hai frnds this is nishit here can anyone hlp me out were would i get good books for houdini or pdf i m a fresher for this software …and plz advice me frm wat should i start wit. :?:

Try following the links under the Learning menu at the top of this webpage.

nishit
hai frnds this is nishit here can anyone hlp me out were would i get good books for houdini or pdf i m a fresher for this software …and plz advice me frm wat should i start wit. :?:

How about writing in proper English? You alienate a large number of potential responders with this cell-phone gibberish.

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nishit
hai frnds this is nishit here can anyone hlp me out were would i get good books for houdini or pdf i m a fresher for this software …and plz advice me frm wat should i start wit. :?:

How about writing in proper English? You alienate a large number of potential responders with this cell-phone gibberish.

Google language tools could have come in handy.

This is not a Technical question, can one of the moderators put it in General Discussion?

It's nice to see us “alienating” new users by critiquing their grammar rather than attempting to get them into the software.

In response to the original poster, there's not a whole ton of material out there, but here are some links.

Books:
http://www.amazon.com/Magic-Houdini-William-Michael-Cunningham/dp/1598630822 [amazon.com]
http://www.amazon.com/Houdini-Spot-Craig-Zerouni/dp/0240808622/ref=sr_1_1/105-9526769-0946001?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1184047730&sr=1-1 [amazon.com]

DVDs:
http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/dvds/groups/houdini_g.html [thegnomonworkshop.com]

I've bought the following under the “Learning material” section. Here are my comments.

The book “The magic of Houdini” is definitly the right place to start if you plan to seriously learn Houdini. It's longer than watching at some video tutorials but you'll cover a great amount of features.

“Rigid body dynamics DVD” is worth buying it if want to do FX.

“Houdini L-Systems Essentials 1” is a good DVD. I'll buy the second one when I finish the first but it's not something you should start with. Actually, this is a rather advanced feature in Houdini.

Here are other links with video tutorials but I still advise you to start with the book to cover the basis.
http://www.cmivfx.com/tutorials.asp [cmivfx.com]
http://www.miguelperezsenent.com/ [miguelperezsenent.com]

Hey SESI, what about a wiki section or something in this web site where anyone could post all the learning links found all around the world.

Good luck!

http://www.odforce.net/wiki [odforce.net]

but I think you have to go here to get write permission first (this was done just to prevent spammers and spam bots)

http://forums.odforce.net/index.php?showforum=26 [forums.odforce.net]

Thanks Alex

I've added the video tutorials section in the OdForce wiki here
http://odforce.net/wiki/index.php/ExternalHoudiniResources#Education [odforce.net]

I'm sure more can be added.

I've also created the “Learning DVDs” page.

Ciao!

francoisd
for giving me good links i have just started working on it .i also wanted to know should i n prefer this book by carig zerouni now

I'm not sure I understand your question but if do then what I strongly suggest is always start with the fondations.

In this case the Craig Zerouni book is better when you already know the software for several weeks and want to get tricks to be more productive.

On the other hand “The magic of Houdini” IS the foundation.

the Book by david santiago named Creating 3d effects for fiom TV and games talks about the industry .. It disscusses some of the techiniques one should know in this industry… All examples are done in Houdini..

http://www.amazon.com/Creating-3D-Effects-Film-Games/dp/1592005896 [amazon.com]


great book… to have… but may not be an actual tutorial of houdini.. but the process …

This is a very nice find. I wonder why this apparently excellent book is not mentioned in the Learning materials section of the site.

Dragos

Probably because it is not a specific Houdini book but I personally agree.

very interesting stuff discussed in it…



George

If not for nishit's question, I may have stumbled across this book never or much later. What a book & at just peanuts for price!!! Thanks to Cylibral for pointing it out.