Hello,
I recorded a new free tutorial video for creating a Counting Frame in Houdini that you can watch here: http://training.adrianlazar.com/2012/02/12/creating-a-counting-frame-in-houdini/ [training.adrianlazar.com]
We should be able to change the width, the height and the placement of the counting spheres in a procedural, non-destructive way.

The workflow showed in this training video is a mix of procedural and traditional modeling. It also deals briefly with setting up some lights, shaders and a render output.
The counting frame is just one of the many objects I'm currently building for Project School, a short movie me and a friend are doing.

I also launched a website where I’ll put all the training, find out more here: http://training.adrianlazar.com [training.adrianlazar.com]

Hope you'll enjoy the videos,
-Adrian

Another nice addition to your tutorial collection.

However I must say, you really need to invest in using a microphone. It's far easier to get concepts and methodology across vocally, rather than using small text-based guides.

Thanks again though, these certainly will be of use.

Hi, ragupasta!
First, I'm glad you find the tutorial useful.

You are right about the mic use, many people would benefit from audio but it would also require much more of my time recording a tutorial. Since English is not my native language that usually translated in many re-takes because of speaking errors - I've tried that

On the other hand having text on screen can offer some benefits over audio - you can pause it to read it easier if you don't speak English natively and it doesn't suffer from accent / pronunciation issues that audio spoken by people like me that don't have English as the mother language.

So because I don't have the time needed to record good quality audio and since I don't want to make an audio that would do more harm then good I think I'll stick with text only for the free tutorials. If in the future I'll find it easier to record audio then sure I'll add that.

But I definitely think audio is a good choice and I plan to have both audio and screen tips for my advanced tutorials.

-Adrian