Mike_A
woltiel
General question to you guys, so i have a very bad geometry and math learning experience, is there a good resource for specifically 3D math stuff with visual examples maybe not only in Houdini, i'm noticing same functions are used also in Unreal sometimes, so can someone share a good 3D math learning resource in general this would be very helpful.
Could someone share their thoughts on motion graphics approach with Houdini:
If you're struggling with the maths side of things a reasonably good (paid) intro course is:
https://www.rebelway.net/math-for-fx/ [www.rebelway.net]
There's also:
https://www.houdini.school/courses/HS-223-Maths-for-Artists
But that's a little deeper I think.
Or for a more general maths intro there is also the excellent - and free: https://www.khanacademy.org/ [www.khanacademy.org]
To try and briefly answer your motion graphics question... Yes H is fantastic for mograph. However... it's an order of magnitude more powerful and flexible - and therefore more complex - than C4D. So, to tap that power and go beyond what C4D can do does take some significant 'learning investment' - time and effort.
Thank you, the courses you suggested seems to be very good for explaining 3d math, in the houdini.school images they posted i wonder if those are the one that will be made throughout the course, or if it's just pretty image to fill the space, cause in the trailer it looked really more about explanation rather than presentation, i really like the results in the images gonna hope one day to do something like that.
About whole C4D theme, i agree with you it seems like Houdini is complex enough to do everything that C4D could it would just lack some sort of presets for effects and instead require artist to program the tools they need, but in return would offer you more flexibility in ways of achieving your goal.
Could you share some good starting points for learning Houdini specifically for abstract motion graphics, i found Entagma YouTube channel and i enjoy style of what they do and how they explain things