting edge up-resing technology, Pyro FX makes it possible to create a low resolution simulation in planning out a shot, then increase the resolution on subsequent passes to add higher level of details and refinement. Pyro FX comes with several pre-made Pyro FX such as Billowy smoke and Fireball to give artists a head start when setting up a simulation.

Main features:
» Work Fast, Smart, Flexible
» A New Level of Understanding
» Take Control of Tools and Assets
» Artist-friendly User Interface
» Polygon/Subdivision Modeling
» NURBS Modeling
» Creating Geometry
» Advanced Motion -Editing Tools
» Procedural Animation and Motion Editing
» Sound Creation and Editing
» Control Lights across many Shots
» Build Shaders and Materials Interactively
» Top-notch RenderMan Support
» Third Party Rendering Support
» Integrated Python Support
» And much, much more

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