Avatar 2 | WETA FX | Houdini Connect

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2 ай бұрын

In this feature Nicholas Illingsworth, FX Supervisor at WETA FX chats with us about how they put Houdini to use in the production of Avatar 2, specifically around the creation of water and fire related VFX. Nicholas also discusses how Houdini was integrated into proprietary toolsets used at WETA FX as well as the benefits of a procedural workflow.

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@Heavenira Ай бұрын

just what a film, gorgeous

@VisualistAyush07 Ай бұрын

I love Houdini but my pc hates Houdini

@Invisible123d Ай бұрын

Same same bud different 🤣🤣🥲🥲🥲..ussss

@VisualistAyush07 Ай бұрын

@@Invisible123d 🤣

@user-jo5om5du3b 23 күн бұрын

Me too 😂

@AdamNilsson-jz5mv Ай бұрын

Great video! will there be a longer version?

@Davvechan Ай бұрын

Great with some more in-depth view of what you created for Avatar. Cheers from a Houdini FX artist

@sridharan5172 Ай бұрын

Houdini is build different from other softwares really worthy and incredible ❤

@TheLizardKing752 Ай бұрын

Discovering Houdini years after Softimage was discontinued was such a breath of fresh air.

@wallacesousuke1433 Ай бұрын

@@TheLizardKing752 why? I vastly prefer Maya and Unreal Engine 5 over Houdini, I hate its procedural/node based approach, though I know it makes it a beast for simulation/VFX but that isn't my area of interest at all (for that I would rather wait for Embergen to mature)

@TheLizardKing752 Ай бұрын

@@wallacesousuke1433 Hmm, I think with creative software there's always that gap between what we want to accomplish and how to use the software to accomplish it, and it feels very intuitive for me in Houdini. I love the node-based procedural approach, I don't think I've ever had to use the undo button in 2+ years with that software. Also an indie license is like $250/yr, there aren't any features locked behind higher tier subscriptions. I also don't have to pay extra for essential plugins. It's definitely lacking in some areas like sculpting or texture painting, but I'm a motion graphics person professionally so I'm not usually needing those tools often anyways.

@Krishnaavril-qq6yf Ай бұрын

Weta suppose to release there houdini version right, Hweta few years ago

@dirtcreature3d Ай бұрын

Yeah, WetaH and WetaM were canned when unity bought them I asked about it at Siggraph last year

@lega-xyz Ай бұрын

Incredible!

@disl4007 Ай бұрын

I'm really Curious to know what hardware they used

@luigifitzgerald2510 Ай бұрын

Would love to know how to achieve this kind of small scal water sim and wetness maps at 1:58

@UdangPistolProduction Ай бұрын

😮😮😮😮

@joelchamp1949 Ай бұрын

Col. Quaritch : "James Cameron and houdini... that's a potent mix! Gives me the goosebumps!" lol

@beq23d Ай бұрын

one day, one day!

@abdullaharshak.n7870 Ай бұрын

Which render is used to render these shots??

@sridharan5172 Ай бұрын

That's the secret they use native render?

@wouterengering9030 Ай бұрын

It’s their proprietary engine called Manuka

@ghost3dee Ай бұрын

It's called Manuka, their proprietary spectral renderer

@dff8809 Ай бұрын

Another reason to learn houdini

@wallacesousuke1433 Ай бұрын

What? A garbage movie? lol

@Gary_Hun Ай бұрын

0:40 - I'm not overly happy with that shot, the integration of the Na'vi character with the rest is anything but convincing, even at 480p youtube crap.

@didioskywalker Ай бұрын

❤

@humbleraider6343 Ай бұрын

Some people loves practical effects too much to the point that they are hating CGI. Practical effects have its place. But i want to see them make something like Avatar 1 & 2, Avengers movies, Aquaman and Transformers without using CGI lol.

@TumsoAliev Ай бұрын

I started following Houdini before it became mainstream

@Rodutchi Ай бұрын

Common everyone, let's clap for him! Sorry for breathing the same air as you good sir!

@TumsoAliev Ай бұрын

@@Rodutchi you are welcome peasant

@olexp9017 Ай бұрын

@@metaturnalIt is already despite all the attempts to ignore it 😂 FX already, lighting is coming, animation. I have no doubts about them. But it would be great to see Houdini performing as well on the compositing front. One day.

@christophercraves Ай бұрын

Super bro❤

@Dartagnan65 Ай бұрын

I did some work in Prisms back the day!

@parikshitbelsare6914 Ай бұрын

A tight fucking slap to those liars who use Vfx and CGI and say it's all practical... meanwhile avatar is almost fully CGI and the director proudly presents his movies without taking away VFX artist's credit

@khomatech6428 Ай бұрын

more like WATER FX aoyoyyooooooooooo

@briananeuraysem3321 Ай бұрын

Heh, wetter, because water? Get it?

@chobingames8419 Ай бұрын

I thought unity destroyed weta

@tomhaswell6283 Ай бұрын

They bought WetaDigital, WetaFX continued as a seperate entity.

@dynamohack Ай бұрын

blender could do all that with 1000 crashes

@rubenloedolff Ай бұрын

Blender could do none of that with a trillion crashes.

@wallacesousuke1433 Ай бұрын

Avatar 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

@tokkyor Ай бұрын

Sadly the movie was Woke.

@1974elky Ай бұрын

Isn't it past your bedtime?

@jej_x Ай бұрын

sadly you think you're opinion means anything

@user-kr4rk1pv6e Ай бұрын

Sadly, you have no idea what woke means and you somehow think its an insult. Also- 3rd highest grossing film of all time so I guess people must like it. Guess that flies in the face of that whole go woke go broke thing you idiots like to use.

@davold0 Ай бұрын

How ??? 😂😂

@hannanshahid2416 Ай бұрын

what isnt these days but fyi this is a technical video not related to the story