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2024 new/updated courses

Feature Overview Lectures
Feature Overview Lectures
Effects: Feature Overview Lectures
Effects: Feature Overview Lec...
CFX Vellum: Feature Overview Lectures
CFX Vellum: Feature Overview ...

2023 new/updated courses

USD with Solaris: Asset Building (08.52)
USD with Solaris: A... (08.52)
Vellum: Overview and Workflow (Lecture) (05.05)
Vellum: Overview an... (05.05)
Intro to VEX and VOPs (Lecture) (10.07)
Intro to VEX and VO... (10.07)
Node Reference Library: Common Nodes & Concepts
Node Reference Library: Commo...

2022 courses

Solaris: Building a USD Native Turntable Asset (08.06)
Solaris: Building a... (08.06)
Effects: Environmental Effects (2.15)
Effects: Environment... (2.15)
HDK for SOPs (10.03)
HDK for SOPs (10.03)
Introduction to Direct Modeling in Houdini (03.01)
Introduction to Dir... (03.01)
Ragdolls in KineFX (11.04)
Ragdolls in KineFX (11.04)
USD with Solaris: Basics (08.50)
USD with Solaris: B... (08.50)
USD with Solaris: Authoring (08.51)
USD with Solaris: A... (08.51)
KineFX Capture and Deform (11.05)
KineFX Capture and ... (11.05)
Procedural Palm Tree (Lecture) (03.12)
Procedural Palm Tre... (03.12)
Introduction to PDG with TOPs (10.06)
Introduction to PDG... (10.06)

2021 courses

Game Dev: World Building (04.02)
Game Dev: World Bui... (04.02)
Effects: Bullet Collision Fundamentals (02.11)
Effects: Bullet Col... (02.11)
Effects: Vellum Collision Fundamentals (02.12)
Effects: Vellum Col... (02.12)
Effects: Collision Fundamentals (02.10)
Effects: Collision ... (02.10)
Intro to KineFX for Character (11.00)
Intro to KineFX for... (11.00)
Animation with KineFX (11.01)
Animation with Kine... (11.01)
KineFX - Outside the Box (11.02)
KineFX - Outside th... (11.02)
KineFX - Motion Capture Workflows (11.03)
KineFX - Motion Cap... (11.03)
Solaris: Look Dev Turntable Asset (08.05)
Solaris: Look Dev T... (08.05)