At first glance, Houdini might seem like an application that will confuse you, if you are not familiar with a nodes based procedural approach. This approach however, allows for some pretty interesting workflows between objets, effects, and rendering.
creating a nice image based on simulating pyro FX in a glass sphere
Displaying how easy it is to create an interesting image, CG Artist and FX Supervisor, Niels Prayer shows how to create smoke within a glass sphere in Houdini.
Niels shows how to simulate Houdini’s PyroFX for a great smoke effect that will be contained in a glass sphere. The tutorial walks through creating the Pyro FX Simulation, rendering the scene with Houdini’s Mantra renderer, and finally compositing the shot in After Effects, giving some post production tweaks to the still image.
