Globe

This HDA contains a VOP network that creates alpha channels based on the color of a texture map.

Return Highest Point Position with VEX

Return the highest position of a point in a set of points. This is accomplished using point clouds in VEX.

Circuit Board

Model of a circuit board and a heat sink in SOPs.

Message Passing

Using a displacement shader to control a surface shader's parameters.

Noise Monitor

A quick look at noise.

Lagged Lights

This file demonstrates how to extract impact data from DOPs and create lighting effects using CHOPs.

Python and CHOP Waveforms

How to generate waveforms with Python or CHOPs in Houdini.

L-system City

A procedural urban environment designed with l-system floor plans and procedural boolean operations.

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.

L-system Buildings

Create buildings with windows using Houdini's Lsystem SOP.

Rippled Surface

Create rippled mountain effect in VOPs.

Environment Blur Mirror

Create a blurred mirror using the reflectlight() function.

Impact Chop Lights

The Dop Chop Lights node can look at any DOP network, and create lights based on impacts.

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.

Water point algorithm

Waves of water using a point SOP expression.

Glow light

A glowing light effect that works on grids.

Alpha Spheres

Using VOPs to create alpha spheres!

VOP Alpha Sprites

Sprites with alpha in Houdini.

TV screens

Multiple televisions copy stamped with different images on each screen.

Train

A subway train car modeled in Houdini.

Tornado

A tornado made of particles in Houdini built by Steve Toyama.

Boolean operations with Sursect

Cut through objects with the Surfsect SOP.

Starfield

VOPs stars.