Whoo hoo! Well, Houdini 10 has come out of private beta and is now available as a gold release! We’re all pleased with it at Side Effects and looking forward to seeing it used on some kick ass productions!
There’s a crap load of new features in the software including: ability to slice up and distribute fluid simulations over a network of computers (aided by the inclusion of render farm software called HQueue), and the new Pyro FX tools. The pyro tools should make your life much easier. At least, it’ll make it easier if you are trying to blow stuff up with digital wizardry.
We’ve also got Interactive Photorealistic Rendering (IPR), which both raytracing and Physically Based Rendering (PBR), providing feedback whenever your scene changes. Oh. Also, you can now see in THREE DIMENSIONS. Yeah, try doing THAT withou… t… a… computer…. Well at any rate you can do it in your computer now too!
Anywhoo, I don’t want this to be a press release, but Houdini 10 is going to rock your face, so go over to the SESI site and see the demos yourself.