How to Animate MaterialX Properties in Side FX Houdini

Stormz shows a few methods for animating MaterialX properties, like noise with Houdini Karma.

Plenty of DCCs jumped on the open-source wagon with collaborative initiatives from which we can all benefit. MaterialX is an open standard for shading and holds the promise of creating one material and keeping the shader’s look no matter where you are in the workflow.

Stormz’s tutorial will cover several methods for animating MaterialX properties inside Karma and Houdini 19.5.

It includes shading networks, patterns and texturing, complex nested materials, and geometric assignments.