Generate Instance

This HDA allows a user to use instancing with objects, shaders, lights and shadows.

All Instancing

A brief overview of rendering attributes and a hip file using all types of instancing: Object, Shader, Light and Shadow instancing.

Shadow Instancing

Using the vm_shadow attribute in light instancing to get instanced shadows.

Using HDRI in Houdini

The tutorial is beginner level and teaches how to setup HDRI in Houdini.

Volumetrics

Basic volumetrics using a meta cloud shader.

Velocity Attribute Blur

Use the velocity attribute to give motion blur to a static object.

Instancing Light Letters

Instancing lights in the shape of letters.

Delayed Read Archives

Setting up Delayed Read archives from Houdini for RenderMan.

Shading Quality

Visualizes the effects of anti-aliasing in regards to Shading Quality.

Mantra Manager

This digital asset allows users to control all mantra nodes in a file from one single interface.

Scripting Render Tricks

Creating directories and using sed for render-time text-edits.

Reflection Pass

Hscript used to generate a reflection pass.

Matte

Hscript used to get objects to render as a matte, creating a render pass.

Generate Script

Generating render scripts.

Global Illumination

Global illumination using ambient occlusion.

Depth Of Field

Rendering with depth of field.

Sub-surface scattering

Basic SSS (Sub-surface scattering)

shop finder

Hscript that generates render passes.

Caustics

Using photon maps to generate caustic lighting effects.

Alpha Para-Perp

Some VEX utilizing the para and perp parameters within a surface shader.